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The Sea of Wires
12+ albums
ambientelectronicindustrialexperimentalUK
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Sea of Wires were formed by Chris Jones and Tony "T" Murphy both dedicated Hawkwind fans and followers of the German Electronic Scene. (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Popol Vuh, Harmonia, Cluster....). As quiet some british artists at that time (like Ian Boddy, Carl Matthews, Paul Nagle, Ron Berry or Colin Potter) elements of the german 'Kosmische Kraut-Musik' were used in their compositions. Their original Line-Up existed for a couple of years throughout the early 1980s. They distributed their sounds by cassette tape and live-appearances around Coventry in the UK. The first release from 1980 called "Individually Screened" had the largest distribution, following a rave review in the weekly music paper Sounds and recieving a high recommendation by Geoff Wall's Stick It In You Ear-Magazine. Home made cassette tapes were on a bit of a role back then and the Sounds review helped the group to distribute their tape far and wide. As a consequence it was also licensed for release to Ian Dobson's and Gordon Hope's famous Flowmotion-Label. A year later, Chris released a Solo-Release called 'Diversions' on his own Tape-Label with the name 'Sea of Wires' which also received excellent reviews in SIIYE and a few other cassette-culture-magazines. At that time Sea Of Wires contributed to several compilations such as the famous Snatch Tapes (Snatch Tapes Number 2), Inkeys (Inkeys No.3) as well as one of the first and most influential DIJ-Tape-Labels; Conventional Tapes (National G
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Individually Screened
The Sea of Wires
None Night of Flexipop Vol. 3
Indvidually Screened
Close to the Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984
Recordings 1980-82
Diversions
Do You Have the Force? (Jon Savage's Alternate History of Electronica 1978-82)
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(Part 1)DiY Electronics for the iPad Generation (Arpeggiators agogo)
Favorite Sound Miniatures Acts 3
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The Sea Of Wires (CSR345CD)
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none night of flexipop - part 02