MAGGIE ESTEP
Maggie Estep is a writer/performer living in New York. She moved there at 17 and after a succession of menial jobs, found she could earn a living reciting poetry, sometimes solo, sometimes with musical accompaniment. As a poet, she has toured with Lollapalooza, opening (with her former band I Love Everybody) for Courtney Love’s Hole. She featured prominently on MTV’s 1993 ‘Poetry Unplugged’ special and its subsequent ‘Spoken Wurd’ tour. Her mini-tirades made perfect, pithy inter-programme soundbites in the...
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Siobhan Lynch sings on two tracks from the 1997 Recoil LP, ‘Unsound Methods’ – ‘Drifting’ and ‘Missing Piece’. Born and raised in South London, she eventually moved to Nottingham. Dismissed as “rubbish” by her art teacher, she gave up her aspirations to become a painter and took up singing instead, experimenting with differing musical styles before recording her own demo tape. She released a dark version of ‘Staying Alive’ in 1996 before working with Alan in 1997. On becoming...
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Sonya Aurora Madan is the vocalist with UK band Echobelly who first came to prominence in the early ’90s. Their first EP ‘Bellyache’ (released on the independent Pandemonium label) was soon followed, in 1994, by their debut album, ‘Everyone’s Got One’ (released on their own label, Fauve). The LP topped the independent charts in England, prompting former Smiths frontman Morrissey to pay Sonya a visit to encourage Echobelly to open for him on his US tour. With their instant pop sensibility and unique...
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Diamanda Galás, internationally acclaimed vocalist, pianist, composer and poet has performed worldwide since 1978. She is the creator of works such as ‘The Plague Mass’, ‘Vena Cava’ and ‘Schrei X’, as well as the concerts / recordings of ‘Malediction and Prayer’, ‘Judgement Day’ and ‘Masque Of The Red Death’. In 1996, Serpents Tail published ‘The Shit Of God’, a compilation of Galás’ original performance texts and writing. In September 1999, she gave the...
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During his 11 years at Mute’s Worldwide Studios, Paul Kendall worked with most of the artists on the label and out-of-house acts such as Nine Inch Nails, Gallon Drunk, Primal Scream and The Jesus And Mary Chain, amongst others.Since 1995, he has collaborated in productions for many acts, including his current partner Olivia Louvel. Paul also creates his own music, formerly via the Parallel Series label (part of Mute’s catalogue) and more recently through self-styled labels like Catwerk Imprint.Along with his other projects, he has been...
read more‘SPIRIT OF TALK TALK’ LIVE IN LONDON
You’ll recall the release of ‘Spirit of Talk Talk’ – a book & double CD which hit the shelves a couple of years back, celebrating visionary band Talk Talk. Alan Wilder acted as musical & production supervisor for the project. The new book edition, where Chris Roberts traces Talk Talk’s history and evolution along with many unique & rare images, features over 100 written contributions from bands, label owners, DJs & creatives, all of whom share their appreciation – including Alan Wilder, Guy Garvey, James Lavelle,...
read morePAUL KENDALL – NEW ALBUM RELEASE
Long-time Recoil collaborator Paul Kendall has completed his new album, entitled ‘Family Value Pack’, due for mail order release via ant-zen on 12th September 2014. The album is available as a CD & MP3 download. Composed & produced by Paul and containing 7 new tracks, this collection follows 2011’s ‘Angleterror’ where the emphasis was on the guitar. According to PK ‘Family Value Pack’ is more focused on the human voice, his own voice as well as samples of family members and a secret celebrity. Except for track one...
read more‘SPIRIT OF TALK TALK’ – NEW EDITION
‘Spirit of Talk Talk’ – a book and double CD originally hit the shelves back in September 2012 and celebrates the band Talk Talk. Alan Wilder acted as musical & production supervisor for the project. You can now pre-order the brand new paperback edition which features over a dozen fascinating new interviews, unseen photos, a preface by original band member Simon Brenner, a beautiful new cover designed by James Marsh based on his ‘Colour of Spring’ painting, and an introduction by Phil Brown. Only available at :...
read moreOLIVIA LOUVEL – NEW ALBUM
Cat Werk Imprint have announced the completion of a new Olivia Louvel album, entitled ‘Beauty Sleep’ and due for release on 5th September 2014. The album will be available as a CD digi-pack. Listen to the title track here : https://soundcloud.com/olivialouvel/beauty-sleep Composed & produced by Olivia with additional production & mix by Paul Kendall, ‘Beauty Sleep’ is her fifth studio album containing 11 new tracks and includes ‘In My Shed’ – described as a remake of Recoil’s ‘Stone’ from the...
read moreDARK BRIDGE – NOW AVAILABLE
‘Dark Bridge’, by Argentinian director Marcelo von Schwartz, was originally released in 2011 via Manifesto. The film includes music from Recoil: ‘Strange Hours’ accompanies the cabaret scene featuring erotic dancer Keysha Monique Mabra. This and other scenes from the film were re-edited and used during Recoil’s live presentations of ‘A Strange Hour’ between 2010 – 2012. The film is now available for rent or purchase at Amazon & Vimeo Watch various clips plus the official trailer here KEYSHA RED and HOT: DARK CABARET SCENE from DARK...
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