In your face, Rothko! Absolutely stealing a living, mate!
Black, Green and Grey, 2026.
Dev____X
@devx.bsky.social
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Usually thinking about music & vinyl, often when I should be doing something else. I try and post a #TOTD using the 'random item' option on my #discogs #vinyl collection.
![The constituency is generally affluent with low levels of deprivation, especially so in Broadstone, Corfe Mullen and Merley which fall within the top 10% least-deprived areas in England.[2] The average house price in the constituency is higher than the national and South West England averages.[3]
Residents of Mid Dorset and North Poole are generally older with a large retiree population.[4] They have high rates of household income and the child poverty rate is low. Residents have average levels of education and are likely to be homeowners.[3] A high proportion work in the manufacturing and construction industries and the percentage of residents claiming unemployment benefits is low.[4][5] White people made up 97% of the population at the 2021 census.[6]
At the local council level, all of the constituency's wards are represented by Liberal Democrat councillors. An estimated 56% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the nationwide figure of 52%.[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ijlnbaopfmpdxp7srd7s4w6f/bafkreidf3w3z3rcsvglasdbso77u3wijlir3h6dwgi42coce7vmzugjc6i)
![Havant Thicket Reservoir is a reservoir currently under construction to the north of the town of Havant in Hampshire, England.[1] It is the first reservoir to be built in Britain in over 30 years.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ijlnbaopfmpdxp7srd7s4w6f/bafkreic6nzl2toov5zcybyzyytt4qry7n3ntgy4sv4hnqmz33gmw3mxooe)
![When did you first discover music?
When I was at school. I wasn't keen on the 'in' groups of the time like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Cockney Rebel, Yes, or Genesis; I was a bit more off the wall. Along with my mate Neil Rogers, I went for the next level of progressive music - bands like Soft Machine, Caravan and Gentle Giant. We used to go to concerts together wearing our Afghan coats. It was around this time in the early 70's I discovered Magma, my true obsession.
When was the first time you heard them?
It was at the Chalk Farm Roundhouse in London where I'd gone to watch the support act, Isotope. I was 17. I had planned to go home before Magma came on but I hung around and had the most musically life-changing experience of my life. I came out in shock; they blew me away. If I had a time machine and could go back to re-live one day of my life, it would be that one.
How would you describe their sound?
They are the musical equivalent of Marmite - you either like them or you don't. They were a Seventies phenomenon but a bit too far out there for most people, even if you liked progressive music. I didn't dare put them on the communal record player at sixth-form because they would have been booed off. Maybe it's because they were French.
Are you offended if people say they are rubbish?
No, I've learnt to keep my mouth shut. While I think they are the best thing I've ever heard - challenging, stimulating, powerful - my wife thinks they've got a pact with the devil. People generally just go: [puffs out his cheeks and shakes his head] sorry!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ijlnbaopfmpdxp7srd7s4w6f/bafkreiaat35o2d7ixdkb27tdtufuc2vbehwskfbmpps3senqfwmquczdla)
![Didn't you promote a concert for them?
In the late Eighties, I thought it would be nice if they came over to London to do a gig, so I set up Interesting Promotions to promote it. Well, I paid the bill is what I really mean. I never realised that there were 14 of them in the band, which raised the overheads slightly. They did three nights at the Bloomsbury theatre; the last night was a sell-out. I'd done my nuts [spent too much money], too, so it was great. Then I went back to [whispers] playing snooker.
Would you ever do it again?
Interesting Promotions sits there on the loss sheet, so probably not. What would be good, though, is if you could get all of the Canterbury jazz rock bands together and create a festival. They do a similar thing in America called Prog Fest.
So you must know Magma quite well now?
Yes, but I don't pester the life out of them. I admire them from afar. A couple of them came down to the snooker club with me when they were over and smashed a few balls around. The main guy, a jazz drummer called Christian Vander, is my hero. They had their 30-year anniversary in France a couple of years ago and it was brilliant. They are still making music and it's even better than before, I think.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ijlnbaopfmpdxp7srd7s4w6f/bafkreih56o674ebbghbtezurcebwlhpgu4bsci3rc2dj3atuxodbcp62yu)
![Hopa & Bones Feat. Oaysis - Mystical Horns [Outcry]
International Rude Boyz - Closer To Reality [Formation]
Layla - Gotta Find Love (Alternate Goldie Remix ?) [Unreleased]
Red Light - Sensi [Red Light]
Rhythm For Reasons - The Smokers Rhythm [Formation]
Remarc - R.I.P. [Suburban Base]
Dextrous & Rudeboy Keith - King Of The Jungle (VIP Remix) [Drum & Bass Selection 3 (The Dub Plate Selection) LP]
Fallen Angels - Hello Lover (DJ Hype Remix) [IQ]
Remarc - Sound Murderer (Loafin' In Brockley Mix) [White House]
Marvellous Cain - Killer [Telepathy - Jungle Dons - Dub Plate Special Sampler & LP]
Dextrous - Moonlight [Unreleased]
Stakka & K-Tee - Brockin' Out [Liftin' Spirit]
The Ganja Kru - Tiger Style [Ganja]
Krome & Time - Ganja Man [Tearin Vinyl]
Waterproof - Ruff Stuff [Waterproof]
DJ Unknown Face/NKS - Dats Cool [Saigon]
Omni Trio - Feel Good '95 [Moving Shadow]
D'Cruze - Heaven [Suburban Base]
Red Light - Dangerous [Deep Jungle]
Red Light - Unknown Title ("The Unknown Entity" / "Give Me A Dubplate") [Unreleased]
Tom & Jerry - Maxi (Mun) Style (DJ Stretch Dubplate Mix) [Hard Leaders VI - Jungle Dub 2 LP]
Family Of Intelligence Feat. Vernon Smith - The Seed [Kemet - Champion Jungle Sound LP]
Scarface - Hand Of The Dead Body (Possible 187 Remix) [Not On Label - HAND 100]
Remarc - Drum N' Bass Wise (Remix) [White House]
Red Light - Liquidator [Black Tracks]
JC & GT - Human Gun (Raw To The Bone Mix Dub Plate Style) [21st Century Opera - Jungle Splash Takes You Into Junglism Volume 1 LP]
Sponge - The Crash [Suburban Base]
Deadly D - Hunt, Seek, Find & Kill [Unreleased]
Hardware - Lix [Frontline]
Pascal - Hyperthermic [Frontline]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ijlnbaopfmpdxp7srd7s4w6f/bafkreih3si5wgh3dvzum4mcmyg2y7lstee77hplwr6vaa65zl22ebgwxzu)
