Vita:Gary Numan
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[szerkesztés]Nem tudom, mi történik. A szócikkből egész egyszerűen eltűnnek részek. VszNem ref hiba vagy hasonló van a háttérben, mivel a lapforrásból és a laptörténetből is eltűnnek. így nem lehet dolgozni. ♥♥♥ Gubb ✍ 2008. október 4., 16:23 (CEST)
Other musicians who have sung Numan's praises in recent years include Beck, Grant Nicholas, Tricky, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, and The Smashing Pumpkins (whose album "Siamese Dream" is based on the title of the Numan song "A Dream of Siam" from his 1982 album I,Assassin). Afrika Bambaataa has also talked about the influence of Numan's music on the fledgling American DJ scene: "In the late 70s and early 80s Gary had the rhythms that DJs wanted to get hold of and people waited for his records on the dance floor." "Cars" was also featured on the soundtrack for the blockbuster 2002 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the New Wave radio station Wave 103, although it did not appear on the soundtrack CD release for the game. "Are Friends Electric" appeared on EA's game Need For Speed: Carbon in 2006.
In 2002, Numan enjoyed chart success once again with the single "Rip", reaching #29 in the UK chart and in 2003 with the Gary Numan vs Rico single "Crazier" which reached #13 in the UK chart. Rico also worked on the remix album Hybrid which featured reworkings of older songs in a more contemporary industrial style. 2003 also saw Gary Numan performing the vocals on a track named "Pray For You" on the Plump DJs album "Eargasm" which was very well received. In 2004 Numan took control of his own business affairs again, launching the label Mortal Records and releasing a series of live DVDs. In late 2006, Numan announced on his website that recording would begin on his new album in January 2007, with Ade Fenton co-producing. Numan stated "think of Jagged and Pure, but faster, with bigger choruses, more energy, and more aggression" to describe the album's intended sound. The album, Jagged, was duly released on 13 March 2006. An album launch gig took place at The Forum, London on 18 March followed by UK, European and US tours in support of the release. Numan also launched a Jagged website to showcase the new album, and made plans to have his 1981 farewell concert (previously released as Micromusic on VHS) issued on DVD by November 2006 as well as releasing the DVD version of the Jagged album launch gig. Numan undertook a Telekon 'Classic Album' tour in the UK in December 2006, primarily to appease his more nostalgic fans and also to reserve his regular tours for more contemporary material.
On 6 November 2006, Numan took part in the Sky1 reality show The Race. It pitted ten celebrities (five male, five female) against each other in a series of Formula One-style car races. These races were held at Silverstone over the next five days, and varied in racing styles, ultimately culminating in one final Grand Prix race on Sunday, November 12. Numan did win on the overall leaderboard, though he lost the final race to AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.
Numan contributed vocals to four tracks on the April 2007 release of Fenton’s debut solo album Artificial Perfect on his new industrial/electronic label Submission, including songs "The Leather Sea", "Slide Away", "Recall" and the first single to be taken from the album, "Healing". The second single to be released in the UK was "The Leather Sea" on July 30, 2007.
In October 2007 Numan announced a fifteen-date UK tour for Spring 2008 during which he performed his 1979 number one album Replicas in full. Featuring the singles "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Down in the Park", Numan also performed the B-sides to the singles on the tour.[1] The highly successful tour also raised Numan's profile in the media again due to the fact that it coincided with his 30th anniversay in the music business.The London and Manchester concerts were filmed for a forthcoming concert DVD. The tour was also notable for the Manchester gig on the 8th of March 2008 which also happened to fall on his 50th birthday. The band, along with wife Gemma, helped Numan celebrate by bringing a large cake onstage.
New albums
[szerkesztés]The announcement of the album came in a late 2006 news posting on Numan's official website, stating that he would begin work on a new studio album in January 2007, with help again from his Jagged co-producer, Ade Fenton. He described the intended musical style as like "Jagged and Pure, but faster, with bigger choruses, more energy, and more aggression".
Nothing more was said about the new album until August 2007, when he mentioned on his website that he had found enough demos from the Exile, Pure, and Jagged sessions in his studio to flesh out into another album. Numan stated that this in itself will not be "the new album", just a release for interested fans, confirming that his new studio album hasn't been scrapped for other interests.
In November 2007, Numan confirmed via his website that the album, with the working title of Splinter, will be worked on throughout 2008, after finishing an alternate version of Jagged (to be called Jagged Edge) and the CD of unreleased songs from his previous three albums (working title Resurrection). He wrote that Jagged Edge will not likely see release until after the Replicas tour, after which the unreleased songs will be completed and released, with Splinter to be released in early 2009.
Aviation
[szerkesztés]Numan is also known for his love of flying, a passion which has featured in some of his music videos ("Warriors", "I Can't Stop"). He has owned several aircraft including a radial-engined Harvard trainer.[forrás?] Numan was a passenger in one of these aircraft when it infamously made an emergency landing on a main road in England, in 1981.[forrás?] This came shortly after he embarked on a flight around the world, during which he was forced to land in India due to mechanical difficulty and he and his pilot were briefly imprisoned there on suspicion of spying.[forrás?] His aerobatic flying career is also noted on the BBC TV series The Mighty Boosh, whose character Vince Noir (Noel Fielding) is a huge Numan fan, with a "Cars" ringtone on his mobile phone. Numan has since guest-starred on the show. Numan has also recently stated that he likes to go sailing from time to time. Numan's brother is also a pilot and has flown aircraft such as the Bristol Blenheim at airshows. Numan was also a member of the Air Training Corps.[2]
Érdekesek
[szerkesztés]- Read Junk - Numan hatása a hip-hopra. Bár ebben a formában kicsit túlzónak tűnik.
- Interjú (elég személyes, csak érdekesség)
- ↑ Gary Numan to perform album 'Replicas' live
- ↑ Air Cadet Organisation: Famous Cadets. 192.5.30.122/aircadets/atc_index.html. (Hozzáférés: 2007. október 25.)