Oh, l’amour! Andy Bell is back with a brand new solo offering. The Erasure frontman is releasing the techno-tinged Non–Stop (Mute) this week. The LP was co-produced by Bell and Pascal Gabriel (Kylie Minogue, Ladyhawke, Miss Kittin, Little Boots). Gabriel also helmed Bell’s previous releases as Mimó. Non-Stop‘s first single, “Call On Me,” pulses with a glittering electronic beat and features heavily processed vocals with an Italo-disco flair. It’s quite a departure from the romantic, falsetto-driven synth pop of Erasure, drawing inspiration from soul, techno, Tin Pan Alley and even opera. Bell will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.
Bell: The Scala Cinema is, sadly, no longer a cinema in Kings Cross, London. But I remember in the hedonistic late ’80s going there and watching all-night screenings of underground movies such as Derek Jarman‘s Sebastiane, Jean Genet‘s Un Chant d’Amour, Fassbinder‘s Querelle, Curt McDowell‘s Thundercrack and Frank Ripploh‘s Taxi Zum Klo. At the time, it all seemed very daring and outrageous, but now almost all of those movies are available on DVD. They had a disco as well in case you got bored of the films!
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DPKg6hzl3g
One reply on “From The Desk Of Erasure’s Andy Bell: The Scala Cinema”
The Scala has such an interesting history.