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The Mixers formed in 1980 when 15-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarists Daniel Vallely and Ulric Kennedy replaced departing lead guitarist Jim Bell in a group comprising Grant Morrison (rhythm guitar) and Ron Bookless (bass). Eventually joined by Mikel Angus (drums), the band adopted a name from Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange and set about creating melodic pop which drew heavily on 60s influences cross-fertilised with the supercharged delivery of the punk era.

The band played a succession of gigs around Glasgow, finding kindred spirits among the London-based New Psychedelia crowd who likened their demos to "The Hollies on speed".
In 1984, by which time the band had effectively split up, two Vallely tracks (recorded at the Arches, Glasgow) - Love Hurts and Never Find Time - made it onto Daniel Treacy's legendary Wha-am! compilation All For Art and Art For All, later re-surfacing as a 7" on Vinyl Japan in the 1990s.
Look out for Ron's bassline, Ulric's solo and Dan and Ulric's screams on the B-side, LOVE HURTS, in particular.

There was a reunion album.... It was never finished, but lots of tracks exist in some form and may be posted later if the world needs a colourbomb of sound sparkles like the psychedelic masterpiece it would have been...

Their first demos (recorded at CaVa Studios back in the olden times) have been replaced now with some very young Circles indeed.

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