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Designer Beatnik is the only album by English electronic act Dr Calculus, a duo of Stephen Duffy and former Pigbag trombonist Roger Freeman. Released in August 1986 through 10 Records, it was produced by Duffy and Freeman with Paul Staveley O'Duffy.
13 de abr. de 2022 · Stephen Duffy’s great lost album Designer Beatnik was part of the short-lived Dr Calculus project. In this interview from 2021, we take a look at the often overlooked experimental ode to emerging Ecstasy culture…
Duffy also recorded a non-stop forty-minute early chill-out / house album in 1986 called Designer Beatnik with Roger Freeman of Pigbag, released under the name Dr. Calculus mdma. The cover photo shows the " Spirit of Ecstasy " Rolls-Royce car mascot and the album's two singles were "Programme 7" and "Perfume from Spain".
11 de sept. de 2023 · Then there was his album of experimental house (Designer Beatnik by Dr Calculus mdma) and those synth-drenched solo singles – Kiss Me, Icing On The Cake, Unkiss That Kiss… That Stephen Duffy of all people would go folk seemed as likely as Twisted Sister putting out a shoegazing album.
10 de jun. de 2014 · The KLF’s continuous mix of ‘strings, things and new technology’ was released in 1990 but, in hindsight, bears an uncanny musical resemblance – in style, structure and ‘substance’ – to Calculus’ Programme 7 single and Designer Beatnik album, which appeared in 1986.
Using spare studio time from Stephen's solo work they recorded the first Dr Calculus single Programme 7. From this the Ten Records label let them record another single Perfume from Spain and the album Designer Beatnik, released in the Summer of 1986.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1986 Vinyl release of "Designer Beatnik" on Discogs.
