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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 18/09/2026

“Globo was always more of a collage affair, a sort of art school-based idea of putting samples and ideas together and then putting melody with it and seeing where it would lead, rather than designing something for the dancefloor." Some Sort of Better Future: Globo Interviewed buff.ly/5kc8gFQ

Photograph in black, grey, white and yellow, with newsprint effect, of the band Globo.

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 17/09/2026

“That idea of dystopia and warnings about where society is headed, they all feel less fun than they did. Back then it was almost like a sort of sci-fi exercise. Whereas now it feels like, ‘Oh fuck, we are actually in it.’" Some Sort of Better Future: Globo Interviewed buff.ly/5kc8gFQ

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The band I’m now in, Globo, have been interviewed by the Quietus. Except I wasn’t present when the interview happened. I was at work! It’s still worth a read nonetheless and buy the redux version of the debut album. thequietus.com/interviews/g...

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Some Sort of Better Future: Globo Interviewed | The Quietus

Jeremy Allen talks to a recently reassembled Globo about working with Stewart Lee, covering The Fall and the legacy of Cabaret Voltaire

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Jeremy Allen @jeres.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Talking The Fall, Stewy Lee and living in dystopia with Globo over on the Quietus 👉 thequietus.com/interviews/g...

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 16/09/2026

Jeremy Allen speaks to the recently reinvigorated experimental synth pop band about covering an entire album by The Fall and the changing scene for electronic music Some Sort of Better Future: Globo Interviewed @jeres.bsky.social buff.ly/5kc8gFQ

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Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound dives into the world of TAPE MUSIC and we’re bundling the magazine with an exclusive 30-minute STEVE REICH CD, featuring two classic 1960s tape loop pieces by the American pioneer. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I’m sorry but what the fuck is this? The American national anthem even though they’re not in the final, then a weird FIFA song, then Tom Cruise monologue. Too weird.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

When it’s not so hot on Monday 29 June I will be playing electronic music in a band called Globo. If you’re free after the Japan-Brazil match, come along to London’s The Lower Third! link.dice.fm/O86afdeb667a...

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Globo Tickets | £6.12 | Jun 29 @ The Lower Third, London | DICE

Globo return with a headline London show. With support from Molten Modular.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Had to cycle (a bit slowly as it’s a slight uphill) in front of the City Hall on the way back from work where racists were congregating, shouting for deportation of immigrants and putting the English first. 💩

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Always fun to do something fancy, so was lovely to be invited to a civic dinner in the company of Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Big thanks to @sainsbury-institute.org for the invite and all of their work in promoting Japanese culture regionally and beyond.

In a formal dining room with wood clad walls, Hiroshi Suzuki stands and speaks.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Uniqlo to open a branch in Cambridge later in the year. There’s one in Bristol that’s just opened. When are they coming to Norwich? I’ve been waiting forever.

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Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new Electronic Sound, with CABARET VOLTAIRE on the cover. You can also buy the mag with a green vinyl Cabs seven-inch featuring awesome live versions of ‘Nag Nag Nag’ and ‘Spies In The Wires’ direct from us at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@jonathantranter.bsky.social Hello Jonathan, hope you’re well! This might interest you ⬇️

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My lovely friend Jaki is featured in this episode of Made in China, a BBC Sounds podcast in which Eva Brookes explores her identity as a transnational adoptee. Its really good. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Made in China - 3. Culture Vulture - BBC Sounds

How can Eva connect with Chinese culture, when she has no parents or family to guide her?

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Recommend this highly. Steve playing Daisy Bell on Russian TV from the 90s… so poignant. As someone who lives across cultures I completely relate to how he feels about Russia.

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Double-headed eagles, white parrots and “defecating squirrels”: my experiences reporting from Russia. Our film ‘Our Man In Moscow’ for BBC Panorama is available on the iPlayer and will be shown on BBC One at 8pm tonight (Mon Feb 2). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Steve Rosenberg on the tightrope of reporting from Russia on Ukraine war

The BBC's Russia editor reflects on the difficulties of working as a British journalist in Moscow.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Harry Styles’ new single Aperture totally reminds me of Traffic and Weather by @fountainsofwayne.bsky.social! The bit that goes “we belong together”- same words, identical melody.

