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Neil Leyton is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and guitarist born in
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. He has lived and played music in
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,
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, and
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. He was a founding member and songwriter in Canadian art-glam indie project The Conscience Pilate from 1995 to 1998, beginning a solo career in 1999. He is also the founder of the Fading Ways record label, one of the first to use
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licenses. Leyton was a vocal proponent of the Creative Commons giving several seminars and speaking at conferences about its possible uses in the music industry, including Music TankMusic Tank (London) and
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(Berlin). He has also played guitar for other musical projects live and in the studio, most notably British glam rockers
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, Canadian rockers Crash Kelly (fellow Canadian musician Sean Kelly's band) and Canadian power pop outfit
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. He participated in a side-project with Ky Anto, titled Pretty Volume, and recorded an EP with fellow Canadian guitarist Rich Jones and
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' frontman
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in the UK.
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's
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and
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's guitarist
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were guests on Leyton's '' The Betrayal of the Self'' album, released in 2006 via Feedback Boogie and Fading Ways Records. In December 2008 he released an exclusive fans-only new album, ''Metacognitive Apperceptions''. Leyton has also produced several independent recording sessions for artists such as Mark Fernyhough and Maria Pettersson. In 2009 he participated in a new side project with
The Hellacopters The Hellacopters are a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums). Andersson (sometimes known as Nic ...
'
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, called The Point, releasing a 7" vinyl single. He also co-wrote and sang on Andersson's debut solo album '' Imperial State Electric'', on the track "Deja Vu", released in 2010. At the end of 2010 he released the '' Elite Nylon'' album. In early 2011,
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released the compilation '' Out of Synch'', featuring mostly acoustic material from Leyton's back-catalogue as well as some unreleased tracks. In 2016, Portugal's Polk Salad Records re-issued Leyton's '' The Betrayal of the Self'' album via the Spanish Distributor Altafonte. Leyton also announced a new upcoming album from his new, Portugal-based project Lusitanian Ghosts, whose first single was titled "Blossom", recorded in the city of Setubal.


Discography

EPs: * ''My New Soul'' (Fading Ways/RCD 2001) * ''Beat'' (Fading Ways 2004) * ''Dead Fashion Brigade'' (Fading Ways 2005) Albums: * ''Down Secret Avenue with the Last Lovers'' (Fading Ways 1999) * ''From the brighter side of her Midnight Sun'' (Fading Ways 2002/ChangesOne 2003) * ''The Betrayal of the Self'' (Fading Ways / Feedback Boogie 2006) * ''A Reckoning'' (Fading Ways (UK, Canada, Finland) / Finetunes (Germany) / Kunaki (USA) 2007) * ''Metacognitive Apperceptions'' (Fading Ways / Kunaki 2008) * ''Elite Nylon'' (Fading Ways Music Store / Finetunes 2010) * ''Out of Synch'' (Fabulous Generation /
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2011) With
Galore Galore may refer to: Albums * ''Galore'' (The Cure album), 1997 * ''Galore'' (Dragonette album), 2007 * ''Galore'' (Kirsty MacColl album), 1995 * ''Galore'' (The Primitives album), 1991 * ''Galore'' (Thumpers album), 2014 Other uses * ''Gal ...
: * ''Parader'' (Riptide/
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Music Canada 2003) With The Conscience Pilate: * ''Living in a movie scene'' (Fading Ways 1996) * ''Sunday Refugees'' (Guru Records 1998) With Pretty Volume: * ''Pretty Volume'' (Fading Ways / Finetunes / Kunaki 2008) With The Point: * Give it a try 7" (Fading Ways Finland 2010) With Lusitanian Ghosts: * "Blossom" (Single, Lusitanian / Altafonte 2014)


References

Leyton on Creative Commons:

Music Tank:


External links


Official WebsiteFading Ways Music Canada label siteMySpace PageLeyton conference on Creative Commons, Helsinki, FinlandNeil Leyton on LastFMLeyton on Amie StreetSoulshine magazine InterviewLeyton on JamendoNoise Finland Betrayal of the Self album reviewDigital Copyright.ca on Fading Ways and Creative CommonsNeil Leyton at Internet Archive
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