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Richard Norris

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3 years

Manuel Gottsching recorded E2-E4 40 years ago, today.

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2 years

Favourite tribute band names anyone? I’ll start… The quintessentially English take on hair metal - By Jovi.

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3 years

Today was a good day. I sold my house and made a pumping Wigan meets Studio 54 anthem with these gentlemen from thr Grid, Soft Cell and Erasure. Oh la la!

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9 months

Good morning, STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING For the last year or so I’ve been beavering away on my memoir, Strange Things Are Happening. It’s available from today to preorder – link here - It’s out next year via White Rabbit, and you can pre order now.

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Richard Norris

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4 years

Thanks to @MaxEssa for coming up with this design at my suggestion, let's share it far and wide... #boriskillsmusic

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2 years

I’ve compiled a new psych folk/folk funk triple CD set called Deep In The Woods thats coming out in November. I’m looking at DJing in record shops. Will bring music and a special Deep In The Woods beer! Which shops should I ask to @play in? :)

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Richard Norris

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10 months

A reflective and celebratory day was had in Liverpool for Jamie Reid’s funeral on Friday. Our Pillars of Wonder track ‘Peace Is Tough’ was played during the service, whilst Gwenno sang a capella at his grave. It was moving beyond words. Peace is Tough. RIP Jamie XX

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1 year

A rainbow over Charlie Watts old 1960’s house in Lewes, two minutes from my home. #shesarainbow

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1 month

Somebody had to…

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Richard Norris

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4 years

Now that's what I call artwork... my new album Elements is out next Friday :)

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1 year

Thanks @DJmag for the piece on the uses of ambient music for mental health. We are planning a three year clinical trial, and this will help our case. Much appreciated :)

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2 years

Just got the final licenses through for a killer 70s psych/folk comp triple set I am compiling... very exciting... out soon :)

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Richard Norris

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4 months

It's publication day for Strange Things Are Happening! Thank you everyone who has been part of bringing this memoir to the world :) Tune in to @sohoradio for a mix this morning, and celebrate with me @roughtrade West tonight, with a reading/chat from 5pm and a beer after!

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8 months

DJing for the KLF at the Day Of The Dead After Life Party, Birkenhead 23.11.23

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8 months

Proof copies are in! My memoir Strange Things Are Happening is available to pre-order here -

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2 years

I've been interviewed by Human League/Heaven 17 maestro Martyn Ware for his ace podcast Electronically Yours. We chat about acid house, The Shining, sound frequencies at Neolithic sites, DIY culture, Music For Healing and more. Tune in here -

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Richard Norris

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3 years

Today I will be mainly remixing Soft Cell

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1 year

It's my birthday today, so I've recorded a Birthday Dub! It chugs along at a stately 108 BPM :) It's free, or pay what you like, on my Bandcamp site now :)

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Richard Norris

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7 months

Merry Christmas Everybody! I wonder what I’ll find under the tree…

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Richard Norris

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3 years

We're breaking out the @Nyetimber here tonight as I have just signed a new publishing deal with Mute Song. Having been a fan of Mute, its artists and ethos forever, it is a great honour to join this famed electronic family. News on psych, dance and electronic collabs very soon :)

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Richard Norris

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2 years

My new psych/folk 3 album compilation Deep In The Woods has arrived! It's out on November 18th via Cherry Red. Available from all good record shops and from Cherry Red direct. More details here - #psychfolk

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Richard Norris

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1 year

I was saddened to hear of the death of our friend and collaborator Jamie Reid. Matthew Shaw and I have been working with Jamie on the @pillarsofwonder project over the last year, recording tracks with Jamie's lyrics, creating Equinox rituals and beyond. We've had many a long

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6 months

My forthcoming memoir can be bought with an exclusive bonus CD, only at good record shops... all profits from the CD go to the Music Venue Trust, who are supporting grass roots venues in these trying times. Pre-order here -

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2 years

Swamp Thing by The Grid was in the charts more than three times as long as @trussliz was PM.

The Grid - Swamp Thing (Official Music Video)

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Richard Norris

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4 years

RIP Andrew Weatherall. A great loss. XXX

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Richard Norris

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1 year

Thanks to @laurenlaverne for playing The Grid today. Good timing - we are in the studio making new tracks with sax/brass legend Gary Barnacle. He’s played with everyone inc James Brown, Tina Turner, Bjork and many more. And he was in the Alan Partridge house band. Aha! News soon!

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Here's the hip hop holy grail... the Malcolm McLaren Duck Rock Beatbox! This is one of 6 made - 2 originals, one lost in America, 4 recreations, all customised by original designer, Ron West (pictured here with me). Thanks Ron! (maybe Ron might make one more? - DM me)

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Richard Norris

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4 years

Happy Birthday to Alan Vega, Alan Turing, and me :)

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4 months

Float, float on...

