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		<title>Joejulian: added Category:Articles by Michael Bugeja using HotCat</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;added &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Category:Articles_by_Michael_Bugeja&quot; title=&quot;Category:Articles by Michael Bugeja&quot;&gt;Category:Articles by Michael Bugeja&lt;/a&gt; using &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Help:Gadget-HotCat&quot; title=&quot;Help:Gadget-HotCat&quot;&gt;HotCat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<author><name>Joejulian</name></author>
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		<title>Joejulian: category change</title>
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		<updated>2016-09-28T10:00:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;category change&lt;/p&gt;
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		<author><name>Joejulian</name></author>
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		<title>Tonisant at 17:42, 30 January 2011</title>
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		<updated>2011-01-30T17:42:03Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene. Some will argue they have always been present, to some extent or other, and that traditional folk music still has a fairly loyal following.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene. Some will argue they have always been present, to some extent or other, and that traditional folk music still has a fairly loyal following.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While all of this is true, one must also admit that perhaps none of these managed to capture the younger generation’s attention quite as effectively or expansively as the customised folk of bands such as [[Nafra]], [[Etnika]], [[Brikkuni]] and [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Plato’s &lt;/del&gt;Dream Machine]] has done in the past few years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While all of this is true, one must also admit that perhaps none of these managed to capture the younger generation’s attention quite as effectively or expansively as the customised folk of bands such as [[Nafra]], [[Etnika]], [[Brikkuni]] and [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Plato&amp;#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;Dream Machine]] has done in the past few years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This revived interest is, of course, a blessing, given that Maltese musical traditions, bar a number of dedicated Għana gatherings held around the island and the much-anticipated annual [[Għana­fest]], seemed to be fading into the background just 10 or so years ago. Also, it seems that more young people are delving into their Maltese roots to find inspiration augurs well for the survival of our island’s folk heritage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This revived interest is, of course, a blessing, given that Maltese musical traditions, bar a number of dedicated Għana gatherings held around the island and the much-anticipated annual [[Għana­fest]], seemed to be fading into the background just 10 or so years ago. Also, it seems that more young people are delving into their Maltese roots to find inspiration augurs well for the survival of our island’s folk heritage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Lib66 at 17:22, 30 January 2011</title>
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		<updated>2011-01-30T17:22:30Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene. Some will argue they have always been present, to some extent or other, and that traditional folk music still has a fairly loyal following.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene. Some will argue they have always been present, to some extent or other, and that traditional folk music still has a fairly loyal following.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While all of this is true, one must also admit that perhaps none of these managed to capture the younger generation’s attention quite as effectively or expansively as the customised folk of bands such as Nafra, Etnika, Brikkuni and [[Plato’s Dream Machine]] has done in the past few years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While all of this is true, one must also admit that perhaps none of these managed to capture the younger generation’s attention quite as effectively or expansively as the customised folk of bands such as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Nafra&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Etnika&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Brikkuni&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and [[Plato’s Dream Machine]] has done in the past few years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This revived interest is, of course, a blessing, given that Maltese musical traditions, bar a number of dedicated Għana gatherings held around the island and the much-anticipated annual Għana­fest, seemed to be fading into the background just 10 or so years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This revived interest is, of course, a blessing, given that Maltese musical traditions, bar a number of dedicated Għana gatherings held around the island and the much-anticipated annual &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Għana­fest&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, seemed to be fading into the background just 10 or so years ago. Also, it seems that more young people are delving into their Maltese roots to find inspiration augurs well for the survival of our island’s folk heritage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also, it seems that more young people are delving into their Maltese roots to find inspiration augurs well for the survival of our island’s folk heritage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plato’s Dream Machine is one of the relatively newer names championing folk music locally, and the band’s current six-piece line-up is three times the size of its original set-up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plato’s Dream Machine is one of the relatively newer names championing folk music locally, and the band’s current six-piece line-up is three times the size of its original set-up&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. In fact, back in February 2009, this occasional side-project started out as a two-piece operating under the name of [[Robert and Fre]]; a vehicle initially set up simply to work on some songs that vocalist and guitarist [[Robert Farrugia Flores]] had been working on. He called his old friend [[Fre]] to accompany him on bass, and the seeds of what would become Plato’s Dream Machine were sown&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In fact, back in February 2009, this occasional side-project started out as a two-piece operating under the name of ‘Robert and Fre’; a vehicle initially set up simply to work on some songs that vocalist and guitarist [[Robert Farrugia Flores]] had been working on.