The Shamen
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Report and Interview by Push, Melody Maker, 3 January 1987
THE MAN HAS become the bane of my life. He telephones me every day, usually more than once. I meet him in the haze of ...
The Shamen, Spacemen 3: Dingwalls, London
Live Review by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 11 July 1987
"ECSTASY IS good for you" asserts the slogan on The Shamen's bass guitar. But in the murk of Dingwalls, ecstasy is harder to catch than ...
Shamen Scandal: Angus At The Fungus
Interview by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 20 February 1988
The hip hop psychedelia of Aberdeen's THE SHAMEN probably has its roots in the mushrooms that grow in abundance along the North East coast. ROBIN GIBSON sips ...
The Shamen, Bastard Kestrel: Notre Dame Hall, London
Live Review by The Legend!, New Musical Express, 7 May 1988
HALF-SPEEDO half chuck-it-on-the-floor-jump-up-and-down-scarily-and-hope-that-something-happens, these Bastard Kestrels are the wedgeheads' dream answer to Cricklewood Broadway's grim surrounds: four youths down the local disco with but an ...
Interview by Ian Gittins, Melody Maker, 7 May 1988
GETTING INTO A LATHER OVER THEIR LAGER (OR IS IT VICE VERSA?), THE SHAMEN ARE SETTING NEW STANDARDS IN PSYCHEDELIA. IAN GITTINS SCRATCHED THEIR IRRITATION. ...
The Shamen: In Gorbachev We Trust (Demon)
Review by Ian Gittins, Melody Maker, 4 February 1989
THE SHAMEN may indeed, as Steve Sutherland said, be a band whose time has come. For over three years now they've been drilling away, obsessed ...
The Shamen: The Pleasure Principle
Interview by Ian Gittins, Melody Maker, 3 June 1989
FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OFTHEIR LAST ALBUM, IN GORBACHEV WE TRUST, THE EXPLOSIVE PSYCHEDELIC EXPLORERS HOPE TO EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS WITH THEIR NEW MINI-LP, PHORWARD. IAN ...
Report and Interview by Sheryl Garratt, The Face, April 1990
First there were the raves, and a few imaginative DJs who mixed live music with the records.Then there was Adamski, and the madness that is ...
Report by Mark Sinker, New Statesman, 14 April 1990
2005 note: Unforgivable as actual real journalism – I made no effort to represent the anti-drug position – this still works as a snapshot of ...
Black Box, Guru Josh, Orbital, 808 State et al: Energy, Docklands Arena, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, Smash Hits, 2 May 1990
TYPICAL SO-called "raves" (i.e. those massive dance parties held in cornfields off the M2S) don't usually start 'til gone midnight. Energy, which bills itself as ...
The Shamen: En-Tact (One Little Indian)
Review by Stephen Dalton, Vox, November 1990
THE PHUTURE is now. The Shamen once riffed and jangled in anoraks, got into splintered hip-hop iconoclasm for the magnificent In Gorbachev We Trust album ...
Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, November 1990
The Shamen switched orbits from the doomed indie rock circuit, re-entering as dancedelic house cosmonauts with a mobile ‘interactive’ club show. Mat Snow steps cautiously ...
Report and Interview by Tony Fletcher, Spin, December 1990
THE YEAR 1990 has been one of re-evaluation and subsequent rejuvenation for bands in Britain. Spurred on by the excitement of 1988's acid-house scene and ...
The Shamen, The Orb, Rebel MC: War And Peace ('91 Mix), Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Susan Corrigan, New Musical Express, 26 January 1991
GIVE PEACE A DANCE ...
The Shamen: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 2 November 1991
SYNERGY IS dead, long live Progeny. Kicked into a different dimension by the untimely demise of bassist Will Sinnott, The Shamen's travelling rave-show finds itself ...
The Shamen, the Prodigy, Basti, Orbital, N-Joi: Sound City '92, Norwich
Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 9 May 1992
FRIDAY ...
Interview by Helen Mead, i-D, June 1992
After achieving pop success and suffering the death of Will Sin last year, the Shamen are back.New singer, new songs, but an enduring interest in ...
Report by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 10 October 1992
Fiddling with their jockstraps, lacing up their boots, THE SHAMEN face the Gooners at Highbury and come away with a 0-0 draw. DAVID STUBBS joins ...
The Shamen: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 17 October 1992
CHAS N'RAVE ...
Overview by Mark Dery, Keyboard, April 1993
TECHNO. THE name sounds at once monolithic and impersonal, the acronym of a multinational conglomerate, and toylike, as in brightly colored plastic Lego blocks. ...
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