Swamp Children has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 48 episodes and was first played on 15 December 2012.

Factory Records' avant-funk band Swamp Children initially shared members with A Certain Ratio before mutating into acclaimed latin jazz contenders Kalima in 1983, releasing four albums between 1986 and 2002.

Swamp Children formed in Manchester, UK in 1980, around core members Ann Quigley (vocals), Tony Quigley (sax and bass), John Kirkham (guitar), Ceri Evans (keyboards and bass) later of Sunship fame, Cliff Saffer (sax) and Martin Moscrop (drums). Although their close association with fellow avant-funksters A Certain Ratio lead many to assume that Swamp…