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Main has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 11 episodes and was first played on 6 December 2014.

Main (1991-1998) was formed by Robert Hampson and Scott Dawson in 1990. Both members had come from the band Loop (1985-1990). The initial imperative was to deconstruct the "iconic" form of guitars and place them in a different context and change their language.

Surrounded by other sounds from field and close / contact mic recordings of found objects, these were then manipulated until the identifiable became unidentifiable. Gradually, since the departure of Dawson in 1996, the use of the guitar has appeared less and…

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Spectra Decay
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Beggars Banquet1994
Spectra Decay
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Dry Stone Feed
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Beggars Banquet1993
Dry Stone Feed
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Liquid Reflective (Kling Klang)
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Beggars Banquet1994
Liquid Reflective (Kling Klang)
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Firmament IV
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Beggars Banquet1999
Firmament IV
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Cypher
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Beggars Banquet1993
Cypher
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Coderays
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Syntactic1995
Coderays
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Suspension
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Situation Two1991
Suspension
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Cypher
Main
Beggars Banquet1993
Cypher
MainBeggars Banquet1993
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Rotary Eclipse
Main
Beggars Banquet1994
Rotary Eclipse
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Elementary Particles (Main Mix)
Bowery Electric (Main mix)
Beggars Banquet1997
Elementary Particles (Main Mix)
Bowery Electric (Main mix)Beggars Banquet1997
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