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With0ut wishing to slam the best new pop group in Britain over technical issues; Surer drowning out an all-girl vocal trio With their backing band IS a mite push? It happened during the first few songs, then someone found the volume control and greatness was restored. In the meantime. at least. we had the Brightonian trio's wonderfully made-up-in-their-own-bedrooms Synchronised dancmg to keep us . ’ entertained. Imagine three y0ung ‘ I white girls decided to be the . Supremes as produced by Phil
Specter on their way home from the l _ You’ve had the support of some industry heavyweights indie disco one night. then suppose ' r a i. including Epworth and it can‘t have hurt having Paul they made a nigh-on perfect JOb of it. Tomorrow's music today This issue; pro Forma Thomson in the original line-up, but do you ever get They're this year's Go! Team — Without ' ‘ ' ' ’ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' sick of being asked about the Franz connection? the hip hop bits — and ‘Your Kisses are They've been wowing crowds on the gig scene since Working With Paul l pworih was: (l\'.f‘flf1l"!‘ net a t ‘7. if .i. Wasted on Me' is the happiest song 2002, formed around the core of Simon Henderson but we are really bored of people talker; iii» l.l l '.‘i'l.’ about ruthlessly dumping some poor (vocals/guitar) and Wctoria Henderson (vocals/bass), thing yeah, I mean it was years ago an l altiw .1 min dumb guy ever. (David Pollock) ' but with a fresh-faced new member Jason Edwards helped us we'd ideally like folk to he wiv par x it 1! (guitar/synths) recently added to the line-up, with Colin different reasons Kearney (drums/vocals) completing it, and a sold out A new single with Data Panik‘s John Clark is due in last single ‘Lapses in Diction/ You Say Repeat’ April, but what else do the newly revitalised Pro Forma produced by producer Paul ‘Bloc Party’ Epworth have in store for us over the next few months? receiving rave reviews, this looks set to be the year Pro We plan to tour loads and spend any free time Hi the Hiill lll » Forma break through to the big league. Victoria We've mixed about five songs; already for the til :l )lli all rum Henderson sounds quietly confident, and rightly so . . . and it's soiinding pretty good as; it is. llktt full on Ialklrid We're really looking forward to this tour. Jason is fitting in Heads and early New Order stuff. So hopefully ‘llll‘i will llt,‘ tl‘w really well and to play with an enthusiastic. young thing who year iOr the Pro Forma dance party iCainilla l’ial isn't jaded with the muse industry yet has been Just what we I Spies in the Wires at Cabaret Voltaire, ['drnhurgh. “it; ,"t a needed. Apr. Nice'ri'S/eazy, G/asgow. Sun 23 Apr. ‘ : ' l. l- i ()2 w ‘ ' ' fllli‘iliig‘i ' in. I L . — ‘ uc1ano .. .- . I I ‘ g ‘l l it i c 5 ‘ ‘rx-f ‘ . wwwsomarecordscom “ ‘ . I . V : Luciano's DJ sets are legendary. blending deep. minimal techno 'A‘ _ l and experimental electro with the 4 p - ‘ musicality of his South American *- .4 vhf
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Mixmag Album Of The Month
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Update: ‘deserves the much abused term Genius'
IDJ: ‘seriously essential listening experience‘
‘ Blmback: ‘exceedingly good‘
Wire: ‘luscious as ever‘ macaw-rm M saws Mixmag: ‘a masterpiece in emotional electronic music‘
Fact: ‘future electronic innovator'
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