Levitation
Following a well-publicized fall-out with frontman Guy Chadwick, guitarist Terry Bickers left the House of Love in 1990 to form Levitation with bassist Laurence O'Keefe, keyboardist Robert White, guitarist Christian Hayes and drummer Dave Francollini. A series of brilliant live gigs quickly cemented the fledgling group's status among the British press, while interviews with the eccentric Bickers, in which he expounded freely on topics including prog-rock revivals, flying saucers, reincarnation, bacchanalian revelry and Egyptology, further established the band as media darlings.
Anticipation was high for Levitation's recorded debut, and 1991's Coppelia EP did not disappoint: a shimmering, majestic effort highlighted by the narcotic epic "Smile," it also featured excursions into delicate psychedelia ("Rosemary Jones") and distorted pop ("Paid in Kind"). The follow-up, The After Ever EP, was equally strong, and the two records were later combined with live material and a pair of new tracks, "Squirrel" and "It's Time," as the full-length Coterie.
In 1992, Levitation issued the superb Need for Not album, soon signing to major label Chrysalis. In the wake of the release of 1993's Even When Your Eyes Are Open EP, the group mounted a British tour; while playing London's Tufnell Park Dome, Bickers abruptly announced "Oh, dear. We've completely lost it, haven't we?" and left the stage, never to return to the band and refusing to publicly discuss his exit. (He subsequently worked under the alias Cradle.) In his absence, the remaining members of Levitation hired new vocalist Steven Ludwin and issued an EP, King of Mice; the 1994 full-length Meanwhile Gardens, a patchy collection of re-recordings of old songs as well as new material, was issued only in Australia, and was the unit's final effort.
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Discographie
15 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Out of Time
Électronique - Paru chez Movin Sounds Ibiza le 1 janv. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Essential Levitation - 20 Years of Ibiza Chillout Music
Dance - Paru chez Newpool Music le 24 févr. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
More Than Ever People (The Remixes)
Électronique - Paru chez Movin Sounds Ibiza le 4 nov. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Levitation (Album Version)
Électronique - Paru chez Movin Sounds Ibiza le 1 avr. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Retrospect
Électronique - Paru chez Movin Sounds Ibiza, S.L. le 7 juil. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
More Than Ever People 2015
Levitation feat. Cathy Battistessa
Électronique - Paru chez Boy´s Deep le 5 avr. 2017
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Need For Not
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez One Little Independent Records le 1 mai 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
More Than Ever People - Hiding Jekyll & Micha Mischer Remixes
House - Paru chez Newpool Music le 17 déc. 2020
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Meanwhile Gardens
Rock - Paru chez Flashback Records le 1 janv. 1994
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Pentagone (feat. Quentin Dujardin & Gil Delogne)
Pop - Paru chez Agua Music le 3 avr. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
More Than Ever People (The Jelly & Fish Remixes)
House - Paru chez Newpool Music le 29 oct. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Around The Clock (feat. J Wils)
Soul - Paru chez 4854528 Records DK le 6 mai 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo