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Global Communication
Global Communication is an electronic music act, consisting of Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard. Biography Global Communication's first LP, '' 76:14'', is an acclaimed album from the ambient and 1990s electronic music genres. Beyond their work as Global Communication, they have also recorded as Jedi Knights, Secret Ingredients, The Chameleon, Link & E621, and Reload; have done remixes for various artists under each of their aliases, including a 1993 Reload remix of "On" by Aphex Twin and a 1997 Jedi Knights remix of "Home" by Depeche Mode. Their song 5:23 from their album 76:14 features on the Grand Theft Auto 4 radio station The Journey. They founded the Evolution Records and Universal Language Productions labels. Discography Original work as Global Communication *''Keongaku EP'' (1992) *''Pentamerous Metamorphosis'' (1993) *'' 76:14'' (1994) *''Maiden Voyage (2xEP)'' (1994) *'' Remotion: The Global Communication Remix Album'' (1995) *''The Way/The Deep EP'' (1996) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentamerous Metamorphosis
''Pentamerous Metamorphosis'' is an album by Global Communication originally released in 1993 on Dedicated Records. It is a reworking of the ''Blood Music'' album by Chapterhouse and was originally only available as a bonus CD bundled with the Chapterhouse album. It was rereleased as a standalone album in 1998. Track listing 1993 Original #"Alpha Phase" – 16:39 #"Beta Phase" – 10:49 (mainly a remix of Chapterhouse's ''Don't Look Now'') #"Gamma Phase" – 11:45 (mainly a remix of Chapterhouse's ''There's Still Life'' and ''Deli'') #"Delta Phase" – 10:41 (mainly a remix of Chapterhouse's ''We Are the Beautiful'') #"Epsilon Phase" – 11:18 (mainly a remix Chapterhouse's ''Love Forever'') 1998 Remaster/Reissue #"Alpha Phase" – 16:47 #"Beta Phase" – 10:46 #"Gamma Phase" – 11:50 #"Delta Phase" – 10:14 #"Epsilon Phase" – 11:26 Notes The 1998 re-release was remastered and had minor changes to two tracks: (Beta Phase) to remove an uncleared samp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambient Music
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It may lack net composition, beat, or structured melody.The Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast, Bloomsbury, London, 2003. It uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation. The genre is said to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual",Prendergast, M. ''The Ambient Century''. 2001. Bloomsbury, USA or "unobtrusive" quality. Nature soundscapes may be included, and the sounds of acoustic instruments such as the piano, strings and flute may be emulated through a synthesizer. The genre originated in the 1960s and 1970s, when new musical instruments were being introduced to a wider market, such as the synthesizer. It was presaged by Erik Satie's furniture music and styles such as musique concrète, minimal music, and German electronic music, but was prominently named and popularized by British mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabric 26
''Fabric 26'' is a DJ mix compilation album by Global Communication, as part of the Fabric Mix Albums, Fabric Mix Series. Track listing # The Return Of The Returner - Intro - ''Mark Pritchard'' # Dabrye - No Child Of God (Instrumental) - ''Eastern Developments Music'' # Wajeed - Starz - ''Bling 47 Recordings'' # Tableek - Serene Vision - ''Four Brothers INK / Bukarance Records'' # Steve Spacek - I'm Glad - ''Sound In Color'' # Harmonic 313 - Arc Light - ''Harmonic 313'' # Maspyke - Lightly Anxious - ''ABB / Bukarance Records'' # Danny Breaks - The Octopus (Intergalactic Starighter) - ''The Alphabet Zoo Record Company'' # MED Ft. Dudley Perkins - Now U Know - ''Stones Throw Records'' # Trickski - Sunshine Fu*k Part 1 - ''Sonar Kollektiv'' # Genre - Too - ''NEPA Recordings'' # Jeremy Ellis - 86 (Verbs) - ''Ubiquity Recordings'' # Kirk Degiorgio Presents As One - Rumours - ''Versatile Records'' # Motorcitysoul - Aura - ''Infracom'' # Scott Groove - Flookin' - ''Loungin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Atkins
Juan Atkins (born September 12, 1962), also known as Model 500 and Infiniti, is an American record producer and DJ from Detroit, Michigan. ''Mixmag'' has described him as "the original pioneer of Detroit techno." He has been a member of The Belleville Three, Cybotron, and Borderland. Early life Juan Atkins was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father is a concert promoter. At an early age, he played guitar and bass guitar in funk/garage bands with his friends. After his parents split, he moved to Belleville, Michigan. In junior high school, he met Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. The three would later be known as The Belleville Three. At the age of 15, he bought his first synthesizer, a Korg MS-10. Career Juan Atkins formed Cybotron with Richard Davis in 1980. The duo's debut studio album, '' Enter'', was released in 1983. Atkins and Davis split ways in 1985. In 1985, Atkins founded the record label Metroplex. In that year, he started making solo records under the alias Model 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slowdive
Slowdive is a British rock band that formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989. The band consists of Rachel Goswell on vocals and guitar, Neil Halstead on vocals and guitar, Christian Savill on guitar, Nick Chaplin on bass and Simon Scott on drums, all of whom have played on the band's debut ''Just for a Day'' in 1991. Halstead is the band's primary songwriter. Goswell and Halstead had known each other since early childhood. The band is one of the most prominent within the shoegaze scene, which rose to prominence in England during the early 1990s. While the band's second album ''Souvlaki'' initially received mixed reviews upon release, it has since been recognized as one of the best releases of the 1990s and one of the greatest shoegaze albums of all time. The band broke up soon after the release of their third album ''Pygmalion'' in 1995, having seen Scott, Savill and Chaplin all depart the band prior. The remaining members continued under a more folk and country-influenced dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusky