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Richard Norris

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2 years

What song makes you cry? I’ve tried to get through Robert Wyatt’s Sea Song three times today. What song does this to you? :)

Robert Wyatt - Sea Song

1974 - Rock Bottom

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3 months

Nice four page feature on Jack The Tab, the acid fried album I made with Genesis P.Orridge, Dave Ball and crew in 1987 in the current ⁦ @DJmag ⁩ :)

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Richard Norris

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2 years

I've just finished forthcoming mixes for Andy Bell (the Ride one), Soft Cell and Mark Peters, and am working on new Grid mixes featuring Andy Bell (the Erasure one) and a bunch more. If you want me to do a remix for you please drop me a line, the new studio is shaping up well :)

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19 days

There’s an interview from me and @daveballelectro in the @guardian today about how we made Swamp Thing. I didn’t say we made the first ever acid house album (see my book for the full story) but it’s generally the tale of a bonkers hit single. Yee hah!

‘We knew a banjo house record would annoy the techno bores’: how the Grid made Swamp Thing

‘It was a smash in loads of countries. When we played it at London’s Ministry of Sound club, there was a girl staring at Roger’s banjo like she’d never seen one before’

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Norris

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3 years

I'm touring UK w/ @ulrichschnauss from the end of Feb... come and say hi! :)

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9 months

A piece about the Grid’s work with Robert Fripp and David Sylvian…

Darshan (translucent remix by The Grid)

‘atmospheric, ambient and electronic’

sylvianvista.com

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Richard Norris

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4 months

I was thinking about Andrew Weatherall today. So I wrote this. Happy @Bandcamp Friday. art by Marc Fox

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8 days

That time I DJ'ed for the KLF.

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4 months

Here’s Genesis P Orridge talking about Jack The Tab. It’s the usual mix of half truths and out and out bollocks. Can you tell which is which? That’s the fun part! I’m gonna re-release it with the real story in the sleevenotes, soon.

Genesis P-Orridge talks about the Jack The Tab fake compilation

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Richard Norris

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4 years

new optimised version thanks @AdamKillip #BorisKilledMusic @BorisJohnson

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1 year

It’s very comforting that when I settle down for a summer pint in my local, they are blasting 13th Floor Elevators out of the stereo. #lewesarms

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Richard Norris

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4 years

Here's my tribute to Andrew Weatherall. RIP the guv'nor.

Richard Norris on Andrew Weatherall: "He brought possibilities and people out of themselves to a...

Richard Norris remembers Andrew Weatherall in a moving reminiscence connecting Psychic TV, occult rituals, Primal Scream and The Grid. Over the weeks since his passing, the mourning for maverick...

www.getintothis.co.uk

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Richard Norris

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2 months

Swamp Thing by myself and @dbelectrode , aka The Grid, came out 30 years ago today.

The Grid - Swamp Thing (Official Music Video)

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Deep In The Woods is OUT TODAY! 3 x CDs of Psych Folk and a 7000 word essay by me in an illustrated booklet. Art by Lyndon Pike. I'll be DJing to support this in Penryn, London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Lewes. Dive in!

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Richard Norris

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4 years

Group Mind, my ambient/deep listening label is two today. Happy Birthday to us!

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Richard Norris

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2 months

I'm compiling compilations at the moment - a freakbeat double, a 70's folk triple, and a multi album set of favourites. So... What's your favourite mind expanding track? (I'm including dub, folk, soundtrack, electronic etc in my definition of this by the way...)

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Richard Norris

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8 months

Strange Things are Happening alert! My @WhiteRabbitBks memoir has been brought forward to 21st March '24, and is available to pre-order here - The Book/CD edition has a great track listing - see below - ultra limited edition, with profits from the CD going

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Richard Norris

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9 months

Thanks for all the support for the launch of my memoir Strange Things Are Happening today. You can get it here - . I have been celebrating with a glass of red, listening to Captain Beefheart in conversation. A mighty fine day.

Captain Beefheart on Dr Demento 12/3/78 (full interview)

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Thinking about that time in 1995 when we (The Grid) toured in Japan and took Autechre along for the ride. We asked Warp whether Aphex would like to come but he was busy, so they suggested Autechre instead. They were very special shows :) #autechre @WarpRecords

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Richard Norris

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4 years

#BorisKilledMusic

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Richard Norris

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4 years

Ah, Roscoe, Midlake, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve mix. I recall making this in my house under the castle in Lewes, and having to stop every half hour or so after putting a bit of backwards guitar in or whatever just to marve at the a cappella vocals.

