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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Katie Hawthorne, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Alexis Petridis

Add to playlist: the nervy breakbeats and acid delirium of Silverwingkiller and the week’s best new tracks

Two people in sunglasses hold drinks surrounded by glowing green and red laser beams in darkness
An atmosphere thick with dread … Silverwingkiller. Photograph: Paris Seawell

From Manchester, via Peterborough and Shanghai
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Salford’s Silverwingkiller sound how this summer’s heatwave feels: delirious, dread-filled and jangling with pent-up energy. Named after the Chinese title for Blade Runner, they build pummelling industrial dance music from nervy breakbeats, the acid sounds of the Roland TB-303 synthesiser and the shared sense of creative freedom that James Baca and Yushang Ni discovered on moving to Greater Manchester, from Peterborough and Shanghai respectively.

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