Neon Highwire

Neon Highwire

From left to right, Steven Morgan, James Dippie & Luke Fussell

From the Luminescence promotional photoshoot by Bryony Burrows 2009
Background information
Origin London, England, UK
Genres Electronic, pop, Rock
Years active 2008–2016
Labels Health Bomber, Blue Dove Records
Associated acts Novelty Music Scene, Hail! Perestroika, Antistar, Antiba
Website Official website
Members Steven Morgan
James Dippie
Luke Fussell

Neon Highwire were an electronic music group formed in London, England in 2008. The current band consisted of Steven Morgan, James Dippie and Luke Fussell.[1] All three members of the band sang, played guitar, played synths and were producers in their own right, yet none played the drums. They described 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 are known to often lie in interviews.[5][6][7]

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 10 December 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 26 January 2011, 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]

Blue Dove Records

During 2011, a number of Neon Highwire remixes appeared on the Digital House Moments,[22] Sunset 2 Sunrise Volume 9[23] and Electro House Essentials Volume 7[24] compilation releases from Blue Dove Records.

Relate

They announced the release date of their début album Relate was 9 September 2013 to a positive reception.[25][26]

Gyrophant

On 24 January 2014, the Synth City Records Compilation Volume 1 was released featuring the exclusive track Gyrophant from Neon Highwire.[27]

Bookreader and Breakup

On 29 January 2016, the band released one last EP titled Bookreader to coincide with their break up.[28]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

References

  1. ↑ http://ventsinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/10/neon-highwire.html Band interview with Vents Magazine
  2. ↑ http://www.twogroove.com/blog/2010/12/07/past-present-future-neon-highwire/ Band interview with Two Groove
  3. ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Novelty+Music+Scene Novelty Music Scene last.fm page
  4. ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Hail!+Perestroika Hail! Perestroika last.fm page
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ http://www.neonhighwire.com/archives/499 Interview pulled from American music magazine after being censored to the point where it made no sense
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ http://www.subba-cultcha.com/features/article.php?contentID=17962 Subba Cultcha review of Luminescence
  9. ↑ http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=4245&type=Singles God Is In The TV Zine review of Luminescence
  10. ↑ http://rebelriffs.blogspot.com/2010/02/neon-highwire-luminescence-ep.html Rebel Riffs review of Luminescence
  11. ↑ http://godisinthetvzine.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id=2741 God Is In The TV Zine News story on Christmas single release
  12. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/neonhighwire/fantasy-land-christmas-in-the-terror-zone Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) on Soundcloud
  13. ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Neon+Highwire/_/Fantasy+Land+(Christmas+In+The+TerrorZone) Fantasy Land (Christmas In The TerrorZone) on last.fm
  14. ↑ http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/wordpress/2010/12/never-enough-notes-advent-2010-16-12-10-neon-highwire/ Never Enough Notes advent mp3 giveaway
  15. ↑ http://www.neonhighwire.com/archives/318 Band announcement of the release of Bear At The Bus Stop
  16. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9n9KUNwV74 Youtube promotional video for the track Bear At The Bus Stop
  17. ↑ http://www.bluedoverecords.co.uk/neonhighwire_p2.html Blue Dove Records artist page
  18. ↑ http://www.soundcloud.com/neonhighwire/Kim-Jong-il-looking-at-things Kim Jong Il Looking At Things song
  19. ↑ http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com Kim Jong Il Looking At Things website
  20. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/kimjongillookingatthings/posts/183417311690864 National Anthem declaration from owner of Kim Jong Il Looking At Things website
  21. ↑ http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue464 B3ta newsletter featuring Kim Jong Il Looking At Things
  22. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/0SaKbb9Np0oWHe0RghZ2nd
  23. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/4o33utWXw2NrETWN6E1Pqo
  24. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/0YmwvLY9iODfTo5cKDoPc3
  25. ↑ http://www.neonhighwire.com/archives/1324
  26. ↑ http://www.bluesbunny.com/tabid/122/xmmid/474/xmid/6565/xmview/2/default.aspx
  27. ↑ http://synthcity.net/synth-citys-synth-city-compilation-vol-1/
  28. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/neonhighwire/posts/10153430009567339

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