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Richard Norris

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4 months

Thanks for everyone who came down to @thesocial last night to launch my memoir Strange Things Are Happening. A splendid time was had, alongside so many friends from over the decades it felt like This Is Your Life! :)) thanks @WhiteRabbitBks @HarrySword @natgalustian @erolalkan

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Richard Norris

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4 months

The Golden Lion was killer as usual! Now back to Lewes for a 5pm chat then DJ at @abyssbrewing :)

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Richard Norris

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1 year

Seven years ago today me and @erolalkan released our debut @beyondthewizard s sleeve album, ‘The Soft Bounce’. Revisit it here -

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - The Soft Bounce

Listen to The Soft Bounce by Beyond The Wizards Sleeve.

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4 months

BTWS X FU 19.4.24 @beyondthewizard #floweredup

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Richard Norris

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2 years

I had the pleasure of being on a fantastic, inspirational panel for @MindCharity yesterday, hosted by Stephen Fry. I was there to talk about my Music For Healing project which got a real boost from bring included. More Music For Healing research and music news soon!

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Back to work today. There’s a summer deadline looming for my forthcoming memoir for ⁦ @WhiteRabbitBks ⁩, so there’s no time to lose! I have a big chunk of it down already, and a lot more to write. Wish me luck! Happy 2023 :)

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Now available for pre-order... my 3 x CD compilation Deep In The Woods, Pastoral Psychedelia and Funky Folk '68-'75. Dive in.... Deep In The Woods beer and special DJ sets coming soon...

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Richard Norris

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3 years

Soft Cell. Martin. Hammersmith 16.11.21

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5 years

If you missed my chat with Alan Moore, and Alan's ace music selection on @BBC6Music last night, it's now available on @BBCSounds on catch up -

BBC Radio 6 Music - Paperback Writers, Alan Moore (Graphic Content)

Legendary comic book writer Alan Moore shares two hours of his favourite music.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard Norris

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3 years

Shout out to @Johnny_Marr for putting Still Feel The Rain by Stex, which me and @dbelectrode produced, in his 10 favourite of his own guitar riffs in @uncut this month. That was some session :)

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Richard Norris

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10 months

Is going to Carcassonne this year :)

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Richard Norris

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2 months

I’m going through dozens of The Grid DAT tapes this week, in preparation for our massive outdoor gig in July. Which track is your favourite?

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Richard Norris

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2 years

I call my new acoustic panels ‘a tribute to Black Flag’ #blackflag #paddedcell

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Richard Norris

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1 year

My new album is here! 'Deep Listening 2019 - 2022' compiles recent electronic/ambient tracks in a handy primer on double vinyl and CD. This is a limited edition release available @bandcamp and all good record shops. Catch it before it's gone! Buy at

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Richard Norris

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1 year

Me and Sacha, The Grid, very early photoshoot, circa 1989 #thegrid #floatation pic by Adrian Green

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Richard Norris

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10 months

Melody Maker singles reviews 1990.

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Richard Norris

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4 months

The stage is set at the Golden Lion in Todmorden.. we are in in half an hour :)

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Richard Norris

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4 years

Me and @MaxEssa initiated this design in response to the govt's handling of EU visas for touring musicians. There is now a website where you can buy the T Shirt at . 100% of profits goes to Stagehand, the touring tech and crew charity. Please share widely!

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Richard Norris

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1 year

Recording lush phazed disco strings…. #thegrid

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5 months

Now that’s a large banner…

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Richard Norris

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3 years

Sunday Skankin’. Thank you Lee Scratch Perry. XX

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4 months

I’m getting mildly obsessed with the cover versions on those 70s/80s Top Of The Pops compilation albums. What’s your favourite?

Death Disco Top of the Pops LP cover version

1979

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4 months

Thanks to everyone who came to @Monorail_Music last night to hear me and @reversediorama chat counterculture and elegy. Thanks David, your support means a lot. Thanks Monorail, and if you weren’t there, I hope you enjoyed Sun O)) !

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Please send strong healing thoughts and good wishes to my pal and Grid band mate Dave Ball @dbelectrode who is in hospital at the moment with a fractured vertibrae. Get well soon Dave XXX

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Richard Norris

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1 year

WICKER MAN IN DUB - I’ve remixed Willow’s Song from the Wicker Man OST, as re-created by Katy J Pearson @KatyJPearsonnn Listen here -

Katy J Pearson - Willow's Song

Choose your preferred music service

ffm.to

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Richard Norris

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1 year

If you need a remix, let me know. My recent mixes and productions have included tracks for Soft Cell, Robert Fripp, Perry Farrell, Placebo and a host of others. DM me, let's talk!

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Here's a charming picture of Genesis P Orridge and two dominatrixes, New York 1988. We are on our way to the New Music Seminar. Then off to see Ce Ce Rogers, Blaze and Ten City at World.