Dusky is an English electronic music duo from London consisting of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman."Dusky: Outer" , Accessed 5 November 2016 Formed in 2011, they have released music on various records labels, before setting up their own label 17 Steps in July 2014 with the release of the ''Love Taking Over'' EP. Before the formation of Dusky, the duo made music under the name of Solarity. Recognition The duo were voted as '''' Best British Producers in 2013. Their debut album ''Stick By This'' was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamb (electronic Band)
Lamb are an English electronic music duo from Manchester, whose music is influenced by trip hop, drum and bass and jazz. The duo consist of producer Andy Barlow and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes. They achieved commercial success with the hit singles " Górecki" and "Gabriel". Biography On the basis of three songs, Barlow and Rhodes signed a six-album deal with Mercury Records in 1995. They released their first album, the self-titled ''Lamb'' in September 1996, and followed this up with another three albums and a cache of singles over the next eight years, culminating in the release of a greatest hits album, '' Best Kept Secrets'', in June 2004. While they seemed destined for stardom, it seemed to evade them and during the early 2000s they lost momentum and played live only sporadically. Still, a 2004 tour produced memorable shows. Lamb performed what was billed as their final live appearance at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in September 2004 and after their 2003 album ''Between D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parish
John Parish (born 11 April 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. Parish is best known for his work with singer-songwriter PJ Harvey. He has also worked with such artists as Eels, Aldous Harding, Tracy Chapman, Giant Sand, and Sparklehorse. His sister is the actor Sarah Parish. Parish was born in Yeovil, Somerset and lives in Bristol. In 1980s, his girlfriend was Maria Mochnacz. Career His first record release was a single "Mind Made" by the British new wave bandThieves Like Us(1980). In 1982, he formed the band Automatic Dlamini, with Rob Ellis. The changing line-up of Automatic Dlamini included Polly Harvey from 1988 until 1991. Automatic Dlamini recorded three albums: ''The D is For Drum'' (1987), ''Here Catch Shouted his Father'' (1990 – unreleased but available as a bootleg), and ''From A Diva to a Diver'' (1992). By the time ''From A Diva to a Diver'' was released, Harvey had left to form the PJ Harvey trio with ex-Dlamini members R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist and saxophonist. The band's frontman, John Parish, became her long-term collaborator. In 1991, she formed an eponymous trio called PJ Harvey and subsequently began her career as PJ Harvey. The trio released two studio albums called '' Dry'' (1992) and ''Rid of Me'' (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further nine studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including Parish, former bandmate Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman, and has also worked extensively with record producer Flood. Among the accolades Harvey has received are both the 2001 and 2011 Mercury Prize for '' Stories from the City, Stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azymuth
Azymuth is a Brazilian jazz-funk trio formed in 1973. The original band members were the now late Jose Roberto Bertrami (keyboards), plus Alex Malheiros (bass, guitars), and Ivan Conti (drums, percussion). History From 1979 to 1988, they released many albums for Milestone Records. They also had a major hit single with "Jazz Carnival", a product of their ''Light as a Feather'' album, in 1979. It peaked at number 19 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1980. Since the mid-1990s, they have released albums on the London based Far Out Recordings label, while remaining based in Brazil, and continue to tour in Europe. Azymuth have also been involved in producing albums and their artists have been involved in several other projects through the years, including an album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Ana Mazzotti, and the 2005 debut album, ''Equilibria'', by Alex Malheiros's daughter Sabrina Malheiros. They call their music "Samba Doido", which means "Crazy Samba". Since the advent of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Anderson
John Roy Anderson (born 25 October 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire. He was a member of the band across three tenures until 2008. Anderson was also a member of ARW along with former Yes bandmates Rick Wakeman and Trevor Rabin from 2016–2020. Together with bassist Lee Pomeroy and drummer Lou Molino III, they toured under the name Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman. Anderson is also noted for his solo career and collaborations with other artists, including Vangelis as Jon and Vangelis, Roine Stolt as Anderson/Stolt, and Jean-Luc Ponty as AndersonPonty Band. He has also appeared on albums by King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, Iron Butterfly, Milton Nascimento, Battles, Mike Oldfield and Kitaro. Anderson released his first solo album, '' Olias of Sunhillow'', in 1976, while still a member of Yes, and subsequently released 14 mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
