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“Just finished the final touches on the last song of the new SA album! Mastering comes next. Won't be long now!”
Um, news from Strange Advance’s official Twitter here.
*screams for about a billion years* NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM
To be more academic...
From the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia:
STRANGE ADVANCE
Darryl Kromm
(synth guitar, guitar) /
Drew Arnott
(keyboards, drums) /
Paul Iverson
(bass; 1980-1984) /
David Quinton
(drums; 1985 tour) /
Rick DeGroote
(keyboards; 1985 tour) /
Ian Cameron
(guitar; 1985 tour) /
Joe Alvero
(bass; 1985 tour)Darryl Kromm and Drew Arnott played together from 1974 to 1977 in a group called Slan. Later, while writing original music together, Kromm played in the band Remote Control. While touring with Bryan Adams, Kromm gave him a demo tape of the tunes he and Arnott were working on. Adams liked what he heard and passed it on to producer Bruce Fairbairn. Fairbairn also liked what he heard, did a quick remix then played it for Deane Cameron, who was the Canadian A&R rep for Capitol Records L.A. The band, originally known as Metropolis, were then signed to Capitol Records in Los Angeles. Fairbairn had just finished up work with Prism and Loverboy and decided to produce the band’s debut album, ‘Worlds Away’, which was released in February 1983. Within a week of the release of the first single, “She Controls Me”, and the title track, Canadian radio stations were all over Strange Advance. A dance mix of “Love Games” became a club hit in England and “Kiss In The Dark” became single #4. The album went gold (50,000 copies) and the band was nominated for a ‘Most Promising Group’ JUNO Award. The album featured guest appearances by Bryan Adams, Bob Rock and Paul Dean (Loverboy). In 1984 Strange Advance worked with famed soundtrack producer Michael Kamen on the follow-up album but the results weren’t satisfactory and the band returned to Canada to start fresh by recording in Toronto. Arnott would produce the second album, ‘2WO’, with the addition of one of Kamen’s tracks, “Nor Crystal Tears”. The album boasted a name-dropping roster of special guest talent including Spider Sinnaeve (bass) of Streetheart, John Jones (piano) of Bond , Gerald O’Brien and Steve Sexton of Exchange, Howard Ayee (bass) of Rough Trade/The Arrows, and world renowned session drummer Andy Newmark of Roxy Music, plus guitarists Earl Slick (Stray Cats, David Bowie), Keith Scott (Bryan Adams) and Domenic Troiano (Mandala, James Gang). The first single “We Run” became an AOR radio hit weeks before the album was released followed by the reggae flavoured “The Second That I Saw You”. In 1985 Strange Advance became a 6-piece for their first Canadian tour which including two sold-out nights at Ontario Place in Toronto. The album eventually went gold in Canada and Strange Advance were again nominated for a Juno (Best Group). For album #3 Strange Advance switched to Gerry Young’s independent label, Current Records, for 1988’s ‘The Distance Between’ though they would maintain distribution through Capitol-EMI Canada. The album was produced by Arnott, Howard Ayee and Joe Primeau with musical assistance from Owen Tennyson (Rational Youth, Blue Peter), Greg Critchley (FM), Randy Bachman, Jim Hubay, Ian Cameron, Howard Ayee, Ken Greer (Red Rider), Mathew Gerrard (Regatta), Peter Fredette (Kim Mitchell Band), Simon Brierley (FM, Lee Aaron), Ed Shaw (Images In Vogue), and Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, UK) and Drew Arnott’s father Andy Arnott playing sax on “This Island Earth.” The lead off single/video was “Love Becomes Electric” peaking at No.20 on the RPM100 Singles Chart the week of April 30, 1988 which lasted a total of 22 weeks on the chart and eventually reaching #2 on the RPM Cancon Singles chart. The video managed to break the Top10 on MuchMusic. The second single/video “Till The Stars Fall” was released in July 1988 and peaked at #23 on the RPM Cancon Singles chart. Constant touring and the release of a third track, “Hold You”, in August 1988 helped the album itself reach #46 on the RPM100 Albums Chart.The bottom finally fell out of the synth-pop market and both Current and Capitol Records passed on Strange Advance. A’Worlds Away’ ‘best of’ was released in 1996 and featured new recordings of the title track; a re-issue of ‘The Distance Between’ came out on Bullseye Records in 2016; the band announced in September 2018 that they’d be touring in summer 2019
with notes from David Quinton and Derrick Gyles
