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STUDIO ELECTROPHONIQUE: THE SHEFFIELD SPACE AGE, FROM THE HUMAN LEAGUE TO PULP by Jamie Taylor

STUDIO ELECTROPHONIQUE: THE SHEFFIELD SPACE AGE, FROM THE HUMAN LEAGUE TO PULP by Jamie Taylor

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130 x 199mm, 292 pages, Black white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2025 The Sheffield space age began in 1961, when local mechanic Ken Patten won a tape-recording competition by recreating the sound of a rocket launch using a pencil and a bicycle pump. In the decades that followed, the makeshift home studio he constructed became the launch pad for a group of young musicians who would shape the futuristic sound of 1980s pop. The Human League, Heaven 17, Pulp, ABC and others made their early recordings with Ken, whose DIY ethic was the perfect fit for a city facing industrial decline but te

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