Strange Things Are Happening
White Rabbit (Verlag)
978-1-3996-0977-7 (ISBN)
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The rainbow reaches right across the sky, for miles and miles, and has landed right in the middle of our field, in front of the forest. My mother, Alison, is standing at the beginning of a rainbow. I'm sure it's a beginning, rather than the end, as there's no pot of gold in sight. The point where everything forms, or, perhaps, is not quite formed, as yet. That's my favourite place. A place alive with possibility.
So begins Strange Things Are Happening, the memoir of musician, DJ and producer Richard Norris. The sense of wonder of standing in that rainbow, at the beginning of something strange and new, continues through many escapades down the rabbit hole. From punk and DIY years, to many sonic psychedelic explorations , to meeting Genesis P Orridge and releasing the UK's earliest acid house album, 'Jack The Tab' - despite not knowing, at the time, what the hell acid house even was - Richard Norris has been involved in countless sonic and counter cultural revolutions. From the legendary dancefloors from Shoom to Ibiza and beyond, by way of misadventures in Amsterdam with Timothy Leary, with Sun Ra at customs, with Shaun Ryder in Joe Strummer's beaten up Cadillac in Tijuana, by way of his extraordinarily influential output in The Grid and Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve, Richard Norris's story is one of inspiration, collaboration, and community, continually fuelled by relentless psychedelic curiosity.
The shape and sound of post acid house British culture would be a very different and infinitely poorer place without the DIY spirit of Richard Norris. Strange Things Are Happening is the record of a life lived in the moment, forever in thrall to discovery, exploration and innovation - the search for what lies at the other end of that rainbow.
Richard Norris walked into the Rough Trade record shop aged 15 with his first seven-inch single under his arm. The shop bought the entire pressing, paying for it out of the shop's till. He then visited John Peel at the BBC, who played the single the next day. He's worked in and around music ever since, as a musician, writer, producer and DJ. That first single, by The Innocent Vicars, led to further post punk DIY excursions, culminating in working for cult psychedelic reissue label Bam Caruso in the mid 1980's, as well as co-editing the label's magazine: Strange Things Are Happening. After interviewing Psychic TV's Genesis P.Orridge for the magazine, the pair co-produced their take on psychedelic dance music, Jack The Tab, in 1987, preceding the Acid House explosion of 1988. He went on to form the Grid, with Soft Cell's Dave Ball. The duo created 10 UK hit singles, including the Balearic classic Floatation, one of Andrew Weatherall's earliest mixes, and the million selling 'Swamp Thing'. The band also collaborated, produced and remixed many other artists, including Brian Eno, Happy Mondays, Pet Shop Boys and more. Norris went on to collaborate with The Clash's Joe Strummer, and later work with Erol Alkan as Beyond The Wizards Sleeve, whose remixes include work for Tracey Thorn, the Chemical Brothers, Goldfrapp, and many others. He also formed his own psychedelic project, the Time and Space Machine, which toured and remixed artists including Warpaint, Tame Impala and more. Just before lockdown, he started the Music For Healing series of longform ambient music, which has had a phenomenal response. People have written to him saying the music has helped with depression, bereavement, anxiety and stress. Babies have been born to it, and it's even helped an insomniac dog get to sleep. Norris continues to write, remix, produce and perform on a regular basis, with a new Grid album and tour planned for 2024 and beyond.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.2.2026 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 25 b&w integrated photos supplied by author |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3996-0977-7 / 1399609777 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3996-0977-7 / 9781399609777 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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