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Depeche Mode
Wrong (2009)
Part Two of Two. UK five track CD pressing of the first single lifted from the veteran Synth Pop/Rock band's 2009 album Songs Of The Universe. 'Wrong' is written by Martin Gore and produced by Ben Hillier (Blur, Doves, Elbow) who previously produced their 2005 album Playing The Angel. 'Wrong' grabs the listener's attention from its first stack-heeled, staccato shriek. Over stomping beats and screeching synthesizers, Dave hammers out Martin's darkly comic reflections on a lifetime of mistakes, misdeeds and bad decisions. Features five versions of 'Wrong': Main Version, Trentmoller Club Remix, Thin White Duke Remix, Magda Scallop Funk Mix and D.I.M. Vs. Boys Noise Remix. Mute.
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Laura Coyle
Laura Coyle CD (2008)
Believe EP album Liner notes:
The first time I met Laura Coyle, we were neighbors. A bunch of artists and creative freelancers lived in a converted Warehouse by the tracks in Atlanta. It was 1995, we were in our 20's and we were going to reinvent the world. I had a little ad shop and I asked Laura to illustrate the ads I wrote. It was great fun to hang at her studio and listen to all her crazy Jazz records and hear stories of art school and Italy. Miles, Dexter, Coltrane, Monk, Ella, she was such a purist. While the rest of us dabbled in the more age appropriate pop of Hooty or Foo Fighters, Laura was unwavering.
The second time I cross paths with Laura Coyle, we're both living in NYC. She's moved up in her career, so have I. We're both gainfully employed. It's scary. She has a side job assisting renowned jazz photographer Jimmy Katz. Shooting Joe Henderson, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, James Moody! She's beside herself. She's hanging out at the Village Vanguard at night and I see now that it wasn't a passing fling, this crazy Jazz. She's got the fever.
Years later, we've both answered the call of the South and return to our roots in Atlanta. I own a restaurant and Laura has gotten ever busier with her art...but she talks of a trio, come see us, she says.
You sing? I ask.
Well, a little.
This isn't my first run in with her humility. She'll say she "can draw" too. But I figure, her REAL talent is in illustration. Perhaps she is just an OK singer. A hobbyist. A passionate outsider. A groupie. But when I actually hear her...I see it's more than just understatement. She opens up and lets you have it. ...
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