Paul Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle Paul Louis Hardcastle is a British composer, musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his song "19", which went to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. Born in Kensington in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce ("née" Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000). Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 electro-funk/freestyle/instrumental track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached number two on the dance chart. "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the
The Automatic Message (singular illustrated translation of Breton's Essay) The Automatic Message The Automatic Message (1933) ("Le Message Automatique") was one of André Breton's significant theoretical works about automatism. The essay was first published in the magazine "Minotaure", No. 3-4, (Paris) 1933. In 1997 it became the title of a compilation of surrealist writing of André Breton, Paul Éluard and Philippe Soupault, amongst others. The book includes two vital “automatic” texts of surrealism. Breton’s prefatory essay "The Automatic Message" relates the technique to the underlying concepts and aesthetic of surrealism. "The Magnetic Fields (Les Champs Magnétiques)" (1919) by Breton and Soupault, was the