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The Three Favourite Albums Of Renaissance Man Patrick Campbell

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by Grady Mitchell | Definitive Records asks interesting folks to pick the three albums that anchor their musical tastes. Today we hear from Pat Campbell, who you may have heard DJing at The Fox Cabaret‘s monthly dance night Heaven, whose exhibition Cultivating Equilibrium is up at Unit Pitt Gallery until May 7, who sits on the Board of Directors at Or Gallery, and also runs his own gallery, Index.

Jack J – Looking Forward To You | LISTEN | “The whole Mood Hut crew has been releasing a steady stream of bangers over the last couple years but Jack J’s Looking Forward to You is an absolute face melter.”

Bileo – Looking Forward To You | LISTEN | “It is impossible to have a bad time when this track is playing…” 

The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come | LISTEN | “Morrissey had such great hair.”

ALL DEFINITIVE RECORDS

 

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