Colin Newman

Colin Newman
Colin Newman

Colin Newman playing at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia in 2008
Background information
Born 16th September 1954
Origin London, England
Genres Alternative rock, Punk, Post-punk, Experimental rock, Electronic
Instruments vocals, guitar
Years active 1976–present day
Labels swim ~, Crammed, 4AD, Beggars Banquet Records
Associated acts Wire, Oracle, immersion, Spigel * Newman * Colin * Malka, Githead
Website http://www.swimhq.com
Notable instruments
Ovation Breadwinner
Danelectro Baritone

Colin Newman (born 16 September 1954, Salisbury, Wiltshire) is an English musician, record producer and record label owner.

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Biography

Newman is a member of the rock band Wire. When the band temporarily split in 1980, Newman pursued a solo career. His first solo LP, A-Z, was released in 1980 on the Beggar's Banquet label. The album veered from extremely skewed pop to more mainstream numbers, such as "Order for Order", which was compared by some to Gary Numan. A track from the demos for this LP (but not included on the original vinyl release), "Not Me", was covered by This Mortal Coil on their It'll End In Tears LP. Newman's second LP, the entirely instrumental Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish, in which all the tracks were titled for numbered fish, was released on the 4AD Records label in 1981. A third LP, Not To, which along with original compositions reworked a number of tracks originally written for Wire , was released in 1982 on 4AD.

Following this, Newman took a grant and travelled to India to collect sound recordings.

Wire reformed in 1984. In 1986 another solo LP, Commercial Suicide was released on the Crammed Discs label. A massive change in style for Newman, the album is reflective and highly orchestrated. His next LP, It Seems, followed a similar path, albeit with far more use of sequencers — something Newman would continue to work with for a number of years. Both Crammed albums featured Malka Spigel who has been included in all subsequent solo & collaborative work.

Newman's only other de-facto solo outing was the mid-1990s release Bastard, an almost entirely instrumental release with tracks largely built from guitar loops and samples. Released on his own label, Swim ~ , the first pressing of the album was packaged with a free copy of Newman's four track Voice EP. Despite Newman's name being on the cover, he says these releases, along with several others on Swim ~, are essentially collaborative efforts with wife, and musical partner, Malka Spigel. Therefore, Spigel's albums and the pair's releases under the name Immersion could to some extent be considered Newman "solo" efforts as well (see discography).

Colin Newman's song "Alone" made an appearance in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs in a scene in which the character Buffalo Bill is sewing in a basement. This song was also covered by This Mortal Coil on their Filigree & Shadow LP.

Newman has produced, arranged and mixed various other artists. These include Virgin Prunes, Minimal Compact, Alain Bashung, Silo & Lobe on the production and arrangement side and Hawkwind, Dead Man Ray, Fennesz, Polysics and Celebricide on the mix side. He has also mixed all new Wire releases since 2000.

Since 2004, Newman has worked with Githead, a quartet composed of Newman and long-time collaborator Malka Spigel, as well as Max Franken and Robin Rimbaud.[citation needed] Colin Newman is also a director of PostEverything & runs the Pinkflag label for Wire.

Discography

Solo albums

  • A-Z / Beggars Banquet (1980)
  • Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish / 4AD (1981)
  • Not To / 4AD (1982)
  • Commercial Suicide / Crammed (1986)
  • It Seems / Crammed (1988)
  • Bastard / Swim ~ (1997)

Solo singles and EPs

  • "B" / Beggars Banquet (1980)
  • "Inventory" / Beggars Banquet (1981)
  • "We Means We Starts" / 4AD (1982)
  • CN1 / 4AD (1982)
  • "Feigned Hearing" / Crammed (1986)
  • "Interview" / Crammed (1987)
  • "Better Later Than Never" / Crammed (1988)
  • Voice / Swim ~ (1994)

Collaborative albums and mini albums

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