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George Demure

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Introducing George Demure...

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...a suave and debonair gentleman hailing from Scotland, now living and working in London.
George Demure spent 10 years at the forefront of Scotland's electronic music scene before moving to London in 2002. This move prompted a rediscovery of his love for guitars as well as discovering his sensational yet elegant singing voice.
Equally adept behind a bank of drum machines as he is with acoustic guitars and tambourines, George's songs demonstrate an obsessive love of music, from Charlie Feathers to Lee Perry, Throbbing Gristle to Otis Redding - and his ability to weave a particular lyrical slant in his music owes much to his love of literature.
Since his live debut supporting Colder at London’s Bush Hall in 2005, he attracts growing numbers of devotees with his live performances. A host of gigs include Glastonbury (2005 and 2008’s The Guardian Lounge), performances throughout London, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, the Tank Magazine party at the ICA in 2006, Koko (Camden Palace), a show stopping performance at Output's 2006 Sonar Party in Barcelona, not forgetting Batofar and Le Baron in Paris earlier this year.
George Demure was first featured on Output Recordings Channel 4 Compilation with the classic "New Confrontation". A single, "The Main Attraction" was released in September 2006, one of the last ever releases on Output. Then, with Tirk, he released the New Confrontation EP, a critically acclaimed 5 tracker in December 2006. Now signed to Tirk Records offshoot August Day, his debut LP "Boomtown Medallion", released in October 2007 to great applause, continues to win admirers. With three tracks produced with Maps producer Aidan Love and two produced with The Strokes producer Gordon Raphael, the seeds of collaboration had firmly taken root.
The single "My Baby's Gone", was released with a superb and quirky video, this years’ follow up single, a cover of David Bowies ‘Sorrow’ sports a remix from Soft Cell’s Dave Ball. With his growing interest in multimedia performances and collaborations with new musicians, producers and directors alike, his monthly podcasts/videocasts are already the social insiders must see....... the world of George Demure just gets bigger and bigger.
“…borderline genius… possibly the best leftfield pop album of 2007” – iDJ
“..quite brilliant…” - One Week To Live
“...George Demure is ace!” - NME
“…is a delight…by turns darkly threatening and flooded with warm light..” - Time Out
“..moody, cool electro indie..” Mixmag
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Member Since: 25/01/2006
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George, his machines, his guitars, his record collection, his library and when the music demands, the wonderful Demurettes.

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Influences: Really far too many to bore people with a list of individual artists. Genre wise, here's a few... Blues, hillbilly, funk, reggae, country, soul, cabaret, opera, experimental, easy listening, surf, big band, electronic, rockabilly, jazz, soundtracks, exotica, barbershop, psyche, girl groups, pop music, indie, rock and roll, house and techno, folk, hip hop, new wave, no wave, be brave.....if it's got the spook, it's got me hooked!
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Record Label: August Day / Tirk
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Podcast

Hello again,                        or hello. To download parts One and Two of Demure's Diaries c...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:10:00 GMT

A free musical blog to download.....

Well, it's not so much a blog. It's some of my favourite music carefully blended into a half hour chunk of joy. I do what I've been doing in my head since I was a wee lad, singing along either in...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:10:00 GMT