A R Kane
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| A.R. Kane | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | London, England | |
| Genre(s) | Dream pop Alternative dance Shoegazing |
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| Years active | 1987 - 1994 | |
| Label(s) | Rough Trade | |
| Associated acts |
M/A/R/R/S In Rain Sufi Alex Ayuli |
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| Website | http://www.maymarch.com/arkane/ http://www.myspace.com/arkaneuk | |
| Former members | ||
| Alex Ayuli Rudi Tambala |
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Contents |
[edit] History
A.R. Kane were a 1980s and 1990s British indie band. They were respectively the A - Alex Ayuli and the R - Rudi Tambala from the East of London. They published two 12" singles, each on a trend-setting art label - One Little Indian and 4AD - and a surprise world-wide number one hit chart hit as the "A/R" of M/A/R/R/S's "Pump Up the Volume" (along with 4AD label-mates Colourbox. They then put out a string of singles and two ground-breaking albums that placed them precariously in the indie scene - however they preferred the term "dream pop". These albums were 69 in 1988 and i in 1989. Hard to place in terms of genre, 69 was more consciously indie, and its sound could be likened to the later shoegazer movement - i was clearly more slick and covered a wide variety of styles over twenty-six tracks (ten of which were short noise interludes). "i" also spawned A.R. Kane's best-known song in "A Love From Outer Space". Both albums achieved wide critical acclaim, particularly in Melody Maker (where they were championed especially by Simon Reynolds).
Follow up album New Clear Child (1994) was not received as well, the reasons were the seeming lack of a coherent direction and a feeling that the ideas were merely re-hashes of works that were completed more succinctly in the earlier 2 albums. Rudy Tambala made ambient and dub influenced music under the name Sufi, and Alex put out releases under the name Alex!. Neither is currently involved in the music industry to any great extent. Post-A.R. Kane, Alex Ayuli was (possibly still is) a museum curator in the U.S.
[edit] Personnel
- Alex Ayuli
- Rudi Tambala
[edit] Discography
Singles
- When You're Sad, 12", 1986, One Little Indian, 12 TP 2
- Lollita, 12", 1987, 4ad, BAD 704
- Up Home!, 12", 1988, Rough Trade, RTT 201
- Listen Up!, 12", 1988, Rough Trade, 229
- Love-Sick, 12", 1988, Rough Trade, 231
- Pop CD/12", 1989, Rough Trade, RT 239
- A Love from Outer Space CD/12", 1992, Sire
Albums
- sixty-nine, CD/LP, Rough Trade, RT 119
- i CD/LP, 1989, Rough Trade, RT 139
- rem"i"xes CD/12", 1989, Rough Trade Deutschland, RTD 171
- Americana CD/LP, 1992, Sire
- New Clear Child CD/LP, 1994, LukaBop / 3rd Stone
[edit] Song samples
[edit] References
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