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- Richard Norris
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- Strange Things Are Happening
- Label
- White Rabbit
- Release Date
- April 26, 2024
Press Release
A memoir by one of the most influential and ubiquitous underground British musicians of the past thirty Leafy St Albans is an unlikely starting point for one of the great psychedelic/acid house musicians of his generation, but, like so many others who brought radical change to the counterculture, Richard Norris' story starts in the suburbs. Strange Things Are Happening documents his journey from punk through the emerging DIY indie culture to producing the UK's first acid house album, Jack the Tab; being one of the only unsigned artists to grace the cover of NME, to being one of the first faces on the scene at Shoom and Spectrum during the 1988 Summer of Love; finding international fame with The Grid in the early 90s, to working with Joe Strummer and a cast of thousands as a remixer, writer and producer. Embracing a psychedelic lifestyle along the way, Strange Things Are Happening is a funny, improbable and frequently wild journey down the rabbit hole.
Richard Norris has been involved in almost every aspect of music and its business for many decades. This is an insider's tale of inspiration and collaboration, working with some of the most iconic artists in music and beyond. We travel to basement acid parties in London to ten thousand strong raves in Ibiza. From Amsterdam with Timothy Leary, to Tijuana with Shaun Ryder and Joe Strummer, on a bumpy ride in Joe's beat up 1955 Cadillac, to the customs hall at Heathrow with Sun Ra, Top Of The Pops, LA film sets, around the world and back again. Strange Things Are Happening is a celebration of creativity and passion, of chance meetings turning into lifelong friendships, and of what is possible with an independent spirit, with an open mind and heart. Not quite Do It Yourself, more Do It Yourselves - a testimony to how small groups of people can affect and change the cultural landscape; a story about doing what you love and being eternally curious; about the inevitable occupational dead ends and wrong turns that happen when you jump in headfirst, and what is learnt along the way.
Richard Norris
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- Oracle Sound volume Two
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- Group Mind
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- OS2
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- March 29, 2024
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- December
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- Group Mind
- Catalogue Number
- GM012L
- Release Date
- December 1, 2023
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- Group Mind
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- GM012K
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- November 3, 2023
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- Group Mind
- Catalogue Number
- OS001
- Release Date
- October 13, 2023
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- October
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- Group Mind
- Catalogue Number
- GM012J
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- October 6, 2023
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- Richard Norris
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- Group Mind
- Catalogue Number
- GM012I
- Release Date
- September 1, 2023
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- Group Mind
- Catalogue Number
- GM012H
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- August 18, 2023
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- July
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- Group Mind
- Catalogue Number
- GM012G
- Release Date
- July 3, 2023
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