Loraine James - Gentle Confrontation'Gentle Confrontation', Loraine James's third Hyperdub album, opens a new chapter of her real and sonic life in which she examines her past and present. It's a positively languid, enjoyably disjointed set made while listening to her teenage favourites; math rock and emo electronic such as DNTEL, Lusine and Telefon Tel Aviv. The album also features an ever more diverse set of peers, placing them in her unusual musical settings and drawing out sensitive

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A friendly Archive collection containing the first recordings from rock icon Robert Palmer including "My Friend"

showing grotesquely exaggerated depictions of the four human character archetypes

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he has created a stage persona with notorious live performances

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occupying similar musical territory to newly-solo McCartney

The three musicians are highly versatile

presents a short imaginary pasticcio opera reflecting the music-making and life of the contralto castrato known by that stage name

Includes a 28-page booklet