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He called his old friend [[Fre]] to accompany him on bass, and the seeds of what would become Plato’s Dream Machine were sown.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fre and Robert are no newcomers to the local music scene; in fact, quite interestingly, they both formed part of the underground core punk presence that had its base in the Marsa musical community and have played in various other bands since.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fre and Robert are no newcomers to the local music scene; in fact, quite interestingly, they both formed part of the underground core punk presence that had its base in the Marsa musical community and have played in various other bands since.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“We actually knew each other even before music entered our lives,” Robert explains. “Our friendship grew stronger when we both got involved in bands, but oddly, we never did play together until we eventually got together as Robert &amp;amp; Fre.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“We actually knew each other even before music entered our lives,” Robert explains. “Our friendship grew stronger when we both got involved in bands, but oddly, we never did play together until we eventually got together as Robert &amp;amp; Fre.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Their post-punk years saw them drift off down separate paths.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Their post-punk years saw them drift off down separate paths. Robert formed experimental outfit [[A Fuchsia Sun Vessel]] and (later) [[Dominoes]] as well as pursuing his other love, painting. Meanwhile, Fre played with practically every band that would have him, among them [[The i-Skandal]] and [[Dripht]], before settling in with his other current band, [[Brikkuni]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Robert formed experimental outfit [[A Fuchsia Sun Vessel]] and (later) [[Dominoes]] as well as pursuing his other love, painting. Meanwhile, Fre played with practically every band that would have him, among them [[The i-Skandal]] and [[Dripht]], before settling in with his other current band, [[Brikkuni]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“I’m quite a spontaneous person; sometimes, perhaps, a little too much so, but I like to do a lot of things, and once I get involved in something I really give it my all. I love music and I’m not attached to any one genre either. I find it all quite liberating,” Fre admits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“I’m quite a spontaneous person; sometimes, perhaps, a little too much so, but I like to do a lot of things, and once I get involved in something I really give it my all. I love music and I’m not attached to any one genre either. I find it all quite liberating,” Fre admits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;With all this in mind, it seems that the origin of Plato’s Dream Machine was rather unexpected. Fre got a call from Robert one day, asking if he was interested in working with him on some songs he had written.  They got together, played a handful of rehearsals and decided to try the songs out in public.  “It was just a small, intimate gig, but there was a pretty good turnout,” Robert says. “Our friend Ryan &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(&lt;/del&gt;Abela&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;) &lt;/del&gt;played drums on a couple of tracks; overall I think it went quite well.” Well enough, indeed, to prompt them to record a demo within a couple of weeks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;With all this in mind, it seems that the origin of Plato’s Dream Machine was rather unexpected. Fre got a call from Robert one day, asking if he was interested in working with him on some songs he had written.  They got together, played a handful of rehearsals and decided to try the songs out in public.  “It was just a small, intimate gig, but there was a pretty good turnout,” Robert says. “Our friend &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Ryan Abela&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;played drums on a couple of tracks; overall I think it went quite well.” Well enough, indeed, to prompt them to record a demo within a couple of weeks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“It was a pretty DIY job, actually. It was recorded in Ryan’s &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bedroom…&lt;/del&gt;. he has a basic home studio,” says Robert.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“It was a pretty DIY job, actually. It was recorded in Ryan’s &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bedroom..&lt;/ins&gt;.he has a basic home studio,” says Robert. That recording, a two-track demo featuring original composition Journeyman and a cover of Bob Dylan’s I Shall be Released, was the beginning of Plato’s Dream Machine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;That recording, a two-track demo featuring original composition Journeyman and a cover of Bob Dylan’s I Shall be Released, was the beginning of Plato’s Dream Machine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;And just where did the name Plato’s Dream Machine come from, then? “It’s a bit complicated, but it’s all to do with philosophy,” says Robert.  “I’m very interested in the subject and, after art, it’s my favourite. The name is not necessarily related to Plato directly but is the combined result of various topics I had read about.”  He attempts to explain these topics further, but having lost me a few minutes earlier, he concedes the actual story would probably take ages to explain, so we settle for the fact that the name has a certain ring, an appeal to it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;And just where did the name Plato’s Dream Machine come from, then? “It’s a bit complicated, but it’s all to do with philosophy,” says Robert.  “I’m very interested in the subject and, after art, it’s my favourite. The name is not necessarily related to Plato directly but is the combined result of various topics I had read about.”  He attempts to explain these topics further, but having lost me a few minutes earlier, he concedes the actual story would probably take ages to explain, so we settle for the fact that the name has a certain ring, an appeal to it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l32&quot;&gt;Line 32:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 25:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Given the stripped-down line-up that Plato’s Dream Machine started out with, it’s no surprise the sound is so organic. But what was it that triggered its dominant folk element?  “In my case, I suppose folk was where I headed for after my punk years,” says Robert. “I was drawn to the genre thanks to Bob Dylan’s music primarily, moving on to discover other folk artists.  “I still listen to other genres, but folk music is what really touches my soul. Perhaps it’s also a subliminal attempt to get away from electric instruments, who knows?”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Given the stripped-down line-up that Plato’s Dream Machine started out with, it’s no surprise the sound is so organic. But what was it that triggered its dominant folk element?  “In my case, I suppose folk was where I headed for after my punk years,” says Robert. “I was drawn to the genre thanks to Bob Dylan’s music primarily, moving on to discover other folk artists.  “I still listen to other genres, but folk music is what really touches my soul. Perhaps it’s also a subliminal attempt to get away from electric instruments, who knows?”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fre says folk is something he only discovered fairly recently. “I was into bands with a rebellious vein in their words and music, and these were the same elements I &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;recognised &lt;/del&gt;in folk music.  Add to that the fact that I’m open to any genre and the fact that we don’t only play gentle folk, but also upbeat stuff, so it wasn’t difficult for me to identify with it.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fre says folk is something he only discovered fairly recently. “I was into bands with a rebellious vein in their words and music, and these were the same elements I &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;recognized &lt;/ins&gt;in folk music.  Add to that the fact that I’m open to any genre and the fact that we don’t only play gentle folk, but also upbeat stuff, so it wasn’t difficult for me to identify with it.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Last year, the band followed up its two rough demos with a proper studio recording. The five-track EP, known as Tal-Qamħa, was recorded at Steve Lombardo’s Hell Next Door Studios, and featured all original songs, among them one, Fabbrika fuq l-Għolja, in Maltese.  The songs on the EP are more developed and fuller than those the band used to do in the beginning, which was a natural progression as they brought in more musicians and instruments into the band.  Their current line-up also features violinist Roberta, Mark Zizza on drums, Justin on flute and Brian on accordion; all of these gave a new dimension to the band’s collective sound.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Last year, Plato’s Dream Machine also participated in the L-Għanja tal-Poplu festival with another Maltese song, Lil Missirijietna. “I wasn’t sure about taking part at first, but we really enjoyed performing there,”says Fre.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;And does this mean we can expect more songs in Maltese from &lt;/del&gt;the band&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;? “Strangely enough&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I haven’t been writing in Maltese that long&lt;/del&gt;,&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;” Robert replies.  “I used to think English &lt;/del&gt;was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;much easier to express myself in&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;but after writing &lt;/del&gt;Fabbrika fuq l-Għolja, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I find myself &lt;/del&gt;more and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;more inclined &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;write &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Maltese&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In fact&lt;/del&gt;, all of the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;new songs I’ve written so far are in Maltese&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;”&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Last year, &lt;/ins&gt;the band &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;followed up its two rough demos with a proper studio recording. The five-track EP&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;known as [[Tal-Qamħa]]&lt;/ins&gt;, was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;recorded at [[Steve Lombardo]]’s [[Hell Next Door Studios]], and featured all original songs, among them one&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Fabbrika fuq l-Għolja&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in Maltese.  