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C86

C86 is a cassette compilation released by the British music magazine NME in 1986, featuring new bands licensed from British independent record labels of the time. As a term, C86 quickly evolved into shorthand for a guitar-based music genre characterized by jangling guitars and melodic power pop song structures, although other musical styles were…

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Compilers
Neil Taylor, Adrian Thrills, Roy Carr
Genres
Indie pop · jangle pop
Labels
Rough Trade, NME
Length
61:11
Released
May 1986

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The C86 cassette

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C86

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples51
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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C86

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related to The C86 cassette · 26
C86 → Adrian Thrills, C81, Contemporary Arts, Creation, Dan Treacy's Dreamworld Records, It, Jeff Barrett's Head Records, July, London's Institute, LP, Mantronix, Neil Taylor, NME, NME's, November, Pink, Probe Plus, Public Enemy, Readers, Ron Johnson
related to External sources · 10
C86 → Alastair, Anoraky, Bladh, Fire Escape Talking, Fitchett, July, Krister Everything, Pop, Tangents Blog, UK
related to Legacy · 8
C86 → Andrew Collins, Before C86, Bob Stanley, Ex-NME, Martin Whitehead, Melody Maker, Saint Etienne, Subway
Genres · 2
C86 → Indie pop, jangle pop
Compilers · 1
C86 → Neil Taylor, Adrian Thrills, Roy Carr
Labels · 1
C86 → Rough Trade, NME
Length · 1
C86 → 61:11
Released · 1
C86 → May 1986
is a · 1
C86 → cassette compilation released by the British music magazine NME in 1986

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nme music 1986 pop cassette new tape released indie bands compilation labels pogo go 2006 independent time term neil taylor

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
C86CompilersNeil Taylor, Adrian Thrills, Roy Carr1.00infobox
C86GenresIndie pop1.00infobox
C86Genresjangle pop1.00infobox
C86LabelsRough Trade, NME1.00infobox
C86Length61:111.00infobox
C86ReleasedMay 19861.00infobox
C86is acassette compilation released by the British music magazine NME in 19860.90text
C86related to External sourcesBladh0.60section
C86related to External sourcesKrister Everything0.60section
C86related to External sourcesPop0.60section
C86related to External sourcesFire Escape Talking0.60section
C86related to External sourcesAnoraky0.60section

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