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    Mixtape #8 : Versions

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    The Barbican, London: Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker

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    Heavy radiance: Tu M’ – Is That You?

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    Quixotic risks: Deerhoof – Offend Maggie

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    A moving aria for a vanishing style of mind: Scott Walker – The Drift

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    Live in Prospect Park: Metropolis Ensemble and Deerhoof

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    The ambient tradition: black on black – Lustmord and the dark side of ambient

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