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Alex Novak

20 releases  ·  34 collaborators  ·  16 labels

Date active
1982 – 2019
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British singer and songwriter from Northampton, UK.
He founded his first Punk Rock band artist 4693658 in 1977, while attending art school. The band split some time later and was followed by artist 210478 in 1979. The band was active until 1982 and split then.
From 1982 to 1984, he was part of the Post Punk band artist 339134. For one year, he joined Attrition in 1985, a time he lived in London.
In 1986, he returned to Northampton and founded his long-term project Venus Fly Trap with the first track already appearing that year on an underground compilation. The band continued to play and release for the next three decades.
Mainly in th e1990's, he had some side projects, as artist 134945 in 1993, The Den in 1995 and artist 9364588 in 1997. In the same year, he founded label label 321790 for Venus Fly Trap recordings.
Having sold records before on flea markets, Novak opened a record store in 1999, also called "Spiral Archive". The store recently celebrated 25 years of existence.

Also known as

Smart Alec (5)

Member of

Attrition 189 Venus Fly Trap 7 Nova State Conspiracy Religious Overdose The Tempest (3) Isaws Spore (6)

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