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Latest update: August 10, 2013
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HMV and Amazon.co.uk will take orders. In the On ITunes, the album includes a booklet and the following bonus tracks, 3 remixes of the single "Put Your Hands Together": the MHC Mix; the Kriss Darang – Deep Groove Mix; and the Paul Jackson – Dozer Style Mix.
Glade Festival - Main Stage - July 20, 2008 "The Grid Presents..." is being planned by Dave & Richard as a new monthly night to feature guest DJ slots from established and up-and-coming artists. It will occasionally feature live acts. The aim will be to have a permanent home for the night but to also take it on the road as a sort of "sound system". More news as it develops. (AA) More
live Grid dates are being planned too! Press release update: Recent live date changes were "due to unforeseen work commitments for both Dave & Richard which [could not] be avoided." "Dave Ball and
Richard Norris a.k.a The Grid are widely recognised as dance music
innovators. They released 3 successful albums between 1988 and 1995,
'Electric Head', '456' and 'Evolver' and 10 singles during this period, all
of which made the UK charts, including the million-selling 'Swamp Thing',
which crashed into the UK Top 3 in 1994. They personified the revolution
taking place in "The Grid first
played live in 1992 at Nation before it became known as the home of Cream
(where they also played numerous times). They toured the festivals,
performing the final set at "Now [...], The Grid will perform live once again, giving a rare opportunity to see why they are held in such high esteem by electronic music lovers worldwide." (AA) Recent
events The
Great Escape Festival, Brighton - May 16, 2008: The
Grid, along with Phil Hartnoll (Orbital/Long Range) and Nick Smith ( New
single!
There are promotional versions on vinyl and CDR too. The mixes are
by Paul Jackson, MHC, Kriss Darang, The Grid and FA4S. upbeat A wildly
fun and snippet may be heard at: myspace.com/angelartists That's taken
from the album "Doppelgänger" out March 24, 2008. The first Grid gig in a decade was October 21, 2006... ...at SOVIET 2, an
all night party on all four floors of The Coronet Cinema, 21 Old Kent Road,
Elephant & Castle, London. Sovietlondon.com has the details. The
Grid have been back in the studio to make an album and to do remixes. Here's the new logo, as of July 2005, courtesy of Richard
Norris: |
Here's some great news from Richard Norris, March 17, 2004:
"The Grid are currently recording in
"We are also doing remixes - the first two are for Client "In It
For The Money" (Toast
"We have a new e-mail if anyone needs to contact us: gridcentral@yahoo.co.uk"
The Grid are back! As per this email I received on September 25, 2003:
"Dear Matt,
just a short note to let you know Dave and myself have reformed The Grid!
we are working on tracks and hope to release something in the near future, as
well as play live next year.
just thought you might like to know!
best wishes"
Richard Norris
While on hiatus as a group since 1996, Dave and Richard respectively continued to pursue a variety of musical projects.
According to the official Marc Almond
website, Soft Cell will play two concerts in
Four Ambient Tales by Billie Ray Martin with The Grid is to be re-released on CD in May 2000 on Ms. Martin's own record label, Stahl II Records. [MAY 11, 2000]
I have added a listing for Grid remixes of the song 'If' by the band If? [MAY 11, 2000]
Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk, under the name Mi7, have done two
remixes of the single 'Delerium' by Euphoria on Six Degrees Records in the
The Security Service in
Richard Norris has designed the sound for the Virgin Interactive Entertainment website. Check it out :) [SEPTEMBER 21, 1999]
He says Gold Star the band is going cool (!) and he's started a club called Gold Star @ The Social, every Saturday from 18th September at The Social, 5 Little Portland St., London W1. Expect records out later this year (!). [SEPTEMBER 21, 1999]
According to nme.com, songs
co-written by Richard Norris will appear on the album by Joe Strummer and the
Mescaleros. Entitled "Rock, Art And The X-Ray Style", the album is
due out October 1999. The single 'Yalla Yalla', co-written by Norris, came out
August 9. Both records will come out in the
Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk have produced and mixed at least one
track off of Billie Ray Martin's new album, "Electronic Soul", that
is due for release later in 1999 (I'm guessing). The song is the first single,
'Honey', due out on React Records in
Dave Ball and Marc Almond will write music and tour together again as Soft Cell, according to an official Marc Almond fan club website posting of October 15, 1998:
"Marc has started writing new songs for a Soft Cell album. Marc has discussed the idea many times with Dave Ball and they have considered collaborating together countless times under another name, but lets face it, it has to be Soft Cell. The album will consist of ten brand new tracks and it will be released later next year. They are both excited about the prospect of live shows to accompany the release and a full tour. Both Marc and Dave want to side step the whole retro revival that they will inevitably be drawn into, but with a brilliant album of new material it should be avoided. The Soft Cell album will be dark, disturbing with a 90's feel, and evoke the spirit of Soft Cell totally. It does not mean an end to either Marc or Dave's solo projects". [AUGUST 4, 1999]
Richard Norris' new band's name is Gold Star, with music due
out in 1999 on deConstruction label in U.K. Richard's own label Areeba will
release 'Rudi's Revenge', a single by General Narco, on November 17. Also,
Richard has joined Creation Records, an excellent label in
Richard Norris has produced tracks for Elastica's next album.[03SEPT98]
Dave Ball produced tracks for the Earl Brutus album out earlier in 1998.[03SEPT98]
Richard Norris has a new project due out in the near future
on Deconstruction in
Here's the August 1st and 3rd, 1998 email messages from Richard Norris.
