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1979: The Pop Rivets, a Canterbury group of devoted acolytes to punk's gritty DIY ethos, release Greatest Hits, home-recorded and enclosed in handmade sleeves (later repressed in printed covers; later still retitled for its Hangman reissue). A more mod-oriented and less reserved TV Personalities or Desperate Bicycles, the Rivets (aka Rivits) retrospectively fit neatly in with the sloppy, violent pop noisemeisters of the era, endearingly careless (though even the best songs leave mere flesh wounds as opposed to the scars inflicted by their more prominent contemporaries). Empty Sounds from Anarchy Ranch consolidates the band's sound into a tamer, more controlled...

Shrouded in anonymity the masked Rivet surfaced in 2011 with two stand out EPs on Frozen Border sub label Naked Index. A remix for Bristolian starlet Kowton on Danish imprint Teal Recordings and his “Amid The Roar” EP for the excellent Kontra-Musik, complete with a Marcel Fengler Redefinition soon followed. Rivet’s rugged and distinguished take on techno has already garnered support from Martyn, Pariah, Blawan, Skudge and Scuba who commissioned “Slant” and “Running” for his celebrated DJ Kicks compilation. In a succinct career Rivet has showcased his ability to produce bruising slabs of club techno infused with such fervour that...