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???In prison, I made a little studio in my head. It kept me sane???: Ibrahim Alfa Jr, British techno???s great survivor

He moved from Nigeria to middle England and was swept up into the rave scene ??? then battled through incarceration and near-death illness. After making 500 tracks while living on porridge and lettuce, he explains how he kept going

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