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"Lay
Your Hands On Me"
This
fantastic new dance track by Iva Davies/Icehouse has recently
been receiving airplay on several Australian radio stations, most
notably NOVA
96.9 FM in Sydney. It has also been enjoying a ride on Jimmy
Z's Direct
Dance Chart and is currently charting extremely well on his
newly created Buzz
Chart. "Lay Your Hands On Me" proves once again
that Iva has the talent to mold his signature sound to fit any
genre in which he chooses to work. The single is slated to be
released on September 30th, and the song will also be included
on...
...Meltdown
A
collection of Icehouse classics have been remixed by several DJs,
to be released on a CD called Meltdown. According to a
recent announcement on the IMMEDIA
website, possible inclusions are "Can't Help Myself,"
"Electric Blue," "Great Southern Land," and
"Love In Motion." This CD is currently scheduled to
be available October 14th. Here's an Undercover
Media article as written by Paul Cashmere (with a few corrections
made by Spellbound):
Icehouse
has gone under reconstruction with some of Australia's hottest
DJ's remixing the classic hits.
A
modernised version of the Icehouse classics will come out in
October remixed by sonicanimation, paulmac, Love Tattoo, Wicked
Beat Sound System, Pnau, Infusion, Ivan Gough, Bexta, and more.
The album will be titled Meltdown.
Iva signed
to Warner Music on July 12 for the album, but the deal also
includes the re-release of all previous albums remastered and
with bonus tracks.
According
to Iva, "Originally it was intended that the albums come
out in their 'classic' form simply to provide stock for those
who wished to buy them (albeit that the sound and presentation
quality has been much improved). However in discussions with
the record company last week we decided that it would be a prime
opportunity to 'value add' to the albums by including any tracks
related to their release or period which have not been available
on CD, except perhaps through sets like the 'A-side, B-side'
collection. Examples of these from the Flowers album would be
tracks like the original 'Love In Motion' single from Australasia
and its accompanying B-side 'Goodnight, Mr. Matthews'."
The
eight studio albums will be released with a handful of bonus
tracks each. The albums are Icehouse, Primitive Man,
Sidewalk, Measure For Measure, Man Of Colours,
Code Blue, Big Wheel, and The Berlin Tapes.
The re-releases will be available in September.
Icehouse have had sales in excess of 28 platinum albums in Australia
alone (2,000,000+), and 20 Top 40 singles.
Warner
Music Reissues the Icehouse Back Catalog
This
is the project for which Spellbound has been monitoring Iva's
Poll, where Iva has asked his fans to provide suggestions
for which b-sides and rarities should appear on each of the eight
reissued Icehouse albums. Chaos
Music, Sanity,
and eBay already
have these CDs available for pre-order. The scheduled release
date is late September-early October (date subject to change,
of course). Amazon
also has some of the reissues listed (at astronomical prices!).
Phoenix
Phoenix,
the latest CD by Eye Talk, was released on August 7th. Iva is
credited with contributing backing vocals and keyboards on "Heart
of Darkness," and vocals and keyboard samples on "Reflection."
Band member Alan Clark told Spellbound that working with Iva was
"a great experience." Other musicians who provided their
talent for this CD were Steve Jansen and Jerry Donato, while David
Sylvian, Bill Nelson, and John Serrie provided samples. US residents
may purchase this CD directly from Eye
Talk's website; non-US residents can order the CD through
Townsend
Records.
Other
Albums Touched by the DIVA
The
new album by Motor
Ace, entitled Shoot This, has debuted on the ARIA
album chart at #1! This album includes the song "Carry On,"
for which Iva Davies and former Icehouse guitarist David Chapman
provided the string arrangement. The band is being managed by
yet another guitarist for Icehouse, Paul Gildea. Paul recently
brought Motor Ace to Los Angeles to rouse up some international
interest in the band. At the time, negotiations were underway
for The Left Bank
Organization to take over the band's management in the U.S.
Spellbound took advantage of the opportunity to catch up with
Paul at Motor Ace's industry performance at The
Knitting Factory in Hollywood.
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Photo
by Cheryl Krueger - June 5, 2002
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It
was great to visit with Paul again, and quite interesting to see
the record business at work. Most of the audience present at this
artist showcase was made up of members of The Left Bank Organization,
scouts from several record companies, and a handful of music journalists.
The band first played "Carry On," followed by a 40-minute
set of songs from their current and previous albums. As Paul had
promised, they were good and loud! We're keeping our fingers crossed
that good things come from that evening for Motor Ace!
Another
album that recently debuted at #1 is The
Whitlams' Torch The Moon. The initial limited edition
release of this CD has an additional bonus disc, which includes
The Whitlams' cover of the 1984 Icehouse classic "Don't Believe
Anymore." Recognizable at the beginning of the track is a
sample taken from the original recording.
Diamond
Gods - Interpretations of Bowie
A
bit of old news that has just come to light is the inclusion of
Iva's version of "Loving The Alien" on a CD compiling
several artists' renditions of David Bowie songs. This CD was
released on October 22, 2001 in the UK. More information can be
found at Bowie
Wonderworld.
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