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The Factory family (Factory Studios, Texture & SIREN) celebrated its 15th anniversary with a night of performances by bluegrass combo Banjaxed (above) plus DJ sets from Factory’s own studio engineers and turntabilist DJ Yoda. “The party was a fitting way to celebrate our beginning, our growth and our future,” said MD Lisette Nice


Hither & Yoda It’s the party season: here are some of the less incriminating pix hither&dither


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VideoWave demonstrator Nick Doorey performs the Amazing Disappearing Surround Speaker Illusion at the Regent Street Bose store Christmas party. If you’ve not seen the system in action, you should… it will astound you


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The wonderful Sinead & The Dawnbreakers headline the Soundcraft Christmas party. No keyboards anywhere to be seen meant the bash wasn’t as good as usual (…according to, ahem, a biased and possibly imaginary conversation between the PSNEuropeeditor and organ maestro Graham Blyth)


Left: Andy Wheddon And Friends perform at the Science Museum in November as part of the ‘Lates’ night (recognise someone playing in the above shot?). Andy’s ‘Friends’ include a circuit- bent Speak N Spell, a Barbie Karoake and a flat Furby


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