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Frozen (EP)
"Frozen" (also known as "Coast Is Clear") is Curve's second single/EP. It was released on 13 May 1991 and it reached #34 in the UK singles chart. All four songs from the EP were included in the compilation '' Pubic Fruit'', issued in 1992. "Frozen" was selected as Single of the Week by both Melody Maker and NME. Track listing 12" & CD #"Coast Is Clear" – 4:00 #"The Colour Hurts" – 4:34 #"Frozen" – 3:58 #"Zoo" – 3:50 7" & MC #"Coast Is Clear" – 4:00 #"Frozen" – 3:58 Music video The video for "Coast Is Clear" features the official members of the band and the touring members performing this song. It was filmed in black and white. Some scenes have applied a blue filter. Credits * Written by Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia * Recorded at TODE by Curve * Produced by Curve and Steve Osborne * Mixed by Alan Moulder Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer. Early life Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curve (band)
Curve were an English alternative rock and electronic music duo from London, formed in 1990 and split in 2005. The band consisted of Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming). Halliday wrote the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting. Producer Alan Moulder was a prominent collaborator who helped shape their blend of heavy beats and densely–layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals. Curve released five studio albums ('' Doppelgänger'' in 1992, ''Cuckoo'' in 1993, '' Come Clean'' in 1998, '' Gift'' in 2001, and '' The New Adventures of Curve'' in 2002), five compilation albums ('' Pubic Fruit'' in 1992, '' Radio Sessions'' in 1993, '' Open Day at the Hate Fest'' in 2001, '' The Way of Curve'' in 2004, and '' Rare and Unreleased'' in 2010), and a string of EPs and singles. History Dean Garcia, half Hawaiian and half Irish, had played in some small bands when he auditioned for Eurythmics. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoegazing
Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume.Pete Prown / Harvey P. Newquist: "One faction came to be known as dream-pop or "shoegazers" (for their habit of looking at the ground while playing the guitars on stage). They were musicians who played trancelike, ethereal music that was composed of numerous guitars playing heavy droning chords wrapped in echo effects and phase shifters.", Hal Leonard 1997, It emerged in Ireland and the United Kingdom in the late 1980s among neo-psychedelic groups who usually stood motionless during live performances in a detached, non-confrontational state. The name comes from the heavy use of effects pedals, as the performers were often looking down at their pedals during concerts. My Bloody Valentine's album '' Loveless'' (1991) is often seen as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anxious Records
Anxious Records (sometimes typeset as AnXious) was a record label set up by David A. Stewart of Eurythmics, and overseen by Stewart with Infectious Music's Korda Marshall (when Marshall was at BMG/RCA Records). Originally set up as a BMG label, the company went independent when Stewart left RCA Records, with his 1994 Eastwest album ''Greetings from the Gutter'' being licensed from Anxious. The label is best known for groups including Londonbeat, Curve and the Dutch band Soft Parade, as well as ex-Specials singer Terry Hall, who was also previously a member of Vegas with Stewart. Anxious Records Anxious Records signed the following acts: * Chris Braide * Curve (band), Curve * Freaks of Desire * Terry Hall (singer), Terry Hall * Toni Halliday * JC-001 * Londonbeat Londonbeat is a British dance-pop band who scored a number of pop and dance hits in the early 1990s. Band members are American Jimmy Helms (who also had a successful solo career and sang radio jingles for Radio Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Osborne
Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Doves, KT Tunstall, Vanessa Carlton, and Simple Minds. Career During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team, a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; they worked with Happy Mondays, U2, and other artists. He and Oakenfold were part of the 1990s dance music act Grace which existed from 1994 to 1997. Osborne worked with Cat's Eyes on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 Soundedit Festival in Poland, Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man with the Golden Ear' Award. In 2000 as part of Perfecto, Osborne was replaced by Andy Gray who went on to remix Moby's "Natural Blues", U2's "Beautiful Day", and compose the music for ''Big Brother UK'' with Oakenfold under the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blindfold (EP)
"Blindfold" (also known as "Ten Little Girls") is the debut EP by English duo Curve. It was released on 4 March 1991 and it reached #68 in the UK singles chart. All four songs from the EP were included in the compilation '' Pubic Fruit'', issued in 1992. "Blindfold" was selected as Single of the Week by ''Melody Maker''. It was also voted as the 5th Single of the Year by the same magazine. Track listing 12" & CD #"Ten Little Girls" (feat. JC-001) – 4:27 #"I Speak Your Every Word" – 3:53 #"Blindfold" – 4:28 #"No Escape From Heaven" – 4:19 7" #"Ten Little Girls" (feat. JC-001) – 4:27 #"Blindfold" – 4:28 Music video The video for "Ten Little Girls" features members of the band and the rapper JC-001 performing this song in a studio. It was filmed in black and white. Credits * Written by Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia * Produced by Curve & Steve Osborne, except "Ten Little Girls" produced by Curve * All tracks mixed by Alan Moulder Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry (EP)
