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    Approaching future pop perfection: Freezepop

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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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    Ancient and modern: Unsuk Chin – Violin Concerto, Miroirs des temps; Chris Dench – Passing bells: night

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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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    Respectable anarchy: Operator Please

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    James MacMillan – String Quartet No. 3 (World Première)

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    The ambient tradition: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – cross-cultural peace and quiet

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

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    The ambient tradition: John Hudak and the infinitesimal writ large

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