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Soulsavers
Soulsavers (also known as The Soulsavers Soundsystem) is an English-American production and remix team composed of Rich Machin and Ian Glover. The Soulsavers' downtempo electronica sound incorporates influences of rock, gospel, soul, and country. To date, the duo has released six albums: ''Tough Guys Don't Dance (Soulsavers album), Tough Guys Don't Dance'' in 2003, ''It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land'' in 2007 (with Mark Lanegan and others), ''Broken (Soulsavers album), Broken'' in 2009 (again with Lanegan and guest vocalists), ''The Light the Dead See'' in 2012, ''Angels & Ghosts'' in 2015 and ''Imposter (album), Imposter'' in 2021 (with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode). History Collaboration with Josh Haden: ''Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (2000–2005) After a series of successful EP releases in 2000–2002, in 2003 they recorded their first studio album ''Tough Guys Don't Dance (Soulsavers album), Tough Guys Don't Dance''. The vocalist and co-author of three of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light The Dead See
''The Light the Dead See'' is the fourth full-length studio album from English electronica production duo Soulsavers, released by V2 Records in the UK on 21 May 2012, and by Mute in the US on 22 May 2012. The album title comes from a poem by Frank Stanford.Soulsavers Pt.1: Rich Machin ''Clash (magazine)'', 9 August 2012, Retrieved 10 August 2012. The album is a collaboration with , the frontman of , as guest vocalist. Gahan sings and wrote the lyrics on all non-instrumental songs on the album.Sam Spokony [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels & Ghosts
''Angels & Ghosts'' is the fifth studio album by English electronica production duo Soulsavers, released on 23 October 2015 by Columbia Records. It is their second collaboration with Dave Gahan, the frontman of Depeche Mode, as guest vocalist and songwriter, this time released under the moniker Dave Gahan & Soulsavers. Artwork The cover photo was shot by Gahan's daughter Stella Rose. Release and promotion The album was released as digital download, as well as CD and vinyl through Columbia on 23 October 2015. In support of the album, a tour with a 10-piece band followed with six shows in the US and Europe in late October and early November. Pre-orders for the album started 11 September 2015. The lead single from the album titled "All of This and Nothing" was released digitally 11 September 2015. A lyric video for the song was released on VEVO 10 September 2015. The video for the second single "Shine" was premiered on 10 December 2015. Critical reception ''Angels & Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imposter (album)
''Imposter'' is the third collaborative studio album by English singer-songwriter Dave Gahan and electronica producer Soulsavers. It was released on 12 November 2021 by Columbia Records. The album also produced one single. Background This is Gahan's fifth studio album and Soulsavers' seventh. ''Imposter'' was recorded live in Malibu, California in November 2019, consisting of cover versions of various rock songs. Dave Gahan has said of the album: "When I listen to other people's voices and songs—more importantly the way they sing them and interpret the words—I feel at home. I identify with it. It comforts me more than anything else. There's not one performer on the record who I haven't been moved by." Reception At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on six reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". At AnyDecentMusic?, which collects critical reviews from mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken (Soulsavers Album)
''Broken'' is the third full-length studio album by English-American production team Soulsavers, and their second album predominantly featuring Mark Lanegan as lead vocalist. The album was released by V2 Records, V2 and Cooperative Music in the UK on 17 August 2009, and released by Columbia Records in the US in September 2009 as a digital download. ''Broken'' features a roster of guest musicians, including Mike Patton, Gibby Haynes, Richard Hawley, Jason Pierce, Richard Warren (musician), Richard Warren and Dustin O'Halloran. In addition to Lanegan, the album also includes several songs featuring Australian singer-songwriter Rosa Agostino, who performs under the moniker Red Ghost, as lead vocalist. Background As with their 2007 album ''It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land'', a collaboration with Mark Lanegan and a host of guest vocalists, ''Broken'' once again features Lanegan as the primary vocalist, as well as contributions from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Bonnie "Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land
''It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land'' is the second studio album by English-American production team Soulsavers, released on 2 April 2007 in the UK and 16 October 2007 in the US. The album also produced two singles. Background The album features American singer Mark Lanegan as primary vocalist. Lanegan is also credited as a co-writer for five of the album's songs. The album also features guests Jimi Goodwin of Doves, Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy), P.W. Long and Richard Warren. The album spawned two singles, "Revival" and "Kingdoms of Rain". "Kingdoms of Rain" was initially released on Lanegan's second solo album, '' Whiskey for the Holy Ghost'', in 1994. The album also features cover versions of Neil Young's "Through My Sails", Josh Haden's "Spiritual", and the Rolling Stones' "No Expectations". An instrumental titled "End Title Theme" is also included as a hidden track after "No Expectations" ends. "Kingdoms of Rain" was featured in a season 2 episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lanegan
Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter. First becoming prominent as the lead singer for the early grunge band Screaming Trees, he was also known as a member of Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins. He released twelve solo studio albums as well as three collaboration albums with Isobel Campbell and two with Duke Garwood. He was known for his baritone voice, which was described as being "as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather" and has been compared to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave. Lanegan began his musical career in 1984 in Screaming Trees, with whom he released seven studio albums and five EPs before their disbandment in 2000. During his time with the band, he also began a solo career and released his first solo studio album, ''The Winding Sheet'', in 1990. He then released 10 more solo albums, which received critical recognition but only moderate commercial succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Gahan
David Gahan ( ; né Callcott; born 9 May 1962) is an English singer best known as the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode since their formation in 1980. Noted for his commanding stage presence and unique baritone voice, Gahan was ranked at No. 73 on ''Q'' magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Singers" and No. 27 on its list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen". As part of Depeche Mode, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. Gahan's solo albums include '' Paper Monsters'' (2003) and ''Hourglass'' (2007). He also contributed lyrics and sang lead vocals on the Soulsavers albums '' The Light the Dead See'' (2012), '' Angels & Ghosts'' (2015) and '' Imposter'' (2021). Early life Gahan was born David Callcott on 9 May 1962 in Epping, Essex, the son of working-class parents. His mother, Sylvia, was a conductor on London buses, while his father, Len, was a bus driver of Malaysian descent. When he was six months old, his father left the family, and his pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tough Guys Don't Dance (Soulsavers Album)
Tough Guys Don't Dance may refer to: * ''Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (novel), 1984 novel by Norman Mailer * ''Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (film), 1987 film directed by Norman Mailer, based on his own novel * ''Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (Soulsavers album), 2003 debut album from Soulsavers * ''Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (High Contrast album), 2007 album by Welsh drum and bass producer High Contrast {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hawley
Richard Willis Hawley (born 17 January 1967) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. After his first band Treebound Story (formed while he was still at school) broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. He played with Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker, as a touring musician for a short time. As a solo musician, Hawley has released eight studio albums. He has been nominated for a Mercury prize twice and once for a Brit Award. He has collaborated with Lisa Marie Presley, Shakespears Sister, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, Elbow, Duane Eddy and Paul Weller. Early life Born in Sheffield, Hawley grew up with two sisters in a working-class area of the city. He was born with a cleft palate, which required numerous operations. Both of his parents were musicians; his father Dave Hawley was a guitarist with a number of local bands (on his death, the ''Sheffield Star'' called him a "Sheffield music legend"), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Haden
Josh Haden (born 1968 in New York City) is an American musician and singer. He is the founder, bassist and singer of the group Spain. Haden is the son of the late Charlie Haden and Ellen David. Career Haden is the founder, bassist and singer of the group Spain, whose first album, '' The Blue Moods of Spain'', appeared on Restless Records to wide acclaim. The band toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Australia, attracting considerable notice. Other credits include Handsome Boy Modeling School (on which he performed a duet with Sean Lennon). His most recent projects were the 2004 ''Light of Day'' EP, released on Diamond Soul Recordings, and his debut solo LP, ''Devoted'', released in 2007, produced by Dan the Automator and featuring performances by former Spain guitarist Merlo Podlewski, keyboardist John Medeski, and turntablist Kid Koala. He also sang vocals on the track ''Persona'' on Blue Man Group's album '' The Complex''. His song "Spiritual", from ''The Blue Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Oldham
Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music). After briefly publishing music under his own name, in 1998 he adopted Bonnie "Prince" Billy as the name for most of his work. Early life and education Oldham was born on January 15, 1970, in Louisville, Kentucky. His mother, Joanne Lei Will Tafel Oldham, was a teacher and artist. His father, Joseph Collins Oldham, was an attorney and photographer. Oldham graduated from the J. Graham Brown School in 1988. He attended Brown University sporadically while pursuing a career as an actor, and living between Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Bloomington, Indiana. He began making music during this time, initially as a project for his professor Jeff Todd Titon, an ethnomusicologist at Brown University. Career Oldham is known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mute Records
Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderman, Arca (musician), Arca, Inspiral Carpets, Moby, New Order (band), New Order, Laibach, Nitzer Ebb, Yann Tiersen, Wire (band), Wire, Yeasayer, Fever Ray, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yazoo (band), Yazoo, and M83 (band), M83. History Beginnings During 1978, Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller began recording music, using synthesisers, under the name The Normal.Mute – Documentary Evidence – Biba Kopf 1986 He recorded the tracks "T.V.O.D." and "Warm Leatherette" and distributed them through Rough Trade Shops under the label name Mute Records. The label was formed initially just to release the one single.Muted Response – Daniel Miller Interview – E&MM 1984 "T.V.O.D."/"Warm Leath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
