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Neon Highwire 
From the Luminescence promotional photoshoot by Bryony Burrows 2009Background information Origin London, England, UK Genres Electronic, pop, Rock Years active 2008–present Labels Health Bomber, Blue Dove Records Associated acts Novelty Music Scene, Hail! Perestroika, Antistar, Antiba Website Official website Members Steven Morgan
James Dippie
Luke FussellNeon Highwire is an electronic music group formed in London, England in 2008. The current band consists of Steven Morgan, James Dippie and Luke Fussell.[1] All three members of the band sing, play guitar, play synths and are producers in their own right, yet none play the drums. They describe their music as "surrealist geek electro".[2] James Dippie also releases remixes under the name Novelty Music Scene[3] whilst Luke Fussell also releases under the moniker Hail! Perestroika.[4] They are renowned for energetic live shows and often lie in interviews.[5][6][7]
Contents
Luminescence
14 December 2009, Neon Highwire digitally released their debut EP titled Luminescence to mostly positive reviews.[8][9][10] The release was self recorded and mastered at The Exchange by Simon Davey. It was physically released on 20 January 2010.
Christmas single
The band made the track Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) available for a free download[11] on the sites Soundcloud[12] and last.fm[13] on 24 December 2009, which contains a spoken word sample of Rutger Hauer taken from the film Blade Runner. A Hail! Perestroika remix of the track was released as part of a series of advent calendar gifts from the music blog Never Enough Notes in 2010.[14]
Bear At The Bus Stop and Neon Blink
In May 2010, Neon Highwire released the download only single[15] Bear At The Bus Stop with an accompanying promotional video.[16] Later in the year on December 10, 2010, the song Neon Blink originally from the Luminescence EP was released as a digital single on Blue Dove Records with a number of remixes of the track as b-sides from artists such as Fresh:Mesh, Sizeable Moth Hat and Christian Paduraru.[17]
Kim Jong Il Looking At Things
On January 26, the band released a song titled Kim Jong Il Looking At Things in homage to the website of the same name.[18][19] The song was adopted as the "National Anthem"[20] for the website and subsequently featured in the B3ta newsletter.[21]
Discography
EPs
- Luminescence (2009)
Singles
- Bear At The Bus Stop (2010)
- Neon Blink (2010)
- Spin Off (2011)
References
- ^ http://ventsinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/10/neon-highwire.html Band interview with Vents Magazine
- ^ http://www.twogroove.com/blog/2010/12/07/past-present-future-neon-highwire/ Band interview with Two Groove
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Novelty+Music+Scene Novelty Music Scene last.fm page
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Hail!+Perestroika Hail! Perestroika last.fm page
- ^ http://wherethewildthingsare14.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/neon-highwire-mother-333/ Where The Wild Things Are live review of the first ever Neon Highwire live show
- ^ http://www.neonhighwire.com/archives/499 Interview pulled from American music magazine after being censored to the point where it made no sense
- ^ http://livetaurus.blogspot.com/2010/10/neon-highwire-talk-music-dreams-bears.html Band interview with Live Taurus which claims Steve does not play any instruments
- ^ http://www.subba-cultcha.com/features/article.php?contentID=17962 Subba Cultcha review of Luminescence
- ^ http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=4245&type=Singles God Is In The TV Zine review of Luminescence
- ^ http://rebelriffs.blogspot.com/2010/02/neon-highwire-luminescence-ep.html Rebel Riffs review of Luminescence
- ^ http://godisinthetvzine.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id=2741 God Is In The TV Zine News story on Christmas single release
- ^ http://soundcloud.com/neonhighwire/fantasy-land-christmas-in-the-terror-zone Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) on Soundcloud
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/Neon+Highwire/_/Fantasy+Land+(Christmas+In+The+TerrorZone) Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) on last.fm
- ^ http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/wordpress/2010/12/never-enough-notes-advent-2010-16-12-10-neon-highwire/ Never Enough Notes advent mp3 giveaway
- ^ http://www.neonhighwire.com/archives/318 Band announcement of the release of Bear At The Bus Stop
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9n9KUNwV74 Youtube promotional video for the track Bear At The Bus Stop
- ^ http://www.bluedoverecords.co.uk/neonhighwire_p2.html Blue Dove Records artist page
- ^ http://www.soundcloud.com/neonhighwire/Kim-Jong-il-looking-at-things Kim Jong Il Looking At Things song
- ^ http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com Kim Jong Il Looking At Things website
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/kimjongillookingatthings/posts/183417311690864 National Anthem declaration from owner of Kim Jong Il Looking At Things website
- ^ http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue464 B3ta newsletter featuring Kim Jong Il Looking At Things
External links
Categories:- English electronic music groups
- Electronic music
- Remixers
- English dance music groups
- British electronic music groups
- British techno music groups
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