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Eclectic – deriving ideas from a broad and diverse range of sources. Vinyl junkie. Birder & nature lover.

Joined June 2016
Some of my favourite albums released in 2023 plus a few albums revisited #lovemusic #2023list
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The Boxer Rebellion - Big Ideas (Official Music Video) youtu.be/CG1OWhz7GiM?si=ARlr… via @YouTube Visiting the Lafayette for the first time - very lucky to get tickets for this sold out concert. Excited to be seeing a rare U.K. show by @boxerrebellion @calmcmanus #livemusic 😎 – at Islington, London
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Swans - Screen Shot youtu.be/6qDq9eGUmMI via @YouTube - the legendary and majestic Swans - this is going to be a thunderous assault on the senses 😎 #lovemusic #livemusic @WaterfrontNR1 – at Norwich, England
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Up the Down Escalator youtu.be/TqCQoeQBVxc via @YouTube - The Chameleons are playing their magnificent album ‘Script of the Bridge’ in its entirety, which was first released in 1983 😎 #lovemusic #livemusic @ChameleonsVband @CambJunction – at Cambridge, England
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Slowdive - kisses (Official Video) youtu.be/G9RpHfPyEx8 via @YouTube - the return of the magnificent Slowdive #shoegaze #lovemusic – at North West, England
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Sigur Rós - Blóðberg (Official Video) youtu.be/ENZsxTiVQYo via @YouTube - they are back after 10 years with a new album 😀😎 #lovemusic #eclectic #scandi – at East, England
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MONO - Follow the Map (Official Music Video) youtu.be/VKjf_vEpp-Y via @YouTube - ‘Music for the Gods’ - the post-rock music of Japanese band MONO - a must see band 😎 @NorwichArtCentr @calmcmanus @monoofjapan – at Norwich, England
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Swim Deep - She Changes the Weather (Official Video) youtu.be/UQUIOUKhEdk via @YouTube - the tenth anniversary of the release of this great album ‘Where the Heaven Are We’ by Swim Deep - dream-pop 😎 @WaterfrontNR1 @calmcmanus – at Norwich, England
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Röyksopp - 'If You Want Me' ft. Susanne Sundfør (Official Visualiser) youtu.be/m5sGROCRiDs via @YouTube - epic Scandi music 😎 – at East, England
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Yagya - What Have You Done youtu.be/sm7AYrcp50M via @YouTube - ‘Faded Photographs' is the latest album project by Icelandic producer Yagya - sublime ambient/dub techno #lovemusic #essential @steiniyagya – at East, England
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pg.lost - Suffering (Official Video) youtu.be/h8H6pFMHfaQ via @YouTube - another Swedish 🇸🇪 band - two nights in a row - tonight the superb post-rock band pg.lost 😎 @ColchesterArts @pglost #lovemusic #livemusic – at Colchester, England
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Lapwings youtu.be/fchndfH_7hk via @YouTube - ‘Lapwings’ song by The Kingfishers - Laurel Canyon vibes - with a birding theme! Perfect 😎 #lovemusic #lovebirding – at East, England
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Excellent birding trip to Minsmere and even managed to get good views of a skulking bittern catching fish, plus dartford warbler, mediterranean gull, marsh harrier and goosander @LukeBarber72 #lovebirding #leicabirding
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Chihei Hatakeyama with Late Spring (short film) youtu.be/45SyuK7EpHo via @YouTube - an evening of sublime ambient music from the Japanese genius of Chihei Hatakeyma supported by Loscil and Hatis Noit 😎 #lovemusic #eclectic @Chi_hatakeyama_ @_loscil_ – at Hackney, London
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It feels like spring is round the corner - beautiful weather for a mooch round Minsmere - highlights were a basking black adder and a chiffchaff #lovenature
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Big win for Town versus Morecambe under the lights #lovefootball #tractorboys
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That EOTY moment! Favourite new albums of 2022, plus a return to some past favourites #lovemusic #livemusic #eclectic 😎
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Sangam : Caring World? (VISUAL ALBUM) youtu.be/gTZviXvwsA8 via @YouTube - this album is sensationally good 😎 @HVRTSangam – at Ipswich, England
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Find Another Illusion youtu.be/9wOLlUpgFvQ via @YouTube - lush slice of Swedish bitter sweet music – at Stowmarket, England
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