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Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We have synthpop giants PROPAGANDA on the cover of the latest Electronic Sound and we’re issuing the mag with a clear vinyl seven-inch featuring superb new mixes of the band’s classic tracks ‘Dr Mabuse’ and ‘Duel’. Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

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Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new Electronic Sound, which marks 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’. You can also buy the mag directly from us, bundled with a seven-inch of THE DIVINE COMEDY’s dazzling cover of the album’s title track. electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

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Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We’re marking 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’ in this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the mag with a yellow vinyl seven-inch featuring THE DIVINE COMEDY’s epic version of the album title track. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

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The Divine Comedy @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

OUT NOW: Electronic Sound Magazine With Divine Comedy 7" Buy at: electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/issue... This issue features an interview with Neil. Order the bundle for a yellow vinyl 7" with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy. More info in the link.

The latest edition of Electronic Sound magazine marks the fiftieth anniversary of Kraftwerk's iconic 'Radio-Activity' album. Inside the magazine is an interview with Neil Hannon and the bundle features a yellow vinyl seven inch with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy backed with 'The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale' from 'Office Politics'. The link to buy is in our post.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Went to see The Last Dinner Party last night and they were incredible. Pleased to find out they’re influenced by Peter Greenaway/Michael Nyman. faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-director...

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The director that inspired The Last Dinner party's new album

The Last Dinner Party have garnered fans from their very clear artistic identity. But much of it was inspired by this director.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Sad to hear Mani has died 😢

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Here's another view of Denys Lasdun's University of East Anglia basking in the late afternoon sun

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Denys Lasdun’s University of East Anglia 1966/7 - the ziggurats looking particularly gorgeous in the late afternoon sun. Photo taken in 2018

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Why can’t us immigrants just exist? Can we just be neither bad nor good, just live?

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I did not know Mont-bell had opened in the UK! I’m not particularly outdoorsy but their stuff would be perfect for the UK weather.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I find it odd that a non-celebrity version of the Traitors is now referred to as a “civilian” version.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

When an artist plays a same venue 2 nights in a row and they switch up set lists and the night you didn’t go had your favourite songs 😔

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Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

RED ALERT! It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new issue of Electronic Sound, with GARY NUMAN on the cover. You can also buy the mag together with a red vinyl seven-inch featuring two tracks from Numan’s seminal ‘Telekon’ album direct from us at electronicsound.co.uk/issue130garynuman

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

It seems like Norwich (at least UEA LCR) is back on the touring route for bands. Which is great. It’s been rubbish for too long (well for me at least)!

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This remains an awful and unfair proposal. For one thing, a lot of people genuinely struggle to find time to volunteer, and for another and more importantly, it’s not volunteering if you’re being compelled to do it!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Another nation fighting Russian tyranny, and winning. As Arthur says in that piece, the fight against Reform is also a fight against Russian tyranny. We should be a single-minded as Moldova is.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Should we be grateful that a Labour PM belatedly takes a stand against racism? No. Too low a bar. But there's very little hope around and I'll savour what I get.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

It's particularly important that the PM talks about racism. We can see it metastasising in the mainstream and until now No.10 looked too terrified to call it by its name. Saying the word is the first step to challenging it.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Very good to hear him say this. I cannot understand why these comments always seem to come two weeks after the fact, but it's much better than nothing.

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

1/ There’s quite a lot of misunderstanding by good journalists about how right to work checks operate. It’s not illegal to work without having provided proof of your right, as James goes on to say later in the thread. And employers are not under a legal duty to conduct checks: ID is not mandatory.

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Kaoru @blossomkaoru.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Come on someone (I mean politicians) please call out Farage that he is racist and a heartless human being like Sadiq Khan did with Trump? Trying to deport ILR holders (like me) is inhumane.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”. So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

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Pernille Rudlin @pernillerudlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Indeed many of the permanent resident Japanese in the UK I know have lived here for the past 40+ years + are now retired. They won't be able to get a work visa. They don't want to go back to Japan because their home + family are in the UK. They don't feel like they belong in Japan any more.

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Pernille Rudlin @pernillerudlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

There are around 30,000 Japanese nationals who have permanent residency in the UK. Many of them are married to British people, have British children. The reason they have not taken on British citizenship is that this would mean giving up their Japanese nationality under Japanese law.

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It’s quite do-able from a legal perspective. I don’t think dismissing Reform in this way is wise. Voters need to understand that this stuff can happen if they vote for it - and that it would be morally, socially, culturally, economically disastrous. So they shouldn’t vote for it.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart. Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point. Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Absolutely right. It’s not a gimmick. It’s a repudiation of 75 years of integration. It’s a betrayal of the Windrush generation. It’s unfair and it’s un-British.

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