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Based in the UK midlands, Unisex were formed in 1996 by Stephen Lawrie & Jo Doran from The Telescopes - and Nick Hemming, who wrote the soundtrack to the Shane Meadows film "A Room for Romeo Brass". The group is structured around the songwriting partnership of Hemming/Lawrie. Vendetta: Easily the equal of Telescopes classics like 'Celeste' and 'Flying'. rockcity.co.uk: Forget Radiohead's Kid A, Unisex's Stratosfear should be talked about as one of the year's most innovative albums. Ptolemaic Terrascope: The album is great, with theremin flourishes and jazz tinges that make it a kind of follow-up to the final material they did as The Telescopes. Good stuff. Uncut UK: It begins with the vocoder-laden 'The Full Force of the Sun', a song to rival Kraftwerk for mystery and Sonic Boom for dreamy pastoralism. It continues with the delightful retro space age electronica of 'The Anti Gravity League' and Stephen Lawrie's familiar resigned vocals, chilled out instrumentation, cinematic sound scapes and a late-night vibe. Oddly, it recalls the playful dance motifs of Creation predecessors, the undervalued Telescopes. CMJ New Music: Using layered guitars, an array of keyboards, and spoken and musical samples as their foundation, Unisex speckles Stratosfear's exteriors with splotches of retro-color; theremin, bongos, groovebox, vibraphone, ebow, upright bass. Check out the artist's website: http://www.doubleagentrecords.com/unisex Track List: 1. The Full Force of the Sun 2. Calmer Song 3. Departure Lounge 4. The Anti-Gravity League 5. A Second Swell 6. Sidekick & Emo 7. Midnight in the Stratosphere 8. Let the Night Roar 9. Autopilot 10. In Among the Breakers Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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