The songs on the EP are &lt;/ins&gt;more &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;developed &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;fuller than those the band used &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;do &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the beginning, which was a natural progression as they brought in more musicians and instruments into the band&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; Their current line-up also features violinist Roberta&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mark Zizza on drums, Justin on flute and Brian on accordion; &lt;/ins&gt;all of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;these gave a new dimension to &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;band’s collective sound&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;With 2010 having been a busy and pivotal &lt;/del&gt;year &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;for &lt;/del&gt;Plato’s Dream Machine, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;including important gigs with UK band Moulettes and a slot alongside Brikkuni and Stalko &lt;/del&gt;at &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the Wirdien festival&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;new material is a welcome addition to the band’s progress&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the results of which &lt;/del&gt;we &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;will be able to hear first-hand on March 11 when Plato’s Dream Machine perform live at &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Old Market &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Valletta&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Last &lt;/ins&gt;year&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;Plato’s Dream Machine &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also participated in the [[L-Għanja tal-Poplu]] festival with another Maltese song&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Lil Missirijietna]]. “I wasn’t sure about taking part &lt;/ins&gt;at &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;first&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;but we really enjoyed performing there&lt;/ins&gt;,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;”says Fre. And does this mean &lt;/ins&gt;we &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;can expect more songs in Maltese from &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;band? “Strangely enough, I haven’t been writing &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Maltese that long,” Robert replies&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; “I used &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;think English was much easier &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;express myself in, but after writing Fabbrika fuq l-Għolja&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I find myself more &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;more inclined to write in Maltese. In fact, all of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;new songs I’ve written so far are in Maltese&lt;/ins&gt;.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;“We’re looking forward &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;this gig – it’s going &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;have a mixture of art&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;music &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;food…and we’ve also got a big surprise planned for &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;summer, but more on that later&lt;/del&gt;.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;myspace&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com/platosdreammachine&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;With 2010 having been a busy and pivotal year for Plato’s Dream Machine, including important gigs with UK band Moulettes and a slot alongside Brikkuni and [[Stalko]] at the [[Festival tal-Wirdien]], new material is a welcome addition to the band’s progress, the results of which we will be able to hear first-hand on March 11 when Plato’s Dream Machine perform live at the Old Market in Valletta&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;“We’re looking forward to this gig – it’s going to have a mixture of art, music and food…and we’ve also got a big surprise planned for the summer, but more on that later&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;”&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bugeja&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;michael@gmail&lt;/del&gt;.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[http://www&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;myspace&lt;/ins&gt;.com&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/platosdreammachine Plato&amp;#039;s Dream Machine at MySpace]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Lib66</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Pushing_the_Folk_Philosophy&amp;diff=2269&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Spikeslaw at 23:47, 27 January 2011</title>
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		<updated>2011-01-27T23:47:07Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 23:47, 27 January 2011&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l19&quot;&gt;Line 19:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Their post-punk years saw them drift off down separate paths.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Their post-punk years saw them drift off down separate paths.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Robert formed experimental outfit A Fuchsia Sun Vessel and (later) Dominoes as well as pursuing his other love, painting. Meanwhile, Fre played with practically every band that would have him, among them The i-Skandal and Dripht, before settling in with his other current band, Brikkuni.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Robert formed experimental outfit &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;A Fuchsia Sun Vessel&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and (later) &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Dominoes&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;as well as pursuing his other love, painting. Meanwhile, Fre played with practically every band that would have him, among them &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;The i-Skandal&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Dripht&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, before settling in with his other current band, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Brikkuni&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“I’m quite a spontaneous person; sometimes, perhaps, a little too much so, but I like to do a lot of things, and once I get involved in something I really give it my all. I love music and I’m not attached to any one genre either. I find it all quite liberating,” Fre admits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;“I’m quite a spontaneous person; sometimes, perhaps, a little too much so, but I like to do a lot of things, and once I get involved in something I really give it my all. I love music and I’m not attached to any one genre either. I find it all quite liberating,” Fre admits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Spikeslaw</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Pushing_the_Folk_Philosophy&amp;diff=2268&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Spikeslaw at 23:39, 27 January 2011</title>
