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Disambiguazione – Se stai cercando lo scrittore e poeta nordirlandese, vedi Nick Laird. Nick Laird-Clowes, nato Nicholas William Laird-Clowes, noto anche con lo pseudonimo di Trashmonk ( Londra, 5 febbraio 1957 ), è un cantante, chitarrista e compositore britannico .
Nick Laird-Clowes (born 5 February 1957, in London, England) [citation needed] is an English musician and composer, best known as the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for The Dream Academy. Life and career. Laird-Clowes was a member of Alfalpha and The Act before forming The Dream Academy.
Nick Laird-Clowes. Kate St John. The Dream Academy was a British band consisting of singer/guitarist [3] and primary songwriter [4] Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist Kate St John, and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. [5] The band is most noted for their 1985 hit record, "Life in a Northern Town".
It was produced by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and Nick Laird-Clowes. "Life in a Northern Town", written as a tribute to the musician Nick Drake, [3] became the Dream Academy's only major chart success, reaching number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 in the UK.
The song was written as an elegy to British folk musician Nick Drake. Written by band members Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel, the song was produced by Laird-Clowes with help from Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. The single reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1986 and reached No. 15 on the UK charts.
As lead singer and principal songwriter of The Dream Academy Nick enjoyed worldwide success in the mid-80s with songs including The Love Parade and Life in a Northern Town. The latter song also became a worldwide dance hit in 1997 for Dario G as Sunchyme and was again US Top 40 and Grammy nominated in 2003 for Sugarland and Little Big Town.
Prodotto da Nick Laird-Clowes, David Gilmour, George Nicholson, Gary Langan e, solo per il brano The Love Parade, da Alan Tarney, venne pubblicato dapprima in LP e musicassetta e più tardi stampato su CD, l'album di debutto dei Dream Academy è una commistione suggestiva di folk-rock e dream pop dove vengono impiegati strumenti sino ...
