Welcome to Aural Sculptors, a blog aimed at bringing the music of The Stranglers to as wide an audience as possible. Whilst all of the various members of the band that have passed through the ranks since 1974 are accomplished studio musicians, it is on stage where the band have for me had their biggest impact.

Also, she was sexually abused, over a period of months, by an adult neighbour. Telling her parents led to an awful scene (they made her retell her story in front of the neighbour and his pregnant wife). Aged 10, she went into herself.

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Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. Forty-three years after The Selecter’s seminal debut album, Too Much Pressure, which still inspires and resonates today, can their sixteenth studio album, Human Algebra, claim a similar place in people’s affections? It is undoubtedly a high bar to clear. The Selecter continue to release new music, charting new albums in the UK in the last couple of years, proving that 2-Tone is still as relevant and important as it was 40 years ago. In October 2017 The Selecter released studio album Daylight – their most urgent, politically engaged and purely uplifting record since the days of Too Much Pressure and Celebrate The Bullet. algebra, branch of mathematics in which arithmetical operations and formal manipulations are applied to abstract symbols rather than specific numbers. The notion that there exists such a distinct subdiscipline of mathematics, as well as the term algebra to denote it, resulted from a slow historical development. This article presents that history, tracing the evolution over time of the concept of the equation, number systems, symbols for conveying and manipulating mathematical statements, and the modern abstract structural view of algebra. For information on specific branches of algebra, see elementary algebra, linear algebra, and modern algebra. Emergence of formal equations

A lot of people have said, ‘Won’t you be daunted by the number of people?’ I did some work with Damon Albarn in 2018. We went out to South America with the Gorillaz, playing to about 80,000 people in stadiums. That was a baptism of fire for me but it was plenty of practice for Wembley Stadium. Do you enjoy guesting with Jools Holland’s Rhythm And Blues Orchestra? Pauline notes that many of the musicians from that era are still in touch and have also toured together. It’s a family, with all the kind of things that happen in families,” she observes.

And I think that it kind of shows the – I’m not going to say importance, but it shows that we had our finger on the pulse then and obviously that has translated into today’s thinking as well.” The Selecter. Picture: Dean Chalkley

It’s our new album, it’s got 12 brand new songs on it. The single is the same title as the album and the song Human Algebra portrays the aftermath of a young man’s rather senseless death due to pretty much what is the current scourge, which is knife crime,” explains Pauline, who was awarded an OBE for services to entertainment in 2022. Speaking to the Cambridge Independent from her home in Coventry – where the 2 Tone craze began – Pauline, known as the ‘Queen of Ska’, had been at an event at the BFI IMAX on London’s South Bank the previous evening. Set for release on April 21, ‘Human Algebra’ is the sixteenth studio album from the reformed and ever-industriousThe Selecter. To commemorate the release, The Selecter will be touring across the UK, including a date at London’s majestic KOKO venue. In addition, occasionally I will post material by other bands, related or otherwise, that mean a lot to me. There were about 30 people on the coach,” she says, “and I always used to sit up the front of the bus. And there’s a photo of me, and I’m reading Alien. And it fits the way that I felt on that bus. People gave me a wide berth. Because I wasn’t like Pepsi and Shirlie or whatever – not marriage material. And anyway, I already had a husband [she’s been with Terry since 1973]. And I wasn’t a bloke.”The earliest extant mathematical text from Egypt is the Rhind papyrus (c. 1650 bc). It and other texts attest to the ability of the ancient Egyptians to solve linear equations in one unknown. A linear equation is a first-degree equation, or one in which all the variables are only to the first power. (In today’s notation, such an equation in one unknown would be 7 x + 3 x = 10.) Evidence from about 300 bc indicates that the Egyptians also knew how to solve problems involving a system of two equations in two unknown quantities, including quadratic (second-degree, or squared unknowns) equations. For example, given that the perimeter of a rectangular plot of land is 100 units and its area is 600 square units, the ancient Egyptians could solve for the field’s length l and width w. (In modern notation, they could solve the pair of simultaneous equations 2 w + 2 l =100 and w l = 600.) However, throughout this period there was no use of symbols—problems were stated and solved verbally. The following problem is typical: The anarchic passion that fuelled Selecter gigs during the original 2-Tone era is still there, except the pair are more driven than ever. Their confidence is sky-high and they’re also writing the best songs of their career, which is saying something given the enduring popularity of hits like “ Three Minute Hero,” “ Missing Words,” “ Too Much Pressure” and “ On My Radio.” We are, indeed! Steve Davis is DJing. I’m from Romford and I’ve always wanted to meet him because he made his name playing around here as well. It’s going to be a big crowd! As a collector of their live recordings for many years I want to share some of the better quality material with other fans. By selecting the higher quality recordings I hope to present The Stranglers in the best possible light for the benefit of those less familiar with their material than the hardcore fan. Between 50 and 58 I didn’t know where the hell I was,” she says. “You know when people say that oestrogen is a problem? It’s not a bloody problem. That’s your life fuel. I think I always produced a surfeit of oestrogen; I have a sister, who I discovered much later, and she has the same thing. In menopause, your oestrogen drops, and all that live wire-ness disappears. And when you don’t have it, then you really, really know. I couldn’t have HRT for various reasons. I thought: ‘I’m going to die here.’”