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Secession were one of Scotland’s finest electronic bands. Seen here lip-syncing to their minor hit, Touch, their story ended badly: the singer developed a reputation as poor as that of Boyd Rice, for essentially the same reasons, before committing suicide. There was a time, however, when Touch and another important single, Fire Island, were massively influential among DJs and musicians, acting as the missing link between HiNRG and dark wave.