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		<updated>2011-01-27T23:39:28Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l4&quot;&gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene. Some will argue they have always been present, to some extent or other, and that traditional folk music still has a fairly loyal following.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene. Some will argue they have always been present, to some extent or other, and that traditional folk music still has a fairly loyal following.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While all of this is true, one must also admit that perhaps none of these managed to capture the younger generation’s attention quite as effectively or expansively as the customised folk of bands such as Nafra, Etnika, Brikkuni and Plato’s Dream Machine has done in the past few years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;While all of this is true, one must also admit that perhaps none of these managed to capture the younger generation’s attention quite as effectively or expansively as the customised folk of bands such as Nafra, Etnika, Brikkuni and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Plato’s Dream Machine&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;has done in the past few years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This revived interest is, of course, a blessing, given that Maltese musical traditions, bar a number of dedicated Għana gatherings held around the island and the much-anticipated annual Għana­fest, seemed to be fading into the background just 10 or so years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This revived interest is, of course, a blessing, given that Maltese musical traditions, bar a number of dedicated Għana gatherings held around the island and the much-anticipated annual Għana­fest, seemed to be fading into the background just 10 or so years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l11&quot;&gt;Line 11:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plato’s Dream Machine is one of the relatively newer names championing folk music locally, and the band’s current six-piece line-up is three times the size of its original set-up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plato’s Dream Machine is one of the relatively newer names championing folk music locally, and the band’s current six-piece line-up is three times the size of its original set-up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In fact, back in February 2009, this occasional side-project started out as a two-piece operating under the name of ‘Robert and Fre’; a vehicle initially set up simply to work on some songs that vocalist and guitarist Robert Farrugia Flores had been working on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In fact, back in February 2009, this occasional side-project started out as a two-piece operating under the name of ‘Robert and Fre’; a vehicle initially set up simply to work on some songs that vocalist and guitarist &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Robert Farrugia Flores&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;had been working on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He called his old friend Fre to accompany him on bass, and the seeds of what would become Plato’s Dream Machine were sown.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He called his old friend &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Fre&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;to accompany him on bass, and the seeds of what would become Plato’s Dream Machine were sown.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fre and Robert are no newcomers to the local music scene; in fact, quite interestingly, they both formed part of the underground core punk presence that had its base in the Marsa musical community and have played in various other bands since.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fre and Robert are no newcomers to the local music scene; in fact, quite interestingly, they both formed part of the underground core punk presence that had its base in the Marsa musical community and have played in various other bands since.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Spikeslaw: Created page with &#039;Pushing the Folk Philosophy Michael Bugeja - The Sunday Times - 24th January 2011  It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene.…&#039;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;#039;Pushing the Folk Philosophy Michael Bugeja - The Sunday Times - 24th January 2011  It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene.…&amp;#039;&lt;/p&gt;
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Michael Bugeja - The Sunday Times - 24th January 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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It’s no secret that folk elements have made great inroads into the local popular music scene. Some will argue they have always been present, to some extent or other, and that traditional folk music still has a fairly loyal following.&lt;br /&gt;
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While all of this is true, one must also admit that perhaps none of these managed to capture the younger generation’s attention quite as effectively or expansively as the customised folk of bands such as Nafra, Etnika, Brikkuni and Plato’s Dream Machine has done in the past few years.&lt;br /&gt;
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This revived interest is, of course, a blessing, given that Maltese musical traditions, bar a number of dedicated Għana gatherings held around the island and the much-anticipated annual Għana­fest, seemed to be fading into the background just 10 or so years ago.&lt;br /&gt;
Also, it seems that more young people are delving into their Maltese roots to find inspiration augurs well for the survival of our island’s folk heritage.&lt;br /&gt;
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Plato’s Dream Machine is one of the relatively newer names championing folk music locally, and the band’s current six-piece line-up is three times the size of its original set-up.&lt;br /&gt;
