Andrew Edge

Andrew Edge
Birth name David Andrew Edge
Born 8 December 1956 (age 57)
Origin Swarcliffe, Leeds, England
Genres Pop, dance, synthpop
Instruments Percussion, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Labels Arista Records
Ten Records/Virgin Records
EMI
BMG
Associated acts Thompson Twins, Viva Lula, Savage Progress, YOYO, Rainhard Fendrich
Website Andrew Edge

Andrew Edge (born David Andrew Edge) is a musician from Leeds, England. He moved to London in the late 1970s, and joined the Thompson Twins. After one year Edge left the group and joined Uropa Lula, who released three singles (on Arista Records) and supported Big Country on a tour of Britain. Edge then joined Savage Progress, who supported the Thompson Twins on a tour of Britain in 1984.

Edge changed to vocals and writing songs after he moved from London to Linz, Austria. He started the group YOYO in 1990, signing with EMI records, before working with Robert Ponger (producer of Falco). Edge later released a solo album in 1996; Northern Sky, on BMG records (Austria). Edge released a CD in 2011 by the name of Drumsing, with percussionist Judy Klausner.

Leeds

Edge took drum lessons from Leeds drummer Doug King, and also Geoff Myers, as Myers was a noted drum teacher in Leeds, and played with the big band Syd Lawrence Orchestra.[1] Edge later worked with musicians from the Leeds College of Music in the group GPO (with Dave Cass, who later worked with Jive Bunny), as well as local Working Men's Club bands, like Street Choir.[2]

The Thompson Twins

The Thompson Twins auditioned for drummers at The Point Studio, 9 Eccleston Street, Victoria, London. Edge played with them for one year.

Uropa Lula

Uropa Lula/Viva Lula, 1982. Edge, Fromm, Lloyd, Dias

Edge later played drums for Uropa Lula (later called Viva Lula), with David Lloyd (voc/gtr), Allan Dias (bass), Pete Fromm (kybd) Carol Isaacs (kybd), and Chester Kamen (gtr) who is the brother of pop singer Nick Kamen.[3]

Uropa Lula toured with Big Country in June 1983.[4]

Arista Records released two singles by the group: Our Love Has Just Begun B/W I've Suddenly Remembered Something (ARIST476, 1982) as Uropa Lula.[5] (Musicians: Lloyd, Fromm, Dias & Edge) Fell Upon A Jewel B/W She Appears to Vanish (ARIST498, 1983) as Uropa Lula. (Musicians: Lloyd, Dias, Edge, Isaacs and Kamen). Arista later dropped the group, and Edge joined Savage Progress.[6]

Savage Progress

Savage Progress signed a contract with 10 Records (a subsidiary of Virgin Records) and released their first single, "My Soul Unwraps Tonight".[7] Their first album was Celebration. Savage Progress joined the Thompson Twins on their "Into The Gap" tour of Britain (February, 1984) as support act.[8][9] In October of the same year they went on a tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to capitalize on the success of their single releases.[10][11][12]

Session drummer

Edge also played as a session musician for bands like The Chills ("Pink Frost") Julian Cope ("Lunatic and Fire Pistol") and Freur ("Doot Doot", which was initially produced at the Point Studio by Alex Burak).[13][14][15] Edge also worked again with Dodd and Roog from the Thompson Twins in a band called Big View, recording a single called August Grass, which was released on Point Records (owned by Merton, the Thompson Twins publisher) in 1982.[16] Edge played a two-week tour of France with the Australian group Died Pretty in 1986, as drummer Chris Welsh had broken his foot in London.[17]

Linz

Edge moved to Linz, Austria, in the late 1980s, and recorded a piece called Experiment 501 – investigating the magic of the right steps, in 1989, with interactive artist Sam Auinger, which was presented as an a cappella piece for the Chemie Linz (Agrolinz Melamine International) and ÖMV (OMV Aktiengesellschaft) companies.[18] Edge then sang for the Austrian band Camorra, with Peter Androsch (guitar) Robert Spour (keyboards) Sandy Sonntagbauer (bass) and Andreas Luger (drums).[19][20][21][22][23]

YOYO

Edge later formed the band YOYO in Linz, signing with EMI records in Vienna.[24] They played as the headlining act at the Linz Fest in 1991,[25] and supported The Beach Boys at a concert in Linz.[26][27]

