The High Fidelity

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The High Fidelity are a British rock band formed in 1995 by Sean Dickson, formerly of The Soup Dragons. Dickson started the group when High Times magazine asked him to record a track for a cannabis-themed covers compilation. The group's debut EP, Stash, followed in 1996, and they started work towards their debut LP, Demonstration (2000). The LP was recorded largely in Dickson's bedroom, though it was later augmented with a number of orchestral arrangements recorded in India. Musically the record comprises experimental dance-pop songs and was described by The Guardian as "an expertly composed pastiche of psychedelic pop."^[1]

The band recorded a number of sessions for John Peel's BBC radio show, introducing the use of the Omnichord, a vintage synthesiser, with which they performed a number of songs including a version of "Silent Night". Peel shared the band's enthusiasm for the instrument, and when they gave him an Omnichord as a present it led to Peel co-writing and performing on one of the tracks on the band's second LP, 2001's The Omnichord Album.