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Dec 12, 2019 · Nick Laird-Clowes is best known for fronting eighties pop band The Dream Academy. In the nineties he co-wrote two songs on Pink Floyd ‘s The Division Bell and in recent years has been writing and recording music for films, notably enjoying a fruitful partnership with documentary maker Nick Broomfield.
Feb 21, 2024 · By Sean Hannam. 34. P astoral art-pop band The Dream Academy – singer / guitarist and songwriter, Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist Kate St. John, and keyboardist / songwriter, Gilbert Gabriel – had a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with their haunting and ethereal 1985 debut single, ‘Life In A Northern Town.’.
Sep 12, 2020 · British trio The Dream Academy formed in London in 1983 and took the US single and album charts by storm in 1985 with their debut single and a feature in one of the 1980’s most iconic flicks. The origins of The Dream Academy can be traced back to the 1970’s, when Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel were part of the band, The Act.
Laird-Clowes was a member of Alfalpha and The Act [1] before forming The Dream Academy. He was also a presenter for the first series of the Channel 4 music show The Tube. [2] The Dream Academy formed in 1983. [3][4] Laird-Clowes sang and played guitar for the band [5] and was its primary songwriter. [6]
Sep 28, 2019 · Nick Laird-Clowes: Executive Producer: Charles Finch: Executive Producer: Patrick Holland: ... Fri 4 Oct 2019 23:45. BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD. Thu 17 Oct 2019 02:00.
Mar 15, 2024 · Andy Page spent an hour in the company of instantly likeable, hugely positive Dream Academy singer / guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, (who was joined in the band by Gilbert Gabriel on keyboards / vocals and Kate St. John on cor anglais / oboe / vocals and more!), to talk about putting together the box set and looking back on all things Dream Academy.
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Nick Laird-Clowes: Well, first of all, we had shot a video for “Life in a Northern Town” in the north of England, and neither us nor the record company nor the director - who was a great director called Tim Pope - were happy with it, but it had been the video that had gone out all over England and Europe when the song was a hit there. But “Life in a Northern Town” wasn't released in ...