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Richard Norris

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4 years

hey @laurenlaverne can we get a shout out for all artists on @bandcamp ? The site is waiving it's fees today to help artists. I'm giving away a 20 min ambient/stress busting track with all profits to mental health charity Mind @MindCharity #musicforhealing

Music For Healing - the complete long form series, by Richard Norris

12 track album

richardnorris.bandcamp.com

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Richard Norris

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3 months

Happy Birthday to the one and only Dave Ball @daveballelectro . Looking forward to our forthcoming adventures as The Grid :)

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Richard Norris

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1 year

I'm launching a new T-Shirt with the mighty @weare1of100 . It's based on an outline of my creative philosophy I wrote on the back of a receipt :) The question is... you can choose two colours, which two would you choose? (you can add your own colour choices too..)

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Richard Norris

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3 years

Toast is back on tonight, 10pm BBC2 :)

BBC Two - Toast of Tinseltown, Series 1, Anger Man

Toast is becoming increasingly angry with his life, but are his fortunes about to change?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard Norris

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6 months

Strange Things Are Happening is out on March 21st, and I'm doing some launch events. Chat, signings, guest Q&A's, DJ'ing.... Here's the first week's dates...more to follow! If you want me to come and talk/DJ etc in your town, please DM me! :) Details here -

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Richard Norris

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3 years

It’s been a strange one. I broke my ankle last week, so can’t move about much, and today I had a full on bout of food poisoning. In other news my album went to No 8 in the charts. Swings and roundabouts :)

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Richard Norris

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2 years

Thought For The Day... be more Alan

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4 months

Morning from ⁦ @sohoradio ⁩ :)

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4 months

Strange Things Are Brewing in Lewes…..

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Richard Norris

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1 year

What are your favourite dub records? I’ll start us off with this…

Aquarius Dub - Vinyl Side 1

1. Jah Rock2. Rumbo Malt3. I Man 4. Oily5. Its too late (Rest Your Self) Musicians: Augustus Pablo, Ansell Collins, Michael "Boo" Richards, Geoffrey Chung,...

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Richard Norris

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2 years

This weeks news... I am doing a talk with Stephen Fry next month, concerning Music For Healing and social prescribing, and also next month will be getting my own beer made by an ace brewer. Happy Thursday!

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Richard Norris

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2 years

My pal Cally is thinking of compiling a list of ‘budget psych’ - sublime psych records you can get on @discogs dirt cheap. For example, you can get this Bam Caruso compiled phase monster for £4! Any other examples?

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Richard Norris

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8 months

Only 9999 to go! Pre order it here -

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Richard Norris

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4 years

A nice mention for Music For Healing amongst many other great 2020 ambient and deep listening releases can be found here...

Musician, heal thyself: how ambient music brought solace in 2020

With no clubs or gigs to go to and pandemic anxiety to quell, ambient music chimed more strongly in a year when artists reconsidered their sense of purpose

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Norris

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2 years

The Order of The 12 - Lore Of The Land - Pre Order at @bandcamp or at all good record shops. Out in green vinyl, 10.2.23 - 'a magnificent and deeply strange record framed by folklore and ritual' (Clash) 'Feels like a pagan rite' (Uncut)

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Richard Norris

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3 years

I have some gigs coming up with @ulrichschnauss . Come on down!

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Richard Norris

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9 months

This mighty @ChemBros tome, Paused In Cosmic Reflection, penned by the excellent @robinturner , just arrived. It’s a fine piece of work. Seek it out! @WhiteRabbitBks

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Richard Norris

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3 years

Thanks to everyone involved who has supported and bought my new album Hypnotic Response, which is number 8 in the official record store album chart today :) Between Wolf Alice and Muse! Much appreciated XXX @Fortedistro @dinkededition

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Richard Norris

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6 months

On March 18th I launch my memoir Strange Things Are Happening in traditional @WhiteRabbitBks style at @thesocial , alongside @salenagodden , @HarrySword , plus DJ action from Sean Johnston and a mystery psych DJ team called The Soft Bouncers - I wonder who that could be??

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Richard Norris

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2 years

We've just finished a new version of a Grid track that may see the light of day in the near future. Can you guess which one it is?

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Richard Norris

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2 years

I wanna do some more gigs like this. Who's in?

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Richard Norris

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1 year

The Utopia Strong Live In 3D. Sounds more like 5D. Gnostic Duul Ceremony. #theutopiastrong @StrongUtopia

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Richard Norris

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4 months

Save Bush Hall…. only 14 days to go to help save this iconic London venue. The crowdfunder is nearly there, but needs a few more grand to get it over the line… please give or share if you can.

Help Save Music at Bush Hall

Bush Hall is a fully independent Grassroots music and events venue in grave danger of losing its unique live music facility. Can you help?

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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