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MinusBlue

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About Me

"No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form."MinusBlue makes little worlds of music that hold your hand and take you away to a better place. MinusBlue works with songs and vocals and electronics and sometimes guitars, but feels that is just all sound, and sound is good.MinusBlue means nothing really, but hopes you find some meaning in it.********************************************************* *******Tracks for the forthcoming LP are In Your Arms, Only You, Be As One, Surrounded, Sunshine, Over This, Souvenir, Ocean Sky, Fade Of Day, Sweet Harmony and Sorry I Can't Be There.The LP is almost finished.Big Love, Leigh:)

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Member Since: 4/22/2006
Band Members:MinusBlue is the alter-ego of Leigh Devlin. Vocalists connected to the project include Emma Saville, Marion Benoist of The Lovers, Sarah Jay, Tina P, Fran McNamara and Sophie Bramley West.Leigh lives and works in Sheffield and has recently written for and produced Paddy Orange, Sophie Bramley West, The Lovers, The Loungitude and various other projects.He is now concentrating on completing the first MinusBlue LP. Since March 2008, various remixes and the original mix of 'Be As One' have been signed to numerous labels and compilations around Europe. Leigh is now looking to find a label to work with and release the LP.Working under the MB name and others, Leigh has worked with varied artists - from KHLA to Atomic Kitten via Dizzee Rascal...Paddy Orange is at http://www.myspace.com/thepaddyorangeproject. Paddy is near to completing a demo version of his debut LP, and is drawing increasing attention from the media and labels alike. Set to go world wide!!The Lovers are at http://www.myspace.com/voilathelovers or http://voilathelovers.com.
Their long awaited debut LP was released on Institute Records on the 11th of June, and the first single taken from it - 'Crik Crak', was released on the 16th of april.Sarah Jay is at http://www.myspace.com/sarahjaymusic. Sarah sang 'Dissolved Girl' for Massive Attack in the nineties along with countless dancefloor classics, and is currently recording a largely acoustic set of songs for her debut LP.Emma is at http://www.myspace.com/emmasaville. Emma is back from travelling the world and is still as mad and beautiful as ever...The Loungitude is at http://www.myspace.com/theloungitude and www.theloungitude.com Ambient Heaven...
Influences:Chicago, Detroit, New York, Ibiza, Amsterdam, London, Manchester, Sheffield.MinusBlue Loves New Order, Sol Seppy, Massive Attack, Sasha@Shellys, Graeme Park/Mike Pickering@The Hacienda, Ralphie Rosario, Joy Division, Air, Giorgio Moroder, David Bowie, Rob Gordon, Ross Orton, Hybrid, William Orbit, Morales Red Zone Remixes, Occasions, The Sundays, Mr Fingers, Pet Shop Boys, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Nouvelle Vague, Trax Records, Dido, Bob Dylan, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Public Enemy, Leftfield, Nipper, Strictly Rhythm, A Man called Adam, OMD, The Beloved, Cafe Del Mar, Marshall Jefferson, Grand Central, The Orb, Alan Partridge, Bomb The Bass, Joey Negro, Artery, Winston and Parrot, The Stone Roses, Salsoul Records, Chicane, Joey Beltram, The Beatles, Cutting Records, BT, DFA, St Etienne, Norman Cook, ELO, LFO, Inner City, Phil Spektor, The Stone Roses, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Laurent Garnier, Warp Records, Portishead, Ice-T, Quincy Jones, The Buggles, Soul II Soul, Madonna, Dre, Deep Dish, Stonebridge, Orbital, The Human League, The Streets, Gorillaz, Pulp, Everything But The Girl, Olive, Nightmares On Wax, The Lovers.
Sounds Like:Sounds like MinusBlues influences filtered through a couple of decades of House Music, Hiphop, Electro and Whatever ...New Order, Sol Seppy, Massive Attack, Sasha@Shellys, Graeme Park/Mike Pickering@The Hacienda, Ralphie Rosario, Joy Division, Air, Giorgio Moroder, David Bowie, Rob Gordon, Ross Orton, Hybrid, William Orbit, Morales Red Zone Remixes, Occasions, The Sundays, Mr Fingers, Pet Shop Boys, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Nouvelle Vague, Trax Records, Dido, Bob Dylan, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Public Enemy, Leftfield, Nipper, Strictly Rhythm, A Man called Adam, OMD, The Beloved, Cafe Del Mar, Marshall Jefferson, Grand Central, The Orb, Alan Partridge, Bomb The Bass, Joey Negro, Winston and Parrot, The Stone Roses, Salsoul Records, Chicane, Joey Beltram, The Beatles, Cutting Records, BT, DFA, St Etienne, Norman Cook, ELO, LFO, Inner City, Phil Spektor, The Stone Roses, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Laurent Garnier, Warp Records, Portishead, Ice-T, Quincy Jones, The Buggles, Soul II Soul, Madonna, Dre, Deep Dish, Stonebridge, Orbital, The Human League, The Streets, Gorillaz, Pulp, Everything But The Girl, Olive, Nightmares On Wax, The Lovers.
Record Label: Sine Records, Hot brownie Records - Non-Exclusive
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Words of Beauty

It's a tough time for me at the moment, but these words have given me a little peace over the last few days. It's just a list of quotes. But they are very beautiful."Any emotion, if it is sincere, is ...
Posted by MinusBlue on Sat, 17 May 2008 09:28:00 PST

MinusBlue "XtraChill Intensiv" - Podcast 23

Hello all, you can have a listen to some of the MB tracks and an interview of myself on "XtraChill Intensiv"-Podcast 23.Find "XtraChill Intensiv" for FREE on the iTunes Store (may need some time to ge...
Posted by MinusBlue on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:47:00 PST

Finishing the LP with a broken heart...

What happened?Why?When love so true comes, how can it go so fast?So, once again alone with music.The only thing that really lasts.Leigh MinusBlue
Posted by MinusBlue on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:05:00 PST

Spring 08 Update

Well!!Here we are on the verge of spring once more, another dark and grey (at least here in the UK!) winter almost behind us..:) Lots of things have happened over the last few months. Some good, some ...
Posted by MinusBlue on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:08:00 PST

MB Winter 2007 Update

Well winter truly has bitten now in the UK!The LP is coming along slowly and should be done early next year at last!!Inbetween time, as myspace now allows 6 songs to be uploaded, I've added an old MB ...
Posted by MinusBlue on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:53:00 PST

August ’07 MinusBlue Update

August '07So, finally, new tracks are nearing completion. The voices of Apple Peaches, Sarah Jay and once again Emma Saville are adorning the new songs, I can't wait to get them finished and posted!So...
Posted by MinusBlue on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:49:00 PST

Return to MySpace

Well, it seems to have been a long if not very cold winter in MB land (ie Sheffield UK), after what seems an age, I'm back online and myspacing for England...So what the hell have I been up to?Well th...
Posted by MinusBlue on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:13:00 PST