Big Buddha are no more, according to an item in festival programme for onedotzero. The item is about two artists who did a promo clip for the Big Buddha song, 'Gizmo', that appears as a b-side to the single, 'Be Here Now':
"kieran evans + joe berger: big buddha: gizmo*
"Big Buddha was a short-lived project of Richard Norris [ex-Grid], and Karl Leiker. Gizmo is a 'lost' promo blending visuals from 50s pulp book sleeves to weird B-serial, Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Stone. A collaboration between live-action and still graphics specialists, Evans and Berger."
Note from same website: "onedotzero is an agenda-setting event for
digital creativity, showcasing inspiring contemporary visuals from the worlds
of digital film, new media, and computer gaming."
According to the official Marc Almond fan club website, Marc Almond and Dave Ball have recently been working together on tracks in the studio. The hope or suggestion is that this might result in a Soft Cell reunion, but it is too early to tell. [July 1998]
"Bliss",
a compilation out May 5, 1998 in
Read The
Rough Guide to Rock's entry
on The Grid.
Read
The All Music Guide's listing for The Grid. [September 21, 1999]
Psychic
TV is now due to release "The Origin of the Species" on October
13, 1998 (formerly announced for May 12 and then July) on Invisible Records in
"This 2 CD collection marks the start of a three part series of releases by Psychic TV from the legendary, pioneering and prolific "ACID HOUSE"; 'TEKNO ACID BEAT" and "INFINITE BEAT" period of their increasingly influential and much respected existence. Several remixes by seminal figures like Andy Weatherall; Greedy Beat Syndicate; The Grid; Tim Simenon (Bomb The Bass); DJ Doktor Megatrip and others are also included. Originally released under many different artistes names, the tracks in this series are now correctly credited for the first time. The accompanying full color booklet contains previously unpublished and comprehensive sleeve notes and historial anecdotes illustrated by a wealth of never before seen photos, flyers and memorabilla from the ACID years. All the covers and box art are from original collages by Genesis P-Orridge that were commissioned especially for this project."
The track 'War Cry', written, performed and produced by Joe Strummer and Richard Norris, appears on Volume 2 of the soundtrack to the film "Grosse Pointe Blank", released in late 1997 on London Records. Richard had worked with Strummer on more tracks for the projected Strummerville album, but the two had a parting of the ways, according to interviews with Strummer. Those tracks may yet appear on Strummer's next album. [04FEB98]
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Big Buddha |
"Big Buddha will be making their live debut in August [1997]. See them at Bath, Moles - 1st August; Essential Festival @ Finsbury Park, London - August 2nd. Expect something loud and shouty with live drums and lots of guitars. Another Big Buddha single will be released at the end of September [1997]. Also catch Richard Norris from the band DJing at a club near you.". [03FEB98] Also, from the Concrete website: "Founder member of The Grid, Richard Norris has now hooked up with Californian bass player and singer Karl Leiker to form Big Buddha. The band started last summer as Richard and Karl, but is currently reanimating into a full throttle drum n' bass n' hammond n' guitars band for live dates later on this summer. Their first single 'Be Here Now' was released on 9th June [1997]. Make up your own mind, but one thing is for sure, it deserves to be listened to loudly!" Big Buddha performed at Essential Weekender in |
Dave and Ingo and Kylie, Oh My! |
Other Kylie collaborators include the house music makers Brothers in
Rhythm and James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers. The album, due
out last summer under the title of "Impossible Princess", was
postponed for U.K. release due to a name change decided on following the
death of Princess Diana. The special 3-D (lenticular?) packaging was redone.
The album did come out in late 1997 in |
Dave
Ball and Ingo Vauk are collaborators on the new eponymously-titled Kylie
Minogue album due out March 23, 1998 in U.K. Dave and Ingo have worked on at
least four songs as co-writers with Richard Norris continues to DJ about once a month at The Heavenly
Jukebox, a nightclub in
"The Heavenly Social has changed its name to The Heavenly Jukebox. New residents alongside Jon Carter and Ricard Fearless include The Psychonauts, Richard Norris, Bentley Rhythm Ace and Kris Needs."