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John Davies Cale OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone , classical , avant-garde and electronic music .
Mar 9, 2021 · After finishing music school in 1963, Cale travelled across to the Atlantic and finally made the move he’d been dreaming of for most of his life. After relocating to New York, Cale started moving in artistic circles with influential composers and meeting like-minded individuals such as John Cage.
Jun 21, 2024 · On his eighteenth studio album, POPtical Illusion, Cale, now 82 years old, is still possessed of that distinct, boundless instrument. Its emotional tenor, as Cale points out, is “snide,” and throughout the record, there’s an air of humor but also repressed rage boiling just beneath its poppy surface.
Feb 28, 2010 · He was asked to represent Wales at last summer's Venice Biennale, and set to work on Dark Days, an "emotional and personal" 49-minute, five-screen multimedia piece about his relationship with his...
Oct 9, 2009 · John Cale. After meeting Lou Reed in New York, they formed The Velvet Underground. Playing bass, viola and keyboards, Cale was responsible for much of their distinctive droning rock sound, most...
Jan 22, 2017 · For the past several years, John Cale, the Welsh musician and co-founder of the Velvet Underground, has been selectively reissuing his back catalogue. Some of these efforts are straightforward:...
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Jun 16, 2024 · John Cale was born in Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales in March 1942. He joined the National Youth Orchestra of Wales at age 13 and went on to study music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In 1963, he travelled to New York to continue his musical training under composer Aaron Copland.
