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04 — Utter

04 — Utter

We’ve left Kent behind, lost a shedload of money on our first house, and upsized a bit into the cheap end of Surrey where I have a new job.
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Steve Chowne
03 — Sheer

03 — Sheer

This album is being created in 1991 — the year the Cold War ends, the Soviet Union collapses, and the world’s first ever website is…
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Steve Chowne
02 — The Long, The Short and the Tall of It

02 — The Long, The Short and the Tall of It

It’s now 1990, finals year, and we are knuckling down to the delights of deriving skywave reflections from first principles…
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Steve Chowne
01 — Plastic Surgery

01 — Plastic Surgery

On the back of having a bit of fun with Out in the Air, Chris and I decided to record a studio album. “Studio” is over-selling it…
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Steve Chowne
Prologue — Out In The Air

Prologue — Out In The Air

Just over twenty albums ago, Tush and I moved into halls of residence opposite each other at pretty much identical moments. He was in room…
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Steve Chowne
Behind the Desk
04 — I Guess This is a Hobby

04 — I Guess This is a Hobby

After Sheer the remaining band members of Blue Powder splintered as we left the university and scattered to the corners of the country and…
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Chris Green
03 — A Weekend Experiment

03 — A Weekend Experiment

After The Long, the Short and the Tall of It we all scattered to do finals and thought little about any further music activity. After…
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Chris Green
02 — Round 2 and a new Ensemble

02 — Round 2 and a new Ensemble

The summer of 1989 saw Duncan, Clodagh, Richard and Gavin completing their finals and leaving Bath so when Steve and Tush returned in the…
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Chris Green
01 — Freddie Fourtrack & the TEAC 8 Channel

01 — Freddie Fourtrack & the TEAC 8 Channel

Following the open-air concert Steve Chowne, the lead member of Blue Powder approached me with the idea of doing a ‘studio’ type album. I…
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Chris Green
00 — Bootlegging, Radio Mics & a Revox B77

00 — Bootlegging, Radio Mics & a Revox B77

June 1988, a warm summer evening in the amphitheatre at Bath University and Alan, the Entertainments Officer, had constructed a rather…
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Chris Green
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