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MXMJoY

MXMJoY hosted a guest show on 22 February 2019. MXMJoY has been played on NTS over 140 times, featured on 137 episodes and was first played on 27 November 2011.

Birthed from the seminal 1980s post-punk band Maximum Joy, MXMJoY is the dramatic reimagining by founding members Janine Rainforth and Charlie Llewellin. A pivotal point in Bristol’s dub-informed lineage, Pitchfork compared Maximum Joys sound to "one of the Slits backed by the Gang of Four”, while PopMatters said, "Musically, the group’s use of complex percussion, horns, danceable bass lines, and overtly English female vocals built a bridge between the worlds of Afrobeat, reggae, avant-garde jazz, funk and pop". Returning with…

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Silent Street / Silent Dub
Maximum Joy
Y Records1981
Silent Street / Silent Dub
Maximum JoyY Records1981
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Searching For A Feeling
Maximum Joy
Y Records1982
Searching For A Feeling
Maximum JoyY Records1982
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Do It Today
Maximum Joy
Fontana1982
Do It Today
Maximum JoyFontana1982
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Building Bridges / Building Dub
Maximum Joy
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Building Bridges / Building Dub
Maximum JoyY Records1982
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Silent Street
Maximum Joy
Crippled Dick Hot Wax!2005
Silent Street
Maximum JoyCrippled Dick Hot Wax!2005
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Let It Take You There
Maximum Joy
Y Records1982
Let It Take You There
Maximum JoyY Records1982
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Stretch
Maximum Joy
Crippled Dick Hot Wax!2005
Stretch
Maximum JoyCrippled Dick Hot Wax!2005
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Mouse An' Me
Maximum Joy
Y Records1982
Mouse An' Me
Maximum JoyY Records1982
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White & Green Place
Maximum Joy
Crippled Dick Hot Wax!2005
White & Green Place
Maximum JoyCrippled Dick Hot Wax!2005
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Man Of Tribes
Maximum Joy
Garage Records1983
Man Of Tribes
Maximum JoyGarage Records1983
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