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Designer Beatnik is the only album by English electronic act Dr Calculus, a duo of Stephen Duffy and former Pigbag trombonist Roger Freeman. Released in August 1986 through 10 Records, it was produced by Duffy and Freeman with Paul Staveley O'Duffy.
Apr 13, 2022 · Stephen Duffy’s great lost album Designer Beatnik was part of the short-lived Dr Calculus project. In this interview from 2021, we take a look at the often overlooked experimental ode to emerging Ecstasy culture…
Duffy also recorded a non-stop forty-minute early chill-out / house album in 1986 called Designer Beatnik with Roger Freeman of Pigbag, released under the name Dr. Calculus mdma. The cover photo shows the " Spirit of Ecstasy " Rolls-Royce car mascot and the album's two singles were "Programme 7" and "Perfume from Spain".
Designer Beatnik by Dr Calculus mdma is greeted with silence in 1986, the money is gone and I get a job moving boxes in a warehouse off the Holloway Road. On the radio in the loading bay, pirate stations appear playing the Acid House.
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Dr. Calculus (full name Dr. Calculus MDMA) was mainly the brainchild of UK singer-songwriter Stephen Duffy. Involving numerous guest musicians (most notably, Roger Freeman of Pigbag) the sole album 'Designer Beatnik' was released in 1986.Two singles were released, 'Perfume from Spain' and 'Programme
Dr. Calculus (full name Dr. Calculus MDMA) was mainly the brainchild of UK singer-songwriter Stephen Duffy. Involving numerous guest musicians (most notably, Roger Freeman of Pigbag) the sole album "Designer Beatnik" was released in 1986.
