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    Founding editor of London-based music magazine Loud And Quiet. Podcast editor and host. Very tall.

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    Avant-rock post-critic and groove historian. Substack Editor at BEST FIT, mercurial freelancer in a number of other places.

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    music fan + writer from England

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    Music writing for Loud And Quiet. Strategist at M+C Saatchi

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    Native Londoner, music writer, photographer, musician. Contributor to Loud And Quiet; one-quarter of the band Dog Unit

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    Bag for life. Culture writer.

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    red sky at night, something is burning

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