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After a number of years in the music background he moved into the forefront of experimental dance music and started writing and recording music under the names, The K.L.F., The K Foundation and The Timelords. Spent some time producing these bands then he signed a major recording contract. Zoo released early recordings by Echo, Teardrop Explodes, Big In Japan and Dalek I Love You.

Set up a record label called Zoo Records with David Balfe. Moved into band management with Echo and The Bunnymen. After the band split up he started a successful solo career releasing top 10 singles and successful LPs. Enjoying 6 UK number 1's and 2 successful LPs. Went on to be lead singer of the very successful 80's band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The Lightning Seeds have been recording artists for 10 years. He is now the lead singer/songwriter of the Lightning Seeds who enjoyed a No1 chart position twice with '3 Lions'.

Broudie was very successful as a producer with bands such as The Icicle Works, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Original Mirrors and Wah. Released some top 60 singles then disbanded.

Moved into the world of arts and entertainment and is now working for the Liverpool club Cream, organizing and publicising their club events around the world.įormed a songwriting partnership with Paul Simpson, ex-Teardrop Explodes keyboardist called Care. Joined the Pink Military band after Big In Japan. They recorded some songs for Zoo records, 'Touch', 'Love on the Granges' and 'Lonely Spy'. Bill Drummond and Dave Balfe also at the same time featured in a band called LORI & THE CHAMELEONS. The 2 tracks were called 'Society for Cutting Up Men', and 'Suicide a Go-Go'. In March 82, many years after they disbanded, ZOO RECORDS released a compilation album called 'To the Shores of Lake Placid' featuring 2 songs by BIG IN JAPAN. Match of the day was featured on 'Street to Street vol.1', released in 79, on OPEN EYE RECORDS. They featured on a few Liverpool compilation albums. They recorded and released records on the ZOO label between 78 - 82 even though they split up in 78. Their first record release was in 1977 and was called BIG IN JAPAN and was on the ERIC'S record label. They borrowed instruments from the band Deaf School and performed punk influenced chaos. Their first live appearance was at ERIC'S, the legendary Liverpool club in Matthew Street. The band line up changed 7 times during the 2 years they were together recording and performing. I will try and find some more info.īIG IN JAPAN will always be remembered more for who was in the band rather than their music. Not To Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be available digitally from Lakeshore Records on January 24.Big in Japan (the band) had a lot of now famous and big names in it - Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, someone from Echo And The Bunnymen, some producers etc.

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The movie follows a womanizer who learns he’s the carrier of a rare virus which is highly lethal to females, and the only hope for a cure is to find which of his ex-girlfriends infected him with the original strain. Kid Moxie also appears in the film Not To Be Unpleasant, But We Need To Have a Serious Talk, which was directed by Giorgos Georgopoulos. The video, which was shot throughout a single day at the director’s studio in DTLA, is a bit of commentary on children being forced to grow up too fast, especially in Hollywood.”īased in Los Angeles, Kid Moxie previously collaborated with David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti on a new version of “ Mysteries of Love,” the unforgettable, This Mortal Coil-inspired track originally sung by Julee Cruise for 1986’s Blue Velvet. “It is such an iconic song I had to forget I’d ever heard it to recreate it. “Though the score is mostly instrumental, I felt that the ‘Big In Japan’ cover summed up the wistful quality I was seeking in a fresh but also familiar way,” Charbila explains. Directed by Joe Rubinstein, the music video stars Charbila and a young dancer by the name of Hannah Williams.

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The full soundtrack-also composed by Kid Moxie-will be available digitally from Lakeshore Records on January 24.įor her cover of the song, Charbila exchanges the shimmering pop of the original version for a darker, moodier accompaniment, enveloping her faded, dreamlike vocals with a pulsing synthesizer and Eastern notes, giving the song a palpable neo-noir vibe. “Big In Japan” is a cover of the 1984 hit by the German synth-pop group Alphaville, and was reimagined by Kid Moxie for the soundtrack of the indie film Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk. We’re excited to premiere a new music video from Kid Moxie, aka Elena Charbila.