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Smash Hits! "Electro Bleep Craze" Feature

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Smash Hits decided to investigate how the "electro bleep craze" started. 

They asked three bands in the top twenty, responsible for 
the sound, how it started - one of the bands was us. 
We were the only ones that bothered to give a "serious" answer.

Oh, and apparently I have the ability to recite things backwards.

Must remember to try that sometime.

The club we were referring to was The Hacienda. 
The DJ we talk of is Graeme Park. 
With his brilliant mixing of tracks like "The Dance" and 
his own mix of Cut The Q's "Who needs a Love like 
that?" he used to mix the "bleeps" from these and 
other records to amazing effect. This influenced 
the main bleep melody of Hardcore Uproar. 
Unique 3's "The Theme" and Sweet Exorcist's "Test One" were also huge influences on the "bleep" element that entered club culture in the North of England.

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