The Chemistry Set (British band) | Wikipedia audio article
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The Chemistry Set are a cult London psychedelic band. Composed of veterans of the late 1980s neo-psychedelic boom, the group received regular airplay on John Peel's show, were covered in the mainstream and underground music press and appeared on Tony Wilson's BBC2 television show, 100%.
The original line up consisted of Ashley Wood (rhythm guitar/vocals), Paul Lake (lead guitar/vocals), Henry Taprell (bass) and Dave McLean (drums/vocals) with Neil Pond (Harmonica and percussion) joining them both onstage and in the studio. Wood and Lake had previously played in school bands for a number of years having met at secondary school in south east London.  
Their first official release was in 1988, an eponymous cassette of bedroom demos, released on the Acid Tapes label. This was followed by several flexi discs between 1988 and 1990, in which the band received an international fan base. The Chemistry Set were being featured in fanzines in the UK, Spain, Italy, Holland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Japan, USA and Australia and New Zealand. Tracks also appeared on compilation LP's in the UK, Spain & Germany.
The band started out on the London gig circuit, playing venues such as The Camden Falcon; Covent Garden's 'The Rock Garden' and The Mean Fiddler, and building a loyal regular fan base in the capital. Later they would tour throughout the UK, Europe and the United States. Highlights included playing the CMJ Festival in New York, Brixton Academy with Hawkwind and touring with Robyn Hitchcock, plus regular gigs at London venues like the Rough Trade record shop, The Marquee and The Borderline. 
1990–91 saw Imaginary Records release two 12" EP singles (also issued on CD) in the UK.  "Don't Turn Away" (Drummond/Wood) broke into the UK Indie Top 20 whilst its follow "The Candle Burns" (Wood) appeared the following year.
Chart success came with a Spanish release of "Don't Turn Away" which made the national Top 20, giving the band a totally new audience. Their 'lost' album of this period, 'Sounds Like Painting', was issued exclusively in Spain (by Romilard.) Of the ten tracks, all were original compositions (predominantly by Wood) apart from a cover of Love's 'A House is Not a Motel', sung by McLean. 
Following the departure of bassist Henry Taprell, and songwriter/vocalist Ashley Wood, the group recruited new members though no new material was released. Following a long hiatus Paul Lake and Dave Mclean reappeared in 2008, releasing their 1989 album "Sounds Like Painting", which was uploaded onto various blogs and downloaded over 8,000 times.
In Spain, their music has appeared on twelve radio stations including Disco Grande, Spain's most important national indie radio station. The Chemistry Set's previous success in the country preceded its return to DJ Gato, one of the most important indie club DJs in Spain. One of Spain's producers Manel Ibanez approached the band to produce their new mini-LP, "Alchemy#101". Lake and Mclean (along with a little help from some musical friends) recorded and mixed the mini album in a studio on an island in the middle of the River Thames using vintage instruments (including Farfisas & Mellotrons) but record it to pro-tools to get a great mix of vintage and modern sounds. The music is then mixed and produced in Barcelona by Ibanez.
The Chemistry Set say they release EPs to maintain high quality control and consistency that is not always achieved in full-length releases. On each EP there is a French version of a song ("Regarde Le Ciel" was recorded in French by a singer from Barcelona, Suzette de la grace Faberge, a member of the critically acclaimed indie-pop band Les Tres Bien Ensemble) and an obs ...