Young Marble Giants live at Factory Festival, Nivelles, Belgium, 1 November 2008Weekend at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, 5 February 1983Weekend at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, 2 February 1983
Born in Cardiff, Statton's career in music began in 1978 as the singer for the band Young Marble Giants.[3] After Young Marble Giants split up in 1981, she formed the jazz-influenced band Weekend with Simon Emmerson (Booth) and Spike Williams, releasing the album La Varieté in 1982 and a live EP, Live at Ronnie Scott's, the following year.[3][4]
She returned to music in the late 1980s and released two recordings with the guitarist from Ludus, Ian Devine as 'Devine and Statton', The Prince of Wales (1989) and Cardiffians (1990).[5][6][7]
After working with Devine, she released several records with Spike in the 1990s, starting with Weekend in Wales (1993).[5][7][8]
Young Marble Giants reunited for a number of live performances from 2007 to 2015 in Europe, the last one in London at the Royal Festival Hall during the Meltdown Festival curated by David Byrne.
Statton's singing has been called "coolly unadorned",[5] cool and dispassionate,[9] and ghostly and fragile,[10] with a "shy, singsong delivery".[11] Her vocal style is considered influential on many of the indie pop artists that followed.[4]
^ abcBurt, Stephen (1995) "In Search of ... Young Marble Giants", CMJ New Music Monthly, February 1995, pp. 18–19
^ abPaul, John (2014) "Weekend The '81 Demos", PopMatters, 18 April 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015
^ abcHage, Erik "Devine & Statton Biography", AllMusic. Retrieved 25 November 2015
^Graf, Christian; Voigt, Sven (2003) Punk! Das Lexicon, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Germany, p. 652
^ abKaplan, Matthew "Alison Statton", Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 November 2015
^"Staff Selections; Heavy Rotation", Spin, May 1994, p. 24. Retrieved 25 November 2015
^Young, Rob (2006) Rough Trade, Black Dog Publishing Ltd., ISBN978-1-904772-47-7, p. 176
^Bonini, Alessandro; Tamagnini, Emanuele (2006) New Wave, Gremese Editore, Italy, ISBN978-88-8440-412-1, p. 195
^Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists, Scribner, ISBN978-1-4165-9473-4, p. 162
^Eccleston, Danny (2015) "Young Marble Giants Relive Their Colossal Youth", Mojo, 7 August 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015
External linksedit
Alison Statton at LTM Recordings
Alison Statton and Spike biography
January 01, 1970
alison, statton, born, march, 1958, welsh, singer, best, known, work, with, young, marble, giants, fans, singer, have, included, kurt, cobain, courtney, love, stephin, merritt, belle, sebastian, renato, russo, statton, 1989background, informationbornmarch, 195. Alison Statton born March 1958 1 is a Welsh singer best known for her work with Young Marble Giants Fans of the singer have included Kurt Cobain 2 Courtney Love Stephin Merritt Belle and Sebastian and Renato Russo Alison StattonStatton in 1989Background informationBornMarch 1958 age 66 Cardiff WalesGenresNew wave post punk jazzYears active1978 presentLabelsRough Trade Les Disques du Crepuscule Vinyl Japan Young Marble Giants live at Factory Festival Nivelles Belgium 1 November 2008 Weekend at the Paradiso Amsterdam 5 February 1983 Weekend at the Paradiso Amsterdam 2 February 1983 Contents 1 Musical career 2 Recordings 2 1 With Young Marble Giants 2 2 With Weekend 2 3 Devine and Statton 2 4 Alison Statton amp Spike 2 5 Other appearances 3 References 4 External linksMusical career editBorn in Cardiff Statton s career in music began in 1978 as the singer for the band Young Marble Giants 3 After Young Marble Giants split up in 1981 she formed the jazz influenced band Weekend with Simon Emmerson Booth and Spike Williams releasing the album La Variete in 1982 and a live EP Live at Ronnie Scott s the following year 3 4 Statton returned to Cardiff and trained to be a chiropractor while teaching tai chi 3 She returned to music in the late 1980s and released two recordings with the guitarist from Ludus Ian Devine as Devine and Statton The Prince of Wales 1989 and Cardiffians 1990 5 6 7 After working with Devine she released several records with Spike in the 1990s starting with Weekend in Wales 1993 5 7 8 Young Marble Giants reunited for a number of live performances from 2007 to 2015 in Europe the last one in London at the Royal Festival Hall during the Meltdown Festival curated by David Byrne Statton s singing has been called coolly unadorned 5 cool and dispassionate 9 and ghostly and fragile 10 with a shy singsong delivery 11 Her vocal style is considered influential on many of the indie pop artists that followed 4 She presently works as a chiropractor 12 Recordings editWith Young Marble Giants edit Colossal Youth 1980 Rough Trade Salad Days 2000 Vinyl Japan Live at the Hurrah 2004 Cherry Red Colossal Youth amp Collected Works 2007 Domino With Weekend edit La Variete 1982 Rough Trade Live at Ronnie Scott s 1983 Rough Trade Archive 2003 Vinyl Japan Devine and Statton edit The Prince of Wales 1988 Les Disques du Crepuscule Cardiffians 1990 Les Disques Du Crepuscule Alison Statton amp Spike edit Weekend in Wales 1993 Vinyl Japan Tidal Blues 1994 Vinyl Japan Maple Snow live album 1995 Vinyl Japan The Shady Tree 1997 Vinyl Japan Bimini Twist 2018 Tiny Global Productions Other appearances edit The Gist Embrace the Herd 1982 vocals on Clean Bridges Stuart Moxham amp The Original Artists Signal Path 1992 vocals on Knives Always Fall References edit Larkin Colin 1995 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Guinness Publishing ISBN 978 1 56159 176 3 p 4419 True Everett 2006 Nirvana The True Story Omnibus Press ISBN 978 1 84449 640 2 a b c Burt Stephen 1995 In Search of Young Marble Giants CMJ New Music Monthly February 1995 pp 18 19 a b Paul John 2014 Weekend The 81 Demos PopMatters 18 April 2014 Retrieved 26 November 2015 a b c Hage Erik Devine amp Statton Biography AllMusic Retrieved 25 November 2015 Graf Christian Voigt Sven 2003 Punk Das Lexicon Schwarzkopf amp Schwarzkopf Germany p 652 a b Kaplan Matthew Alison Statton Trouser Press Retrieved 25 November 2015 Staff Selections Heavy Rotation Spin May 1994 p 24 Retrieved 25 November 2015 Young Rob 2006 Rough Trade Black Dog Publishing Ltd ISBN 978 1 904772 47 7 p 176 Bonini Alessandro Tamagnini Emanuele 2006 New Wave Gremese Editore Italy ISBN 978 88 8440 412 1 p 195 Inventory 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop Culture Lists Scribner ISBN 978 1 4165 9473 4 p 162 Eccleston Danny 2015 Young Marble Giants Relive Their Colossal Youth Mojo 7 August 2015 Retrieved 25 November 2015External links editAlison Statton at LTM Recordings Alison Statton and Spike biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alison Statton amp oldid 1217337378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
