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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For groups; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> |
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| Name = Neon Highwire |
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| Origin = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingom|UK]] |
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| Genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[Rock music|Rock]] |
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| Years_active = 2008–present |
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| Label = Health Bomber, Blue Dove Records |
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| Associated_acts = [[Novelty Music Scene]], [[Hail! Perestroika]], [[Antistar]], [[Antiba]] |
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| URL = [http://www.neonhighwire.com Official website] |
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| Current_members = [[Steven Morgan]]<br/>[[James Dippie]]<br/>[[Luke Fussell]] |
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'''Neon Highwire''' is an [[electronic music]] group formed in [[London]], [[England]] in 2008. The current band consists of Steven Morgan, James Dippie and Luke Fussell.<ref>http://ventsinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/10/neon-highwire.html Band interview with Vents Magazine</ref> 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"<ref>http://www.twogroove.com/blog/2010/12/07/past-present-future-neon-highwire/ Band interview with Two Groove</ref>. James Dippie also releases remixes under the name Novelty Music Scene<ref>http://www.last.fm/music/Novelty+Music+Scene Novelty Music Scene last.fm page</ref> whilst Luke Fussell also releases under the moniker Hail! Perestroika<ref>http://www.last.fm/music/Hail!+Perestroika Hail! Perestroika last.fm page</ref>. They are renowned for energetic live shows and often lie in interviews.<ref>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</ref><ref>http://www.neonhighwire.com/archives/499 Interview pulled from American music magazine after being censored to the point where it made no sense</ref><ref>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</ref> |
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14th December 2009, Neon Highwire digitally released their debut EP titled Luminescence to mostly positive reviews<ref>http://www.subba-cultcha.com/features/article.php?contentID=17962 Subba Cultcha review of Luminescence</ref><ref>http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=4245&type=Singles God Is In The TV Zine review of Luminescence</ref><ref>http://rebelriffs.blogspot.com/2010/02/neon-highwire-luminescence-ep.html Rebel Riffs review of Luminescence</ref>. The release was self recorded and mastered at [[The Exchange]] by [[Simon Davey]]. It was physically released on 20th January 2010. |
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The band made the track Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) available for a free download<ref>http://godisinthetvzine.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id=2741 God Is In The TV Zine News story on Christmas single release</ref> on the sites [[Soundcloud]]<ref>http://soundcloud.com/neonhighwire/fantasy-land-christmas-in-the-terror-zone Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) on Soundcloud</ref> and [[last.fm]]<ref>http://www.last.fm/music/Neon+Highwire/_/Fantasy+Land+(Christmas+In+The+TerrorZone) Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) on last.fm</ref> on 24th 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.<ref>http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/wordpress/2010/12/never-enough-notes-advent-2010-16-12-10-neon-highwire/ Never Enough Notes advent mp3 giveaway</ref> |
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In May 2010, Neon Highwire released the download only single<ref>http://www.neonhighwire.com/archives/318 Band announcement of the release of Bear At The Bus Stop</ref> Bear At The Bus Stop with an accompanying promotional video<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9n9KUNwV74 Youtube promotional video for the track Bear At The Bus Stop</ref>. Later in the year on December 10th 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]]<ref>http://www.bluedoverecords.co.uk/neonhighwire_p2.html Blue Dove Records artist page</ref>. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.neonhighwire.com/ Neon Highwire Website] |
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* [http://www.myspace.com/neonhighwire Myspace Website] |
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* [http://www.myspace.com/facebook Facebook Website] |
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[[Category:English electronic music groups]] |
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[[Category:Electronic music]] |
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[[Category:2000s music groups]] |
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[[Category:Remixers]] |
