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Andyshades began live music as a songwriting busker in the mid 1980's and fronted the bands ... Backchoi, Drug Squad, Mutant Squid, Rainbow Bridge and Tranceform. Giving up bands in the late 1990's for travelling musical adventures in the great beyond he played venues in Thailand, Laos, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Germany and the beaches of Gomera. From then on gigs and recordings have been a collaboration of musicians from every continent in a truly spontaneous form with no strict line up and totally free expression. So the concept of 'Us' was born. 'Us' is the free music collective where the songs of Andyshades as a central figure are given openly for capable musians to record their interpretations of his music in their own style towards a colourful array of cd's. No money is involved in recordings and only small runs of cds for sale at gigs to fund future projects. It is purely for free expression, and all recordings are completed at a very grass roots level, on the road or in modest home studio. Gigs are approached in the same way. The line up is very rarley repeated. At present, many cd's are available from the past 10 years and many more awaiting completion. Andy spends summers at Uk festivals helping out as sound engineer for independent stages and performing on stage as much as possible with a variety of people. Visit www.us-and-beyond.com for full history, cd's, photos and people involved in Us. Also contact [email protected]:.Bigunending/Past Perfect Imperfections 1999.Barefoot 2001.Bare Arsed Cheek 2001.Beyond Oblivion 2001.Pai=mc2 2001.Berlinights 2002.Reach Around Sax 2004.Pledge Your Eyes in Music 2005.The World Before Tomorrow 2005.All cds are available from RADAR Records, Byram Arcade, HuddersfieldPlease join the mailing list here -
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