Angela McCluskey

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Angela McCluskey is a Scottish singer and songwriter who is active both solo and in the folk rock group Wild Colonials . They also sang for Télépopmusik , including on the single "Breathe", which in the US in a Mitsubishi - commercial was used.

biography

McCluskey was born in Glasgow . She initially worked in London as a press agent and later in the music video department at EMI . In 1991 she moved to Hollywood. She is married to Paul Cantelon.

Musical creation

In 1992 McCluskey and a friend named Shark formed the band Wild Colonials . The group quickly attracted local as well as national interest. Within a year they got from their place of formation, an Irish pub called Cafe Beckett , to Geffen Records and got a contract there. As a result, the two albums Fruit of Life (1994) and This Can't Be Life (1996) as well as extensive touring. In 2000, the song collection Reel Life, Vol. 1 , was released in 2007, the EP Life As We Know It , the first of four parts. Instead of releasing a whole new album, the band decided to split the new album into four parts.

During this time, McCluskey voiced a variety of film soundtracks, participated in a variety of projects, and worked with a wide variety of artists, including Dr. John , Cyndi Lauper , Deep Forest , Joe Henry, The The , Matt Johnson and Triptych. With the latter she recorded the cover album Curio released in 2000 . The collaboration with the French group Télépopmusik , which continues to this day, was added later.

The Things We Do

In 2001 McCluskey began working on her solo debut for the first time, The Things We Do , published in 2004 under EMI . The work on the texts and the recordings took place in Manhattan and Sweden. The song Long Live I was recorded three weeks after 9/11 in an apartment in Tribeca, a suburb of Manhattan. The co-creator Nathan Larson describes the album as "a record about sex, death, joy, fear, love, pain, and beauty, delivered by one of the most exquisite modern voices" (an album about sex, death, joy, fear, love , Pain and beauty, narrated by one of the most outstanding contemporary voices).

Discography

solo

Singles and EPs

  • 2002: Breathe (Télépopmusik featuring Angela McCluskey)
  • 2003: Smile (Télépopmusik featuring Angela McCluskey)
  • 2003: Love Can Damage Your Health (Télépopmusik featuring Angela McCluskey)
  • 2004: It's Been Done
  • 2004: Angela McCluskey - EP
  • 2006: Don't Look Back (Télépopmusik featuring Angela McCluskey)
  • 2008: Dream (Pampers / Unicef ​​Commercial)
  • 2009: Handle with Grace (Angela McCluskey featuring Télépopmusik)

Albums

  • 2000: Curio
  • 2004: The Things We Do
  • 2009: You Could Start A Fight In An Empty House

Wild Colonials

Singles & EPs

  • 1994: Spark
  • 1996: Charm
  • 2006: Vicious Circle
  • 2007: Life As We Know It - EP 1/4
  • 2008: Christmas Is Quiet
  • 2010: Life As We Know It - EP 2/4

Albums

  • 1994: Fruit Of Life
  • 1996: This Can't Be Life
  • 2000: Reel Life, Vol. 1

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personal data
SURNAME McCluskey, Angela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century