Tag Archives: Andy Partridge

XTC – Skylarking

January 1, 2025

Virgin 1986 / Ape House 2024 Troubles on cloud nine: British pop-art proponents seek storms in Transatlantic paradise. It’s all fun and games until somebody gets offended – or have their album overshadowed by a song which wasn’t there in … Continue reading →

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Andy Partridge And Chris Braide Pair Up For An EP

January 21, 2024

Over the last decade the name of international pop-rock hitmaker Chris Braide has become firmly associated with that of ASIA’s as the two concocted, as DBA, a string of prog-tinged confections which, apparently captured the attention of Andy Partridge, the … Continue reading →

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XTC – The Big Express

January 14, 2024

Virgin 1984 / Ape House 2023 Dressed in the cleanest dirty shirts, Wiltshire wardens of traditional wisdoms repair their engine to roll on down memory rails. There are records that, in time, acquire a film of patina – and there … Continue reading →

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DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION) – Skyscraper Souls

December 28, 2017

Magical Thinker 2017 Higher and higher, prog-pop purveyors turn routine into a journey of a lifetime. “Can we escape our own mind games?”: this question from the title track of and Chris Braide’s third joint venture is a key to … Continue reading →

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