SPIREA X Fireblade Skies 1992

 

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Spirea X Biography

by Andy Kellman

Spirea X was a short-lived dream pop/noise pop act on the 4AD label, spearheaded by ex-Primal Scream member Jim Beattie. The other members of the group were Judith Boyle and Andrew Kerr. In 1991, the group released the Chlorine Dream and Speed Reaction singles, along with the full-length Fireblade Skies. Combining sweet vocal melodies with alternately noisy and blurry bursts of guitars and dance beats, the record was definitely up on the then-current sound of the U.K., but it failed to make much of an impression with consumers and cynical tastemakers. Spirea X vanished without a trace, but Beattie and Boyle -- along with former Spirea X manager Simon Dine -- would later form Adventures in Stereo.

 

Tracklist

1		Smile	1:41
2		Nothing Happened Yesterday	2:59
3		Rollercoaster	3:02
4		Chlorine Dream	6:44
5		Fire And Light	4:57
6		Spirea 9	2:27
7		Speed Reaction	3:01
8		Confusion In My Soul	3:24
9		Signed D.C.
3:33
10		Sisters & Brothers	4:41
11		Sunset Dawn	4:25
12		Spirea Rising	3:48

ADVENTURES IN STEREO Alternative Stereo Sounds 1998

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Tracklist

1	Silence Falls
2	Down In The Traffic
3	I Once Knew
4	When You're Gone
5	Out Of Sight
6	Everything
7	A Brand New Day
8	Here Together
9	Said You Said
10	Hang Out
11	This Time
12	Dominique K
13	Dream Surf Baby
14	O Sister
15	I See
16	Catch My Soul
17	Long Live You
18	Silence Is

ADVENTURES IN STEREO self titled 1997

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

The sampling project Adventures in Stereo formed from the ashes of the short-lived 4AD label band Spirea X, which included vocalist Judith Boyle and former Primal Scream member Jim Beattie. The duo formed Adventures in Stereo in the mid-'90s with Simon Dine, who created the group's music -- girl group-inspired miniatures reminiscent of the work of Stereolab or Broadcast -- solely on an Akai sampler, constructing songs from obscure and unrecognizable loops. After Adventures in Stereo issued two acclaimed EPs, the band's history became convoluted: Dine split from the group, but both parties kept working under the AIS name. In 1997, early recordings and unreleased material were released on a self-titled LP on Scotland's Creeping Bent label, while a similarly packaged collection of Dine's subsequent work was issued a short time later, also under the title Adventures in Stereo and on the Underground Sounds imprint. The Boyle/Beattie unit returned in 1998 with Alternative Stereo Sounds. Their second U.S. release, Monomania, followed two years later. 

Tracklist

1	Underground Sound
2	Cry Your Love Away
3	The Attic Walk
4	Summer High
5	13th Floor
6	Airline
7	There Was A Time
8	Runaway
9	Good Times
10	Don't You Worry Little One
11	When We Go Back
12	Flipside
13	When Times Were Young
14	Close To You
15	Remain Again
16	My Buddy Go
17	Pretty Things
18	We'll Meet Again