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Singles 1982 She Controls Me/Lost In Your Eyes (Capitol-EMI) 72896 1982 Kiss In The Dark/Prisoner (Capitol-EMI) 72907 1982 Worlds Away/Prisoner (Capitol-EMI) B-5232 1982 Love Games (Dance Remix)/Kiss In The Dark [12″] (Capitol-EMI) 75032 1985 We Run/Nor Crystal Tears (Capitol-EMI) 72960 1985 We Run (Extended Mix)//We Run (Single Version)/We Run (Dub Mix) [12″] (Capitol-EMI) V-75089 1985 The Second That I Saw You/One Chance In A Million (Capitol-EMI) 72968 1985 Running Away [Remix]/Home Of The Brave (Capitol-EMI) 72982 1988 Love Becomes Electric/This Island Earth (Current/Capitol-EMI) B-73041 1988 Till The Stars Fall/Wild Blue (Current/Capitol-EMI) B-73056 1988 Hold You/Rock and Whirl (Current/Capitol-EMI) B-73064
Albums 1982 Worlds Away (Capitol) ST-122321982 AOR Sampler [3 song 12″ EP] (Capitol) SPRO-2171985 2WO (Capitol-EMI) ST-123491987 Over 60 Minutes With…Strange Advance (Capitol-EMI) 746887-21988 The Distance Between (Current/Capitol-EMI) CLT-485501996 Worlds Away: The Very Best Of Strange Advance (EMI Canada)2016 Current Records Remastered: The Distance Between (Bullseye) BLR-CD-3102
Just in case you’re addicted to using Instagram, here’s the official Strange Advance presence on that site. It includes a special look at the newly reformed band rehearsing for concerts once the pandemic stops being an issue and they can start performing them again. Once again, THIS IS THE NEWLY REFORMED BAND. REHEARSING FOR CONCERTS. FOR WHEN THEY CAN PERFORM THEM AGAIN. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
The Lost Ones by Ian Cameron $15 Avon Books (1970) This is a rare printing about ancient Vikings, and to my knowledge this is the first paperback edition of this book. A captain seeks his son only to be caught in the mysteries of a bizarre civilization: the remnants of ancient Vikings and the keepers of a strange graveyard worth a fortune. The beautiful cover art is not credited but is speculated to have been done by Dean Ellis. . Overall Good Condition, Good Spine With Minor Creases, Binding Tight, Pages Look Great, Sticker Residue On Top-Right Of Front Cover . . . #thelostones #iancameron #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CERxHzHgA62/?igshid=1dyicoqvohqhz
The Lost Ones by Ian Cameron $15 Avon Books (1970) This is a rare printing about ancient Vikings, and to my knowledge this is the first paperback edition of this book. A captain seeks his son only to be caught in the mysteries of a bizarre civilization: the remnants of ancient Vikings and the keepers of a strange graveyard worth a fortune. The beautiful cover art is not credited but is speculated to have been done by Dean Ellis. . Overall Good Condition, Good Spine With Minor Creases, Binding Tight, Pages Look Great, Sticker Residue On Top-Right Of Front Cover . . . #thelostones #iancameron #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWWNHZALQ5/?igshid=hxyqkxmlo9p2
Pinkspiration 🌸 24k gold plated industrial nets ‘catch’ handblown glass pearls illuminated by LED bulbs by #IanCameron for @camerondesignhouse. Thanks @adamhunter (à London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv_hbn-hL2A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t1366kpf2exl
The Diageo Reserve World Class 2013 Global Final
Above: The Worlds 50 Best Bartenders
Words by: Ian Cameron
It's the biggest and arguably the most difficult bartending challenge in the modern drinks industry: welcome to the Diageo Reserve World Class 2013 Global Final.
Now in its fifth year and bigger than ever, with 44 national champions and a week's worth of challenges that test every aspect of a 21st-century bartender, this year's final fully took over the Azamara Journey, a 180-metre, 30,000 tonne cruise ship with a World Class complement of more than 500 and a crew of 400. Leaving from Nice in the south of France on Thursday 4th July, over the course of six days the voyage took in Monte Carlo, St Tropez, Ibiza and Barcelona, with each new destination the location for challenges that would test every aspect of competitors' technical ability, endurance and personality. The challenges each articulated different aspects of the craft, creativity, pressures and passion of bartending. Even finalists' capacity to deal with late nights and early starts was a crucial aspect of their performance. Measuring their progress every step of the way, ten judges who represent the creme of bartending talent from across the globe: Arturo Savage, Dale DeGroff, Hidetsugu Ueno, Julie Reiner, gaz regan, Peter Dorelli, Salvatore Calabrese, Steve Olson, Telis Papadoupolos and Spike Marchant - with Spike playing an essential role in planning and coordinating the entire event...(Continue Reading)
