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Fart of noise: Kate Bush was known to sample her own flatulence and make music with it on her Fairlight, says former collaborator

Kate Bush

Known for her love of literature and eclectic musical style, Kate Bush is also believed to have sampled her own flatulence and played it back on a Fairlight sampler, says a former collaborator.

Irish musician Dónal Lunny worked with Bush on Night Of The Swallow, which featured on 1980 album The Dreaming. He recently told Uncut: “She was a funny, mischievous woman. Somebody told me she sampled a fart on the Fairlight and she would happily play tunes on it!”

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