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Radiohead singer and electronic producer collaborate to spin bleak yarns for the modern age.

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With The Who he wrote some of the great songs from the first wave of pop, then went on to conquer the rock world. In recent years he’s mostly been involved in solo work. In the 60s he famously wrote the lyric: ‘ Hope I die before I get old .’ Thankfully he didn’t.