Solo

Edge later worked with Robert Ponger, who was producer of Falco,[28] and Austrian duo Paper Moon.[29][30] Ponger arranged for Edge to support Joan Baez at the Arena, Vienna. Edge's collaboration with Ponger lasted three years, but Edge only used two songs (from 12 demo songs) for his solo CD on BMG records (Austria) called, Northern Sky (1996).[31][32][33]

Session singer and songwriting

Edge sang backing vocals for LaLa Brooks (formerly of The Crystals) on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994.[34] In 1997, Edge sang Silent Night (in German) with Rainhard Fendrich.[35][36]

Edge has worked with Mojique v2.0,[37] Karli Möstl,[38] Bob Zabek,[39][40] Edge recorded a CD with Josef 'Judy' Klausner (percussion) featuring only voice and percussion.[41][42]

References

  1. ↑ Gallant, David. "Gary Husband - Drums". Jazzwise. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to my website". Dave Cass. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  3. ↑ Sheehan, Tom. "PIL people". Fodderstompf. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  4. ↑ Milburn, Trev (2009-05-14). "Official Big Country Forum". Big Country. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Our Love Has Just Begun". discogs. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  6. ↑ "Savage Progress - Celebration". Discogs. 1984. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  7. ↑ "Rupert Merton". Rupert Merton. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  8. ↑ "1984 Tour Dates". Geocities. 1984. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  9. ↑ "Thompson Twins Past Concerts". Song Kick. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "My Soul Unwraps Tonight". Germancharts. 1984. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  11. ↑ "Savage Progress". Austrian charts. 1984-09-01. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  12. ↑ "Swiss Charts: Savage Progress". Swisscharts. 1984-07-15. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  13. ↑ "Pink Frost". Amplifier. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  14. ↑ Alex, Burak. "Alex Burak". Alex Burak. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  15. ↑ "Alex Burak". Alchemea. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  16. ↑ "BigViewAugustGrass". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  17. ↑ Gardner, Steve. "Noise For Heroes #14 in the fall of 1988.". Divine Rites. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  18. ↑ Edge Andrew, Auinger Sam (1989). "Experiment 501 – investigating the magic of the right steps". Sam Auinger. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  19. ↑ Androsch, Peter. "Music scores of Peter Androsch". di-arezzo. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  20. ↑ "Peter Androsch". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  21. ↑ "Peter Androsch". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  22. ↑ Seiser, Franz (2000-09-02). "Act Opera". Franz Seiser Experience. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  23. ↑ "Biographie Peter Valentin" (in German). Klangwolke. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  24. ↑ "EMI: Company Details". SRA. 1990. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  25. ↑ "Künstlerinnen und Künstler Linzfest 1991" (in German). Linz Kultur. 1991. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  26. ↑ "Surf-Rentner auf Erfolgswelle" (in German). OÖ Nachrichten. 1991-07-11. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  27. ↑ "YOYO". SRA. 1990. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  28. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 4/23/83.
  29. ↑ "Ponger as Producer". Austriancharts. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  30. ↑ "Paper Moon Homepage". Paper Moon. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  31. ↑ "Andrew Edge northern sky". Musik Sammler. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  32. ↑ "Andrew Edge / northern sky". AZ. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  33. ↑ Lichtenburger, Bernhard (1996-10-15). "Der bewegte Sänger" (in German). OÖN. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  34. ↑ "Lala Brooks & Friends". Music Stack. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  35. ↑ "RainHard Fendrich in the Austrian Charts". Austriancharts. 1997-01-12. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  36. ↑ "Damit die Stille Nacht nicht stumm bleibt" (in German). OÖ Nachrichten. 1997-12-22. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  37. ↑ Mojique v2.0 on ORF m4.orf.at- Retrieved: 3 August 2007
  38. ↑ Karli's Home page karlmoestl.com - Retrieved: 2 August 2007
  39. ↑ Zabek's myspace page profile.myspace.com - Retrieved 18 October 2007
  40. ↑ Bob Zabek: an interview profile.myspace.com - Retrieved 18 October 2007
  41. ↑ Karli Möstl CD discogs.com - Retrieved: 30 July 2007
  42. ↑ Walkner-Möstl CD discogs.com - Retrieved: 30 July 2007

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