In the late '80s, Wire vocalist Colin Newman recorded two masterpieces of refined electronic pop for Crammed. They both contained  excentric lyrics in the purest Newmanian tradition, and surprising arrangements for chamber music ensemble (strings, woodwinds, brass), orchestrated by Irish composer John Bonnar (who has worked with Brian Eno and Dead Can Dance). The other two members of the team which worked on these two albums are sound engineer Gilles Martin, and Minimal Compact bassist/vocalist Malka Spigel.

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