Into A Circle (also In Two A Circle, In2aO) were formed in April 1985 by Bee (Paul Hampshire) and Barry (Jepson), two former members of Getting the Fear. It was in intention a creative unit, without the restrictions of a ?band? format, using music, imagery, poetry and prose to further ideas begun in GTF, taking inspirations from the religious principle, sexual intuition and spiritual insight. Lyrically and in attitude, they were deeply influenced by poet, artist, writer and philosopher Brion Gysin and his frequent collaborator William S. Burroughs. Particularly in respect to their use of North African and Middle Eastern folklore (the stories, for instance, of 11th Century Ismaili warrior, Hassan-i-Sabah) and magicial rituals (such as that of the goat-boy-god, Boujeloud.) After writing and rehearsing for some months the band played their first live date at the Croydon Underground in December 1985, jus

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