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last updated: 1·2·2003
updated
last updated: 1·2·2003
updated
"The smiling girl, when will I free her?"
some news from the dba newsletter:
"An idea was put to dba an dtox to release a CD with dba's 12" mixes, which have so far been released on 12" and the odd CD. It has been decided to release such a CD within the next few month and this will also see some unreleased tacks too. Fans of Howard Jones will remember the 12" Album where the tracks mix into each other, and this release will be similar to this where each track will blend and mix into the next. Wicked stuff to look forward to there!!"
the remix album is out now.
dba's album Bubble was the first electronic CD i ever bought. i still remember the day I bought it, bringing it home and telling my mom how much i liked this band. i put it in the living room stereo system and played it. not ten seconds into the song, my mom didn't like it. i knew i had to find more music like this to annoy my family (and later, friends) with.
since the time i first heard Bubble, i had looked forward to another release from dba. finally, last year (2001), they released a new album, Spectrum. dba's style didn't change too much since the last album, but the programming (the synths, drum beats, etc) have improved, i think.
Robbie and Shaz, the current members of dba, started out in a band called 65dBA, in the UK. 65dBA released two albums, The Great Awakening and Circle, in 1993 and 1994 respectively. at some point in the mid-90s, i suppose the band dissolved. however, Robbie and Shaz continued working together under the name of dba, and released the debut album Bubble in 1996. they also worked on a side project called Hydro, which seems to be more of Robbie's project than Shaz'.
(does not include singles, vinyl, or compilation appearances. yet.)
65dBA:
i've heard about something 65dBA recorded before The Great Awakening. any info is much appreciated...
The Great Awakening -- 1993
- Great Awakening
- We Must Go
- Waging War
- Work the Worx
- Can You See The Tears
- Hope of Heaven
- Come Soon Lord Jesus
- Behold the Lamb
- I Want To Be a Holy Child
- Are You Ready?
Shout -- 1994
- Circle
- Without Your Love
- Peace
- Shout
- Sea of Love
- YO YO
- Never Gonna Give You Up
- Purify
- Crucified
- Circle - jungle mix
- Purify - angelic mix
dba:
Bubble -- 1996
- Spiritual Woman
- Time - the sound of music mix
- Universe
- Reason Why
- Rhythms of Grace
- I Say A Little Prayer (cover song, by ???)
- Planet Love
- Kiss the Sky - the up & away mix
- 3-D
- ? - the guessing game mix (Rhythms of Grace remix)
- Universe - the gabbering ravey davey mix
Spectrum -- 2001
the first 200 copies or so were autographed and numbered, i got # 48...
- Little Old Me
- Spectrum
- Smiling Girl
- Cup of Tea
- Millology
- Summers Day
- Oceans of Love
- Will You Still Be There (cover song, by Howard Jones)
- When The Light Has Gone
- Go With The Sun
- Bunsen Burner
- Never Say Bye
Twister -- 2002
continuous-play remix album. length of the tracks are in parentheses.
- What Is Love 2002 - the soaring vox mix (7:23) (cover song, by Howard Jones)
- Smiling Girl - the hammerhead mix (8:27)
- Smiling Girl - the mona lisa mix (7:18)
- Go With The Sun - the total eclipse mix (8:21)
- Go With The Sun - the burning rays mix (7:05)
- Hidden Force - the virtual mix (6:52)
- 3D 2002 - the one mix (5:36)
Hydro:
Spiritualisation -- 1995
- Touch the Spirit
- Beyond These Shores - the forbidden fruit mix (remix of the Iona song)
- Birth
- Rawar
- As I Melt
- (cilegna)
- Rainmaker
- You Are The Way
- Breath
- Touch the Spirit - the 303 dream topping mix
- Rainmaker - the nutter stomp mix
- (melted)
Aborigination -- 1997
- Aborigination
- Celtech (Jubente Petrus)
- The Beginning of the End
- Push
- Didgital
- Serengeti Storm
- Crystal Throneroom
- Liquid Prayers
- Jiggle
- Serengeti Storm - the easy listening mix
- Birth - the bright and breezy stingray mix
- Rawar - the mad axeman mix
