A.C. Marias was the name under which

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collaborator Angela Conway released an album and several singles during the 1980s.

History

The first A.C. Marias release was the "Drop" single, released in July 1981 on Wire's Dome label, and featuring the band's

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and Graham Lewis.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 193 Conway went on to work with members of Wire as

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, releasing the ''Or So It Seems'' album in 1983 on

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. She subsequently signed a solo contract with the label. As well as providing vocals for Lewis's

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project in the mid-1980s, Conway's first A.C. Marias release for over five years, "Just Talk", was released in October 1986. She was assisted by Gilbert on most of the recordings.Neate, Wilson
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. Retrieved 8 December 2018 On the single "Time Was" (1988) and the album ''One Of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing)'' (1989) she was also assisted by other Mute Records musicians, including

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. ''One of Our Girls'' was described by

writer Wilson Neate as "an intriguing collection of minimalist pop songs", while ''

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'' writer Ira Robbins described the album's first side as "a sheer pastel curtain of arty guitar figures, light synth strains, and dry, wispy vocals that never quite achieves song-ness".Robbins, Ira
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''. Retrieved 8 December 2018 The album's title track was released as a single in February 1990, the last A.C. Marias release to date. The song was described by

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and Joy Press as "perhaps the ultimate expression of a female desire to be invisible", while Conway described the song's theme as "saying enough's enough...to be not present can be more powerful than actually being present and proclaiming your identity as 'woman'". Conway put the project on hold in 1990, and concentrated on her work as a music video director, which included making videos for Wire. She and Gilbert composed additional music for the Anna Campion film '' Loaded'' (also known as ''Bloody Weekend''), under the name A.C. Marias.

Discography

Albums

*''One of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing)'' (1989),

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Singles

*"Drop"/"So" 7" (1980), Dome Records *"Just Talk"/"No Talk", 7"/12" single (1986), Mute *"Time Was"/"Some Thing", 7"/12" single (1989), Mute – UK Indie no. 27 *"One of Our Girls Has Gone Missing"/" Vicious", 12"/CD single (1989), Mute

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ac Marias English alternative rock groups Mute Records artists British women singers Wire (band)