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In fact, back in February 2009, this occasional side-project started out as a two-piece operating under the name of ‘Robert and Fre’; a vehicle initially set up simply to work on some songs that vocalist and guitarist Robert Farrugia Flores had been working on.&lt;br /&gt;
He called his old friend Fre to accompany him on bass, and the seeds of what would become Plato’s Dream Machine were sown.&lt;br /&gt;
Fre and Robert are no newcomers to the local music scene; in fact, quite interestingly, they both formed part of the underground core punk presence that had its base in the Marsa musical community and have played in various other bands since.&lt;br /&gt;
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“We actually knew each other even before music entered our lives,” Robert explains. “Our friendship grew stronger when we both got involved in bands, but oddly, we never did play together until we eventually got together as Robert &amp;amp; Fre.”&lt;br /&gt;
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Their post-punk years saw them drift off down separate paths.&lt;br /&gt;
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Robert formed experimental outfit A Fuchsia Sun Vessel and (later) Dominoes as well as pursuing his other love, painting. Meanwhile, Fre played with practically every band that would have him, among them The i-Skandal and Dripht, before settling in with his other current band, Brikkuni.&lt;br /&gt;
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“I’m quite a spontaneous person; sometimes, perhaps, a little too much so, but I like to do a lot of things, and once I get involved in something I really give it my all. I love music and I’m not attached to any one genre either. I find it all quite liberating,” Fre admits.&lt;br /&gt;
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With all this in mind, it seems that the origin of Plato’s Dream Machine was rather unexpected. Fre got a call from Robert one day, asking if he was interested in working with him on some songs he had written.  They got together, played a handful of rehearsals and decided to try the songs out in public.  “It was just a small, intimate gig, but there was a pretty good turnout,” Robert says. “Our friend Ryan (Abela) played drums on a couple of tracks; overall I think it went quite well.” Well enough, indeed, to prompt them to record a demo within a couple of weeks.&lt;br /&gt;
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“It was a pretty DIY job, actually. It was recorded in Ryan’s bedroom…. he has a basic home studio,” says Robert.&lt;br /&gt;
That recording, a two-track demo featuring original composition Journeyman and a cover of Bob Dylan’s I Shall be Released, was the beginning of Plato’s Dream Machine.&lt;br /&gt;
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And just where did the name Plato’s Dream Machine come from, then? “It’s a bit complicated, but it’s all to do with philosophy,” says Robert.  “I’m very interested in the subject and, after art, it’s my favourite. The name is not necessarily related to Plato directly but is the combined result of various topics I had read about.”  He attempts to explain these topics further, but having lost me a few minutes earlier, he concedes the actual story would probably take ages to explain, so we settle for the fact that the name has a certain ring, an appeal to it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Given the stripped-down line-up that Plato’s Dream Machine started out with, it’s no surprise the sound is so organic. But what was it that triggered its dominant folk element?  “In my case, I suppose folk was where I headed for after my punk years,” says Robert. “I was drawn to the genre thanks to Bob Dylan’s music primarily, moving on to discover other folk artists.  “I still listen to other genres, but folk music is what really touches my soul. Perhaps it’s also a subliminal attempt to get away from electric instruments, who knows?”&lt;br /&gt;
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Fre says folk is something he only discovered fairly recently. “I was into bands with a rebellious vein in their words and music, and these were the same elements I recognised in folk music.  Add to that the fact that I’m open to any genre and the fact that we don’t only play gentle folk, but also upbeat stuff, so it wasn’t difficult for me to identify with it.”&lt;br /&gt;
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Last year, the band followed up its two rough demos with a proper studio recording. The five-track EP, known as Tal-Qamħa, was recorded at Steve Lombardo’s Hell Next Door Studios, and featured all original songs, among them one, Fabbrika fuq l-Għolja, in Maltese.  The songs on the EP are more developed and fuller than those the band used to do in the beginning, which was a natural progression as they brought in more musicians and instruments into the band.  Their current line-up also features violinist Roberta, Mark Zizza on drums, Justin on flute and Brian on accordion; all of these gave a new dimension to the band’s collective sound.&lt;br /&gt;
Last year, Plato’s Dream Machine also participated in the L-Għanja tal-Poplu festival with another Maltese song, Lil Missirijietna. “I wasn’t sure about taking part at first, but we really enjoyed performing there,”says Fre.&lt;br /&gt;
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And does this mean we can expect more songs in Maltese from the band? “Strangely enough, I haven’t been writing in Maltese that long,” Robert replies.  “I used to think English was much easier to express myself in, but after writing Fabbrika fuq l-Għolja, I find myself more and more inclined to write in Maltese. In fact, all of the new songs I’ve written so far are in Maltese.”&lt;br /&gt;
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With 2010 having been a busy and pivotal year for Plato’s Dream Machine, including important gigs with UK band Moulettes and a slot alongside Brikkuni and Stalko at the Wirdien festival, new material is a welcome addition to the band’s progress, the results of which we will be able to hear first-hand on March 11 when Plato’s Dream Machine perform live at the Old Market in Valletta.&lt;br /&gt;
“We’re looking forward to this gig – it’s going to have a mixture of art, music and food…and we’ve also got a big surprise planned for the summer, but more on that later.”&lt;br /&gt;
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