"Cherry" (also known as "Clipped/Galaxy") is Curve's third single/EP. It was released on 28 October 1991 and it reached #36 in the UK singles chart. All four songs from the EP were included in the compilation '' Pubic Fruit'', issued in 1992. Track listing 12" & CD #"Clipped" – 4:10 #"Die Like a Dog" – 4:37 #"Galaxy" – 3:54 #"Cherry" – 5:49 7" & MC #"Clipped" – 4:10 #"Galaxy" – 3:54 10" #"Clipped" – 4:10 #"Die Like a Dog" – 4:37 #"Galaxy" – 3:54 #"Cherry" – 5:01 #"I Speak Your Every Word" (with JC 001) – 4:38 Music video The video for "Clipped" features the members of the band performing this song in a house. Credits * Written by Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia * Produced by Curve and Steve Osborne * Recorded at Todal by Curve * Additional recording at Eastcote Studios * Additional engineering by Ingo Vauk * Mixed by Alan Moulder Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer. Early life Moulder was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Maker
''Melody Maker'' was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. It was founded in 1926, largely as a magazine for dance band musicians, by Leicester-born composer, publisher Lawrence Wright; the first editor was Edgar Jackson. In January 2001, it was merged into "long-standing rival" (and IPC Media sister publication) ''New Musical Express''. 1950s–1960s Originally the ''Melody Maker'' (''MM'') concentrated on jazz, and had Max Jones, one of the leading British proselytizers for that music, on its staff for many years. It was slow to cover rock and roll and lost ground to the ''New Musical Express'' (''NME''), which had begun in 1952. ''MM'' launched its own weekly singles chart (a top 20) on 7 April 1956, and an LPs charts in November 1958, two years after the ''Record Mirror'' had published the first UK Albums Chart. From 1964, the paper led its rival publications in terms of approac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pubic Fruit
''Pubic Fruit'' is a compilation album by English alternative rock band Curve. It was released exclusively in the United States on 17 November 1992 by Anxious Records and Charisma Records. The album compiles the band's first three EPs, as well as the extended version of their song " Faît Accompli". Release Curve released three critically acclaimed EPs – ''Blindfold'', '' Frozen'' and ''Cherry'' – in the United Kingdom throughout 1991. None of the tracks from these EPs were included on the band's 1992 debut studio album ''Doppelgänger'', with the exception of "Clipped", which was added to the American pressing of the album. Released exclusively in the United States by Anxious Records and Charisma Records on 17 November 1992, after ''Doppelgänger'', ''Pubic Fruit'' compiles the three EPs, which had only been issued in the UK. The compilation also includes the extended version of the ''Doppelgänger'' track " Faît Accompli" (first released as a single in 1992), which likewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Halliday
Antoinette "Toni" Halliday (born 5 July 1964) is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the alternative rock band Curve, along with Dean Garcia. She was also a member of the bands Photofitz, The Uncles, State of Play and Scylla. Halliday released solo work as Toni Halliday and Chatelaine. She collaborated with artists like Robert Plant, Recoil, The Future Sound of London, Leftfield, Paul van Dyk, Freaky Chakra, DJ? Acucrack, Headcase, The Killers, Acid Android, and Orbital. Halliday has a contralto vocal range. Early life and career Halliday was born on 5 July 1964 in Parsons Green, London, and brought up in various locations across Europe, before eventually settling in Washington New Town, Tyne and Wear. From 1978 to 1980, Halliday was the lead vocalist in a punk rock band named Photofitz (initially called The Incest), after which she left to start a solo career. The first commercially released recording to feature Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Garcia
Dean Garcia (born 3 May 1958) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a member of the alternative rock duo Curve from 1990 to 2005. He also released solo work and collaborated with many other artists. Biography Garcia was born in London, England, from a Hawaiian, Irish and English background. He had played in some small bands when he auditioned for Eurythmics. He had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics' live band in 1983–84 and on two of their studio albums, ''Touch'' and '' Be Yourself Tonight''. Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday were introduced to each other by David A. Stewart from Eurythmics. The pair formed an ill-fated group named State of Play in the mid-1980s before parting ways, embarking on a no less ill-fated solo career (Halliday) and further stints as a backing musician (Garcia), and then reuniting for a more long-term partnership in Curve. Garcia and Halliday collaborated in Curve between 1990 and 2005. The group's career was interrupted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
