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Usurper: The Big Two (Krim Kram)

"Here's the last will and testament of Usurper. The final curtain on two decades of heroic toil in the experimental/noise/improv/no-audience underground. Over the course of their twenty year existence, Usurper developed into one of the ...
 

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Malcy Duff-performer, composer

Ali Robertson-performer, composer

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Label: Krim Kram
Catalog ID: KK-15
Squidco Product Code: 37990

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: Ireland
Packaging: Digipack - 3 panel
Recorded in Perthshire and Edinburgh in 2022.
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Improvised Music

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Objects and Home-made Instruments
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