#alan rankine

[musickickztoo]

Just some of the many musicians we lost in 2023

#RIP2023 #RIP #2023 #tom verlaine #david crosby #mark stewart #tina turner #tony mcphee #trugoy the dove #ryuichi sakamoto #lester sterling #andy rourke #jeff beck #alan rankine #benjamin zephaniah #sinéad o'connor #shane macgowan #algy ward #lord creator #jane birkin #burt bacharach #robbie robertson #blackie onassis #harry belafonte #dwight twilley #gary young #sixto rodriguez #tony bennett #geordie walker #van conner

[saramencken]

Billy MacKenzie photographed by Peter Anderson for NME in 1983

#associates #Alan rankine #billy Mackenzie #situation 2

[jt1674]

#associates #god bless the child #billy mackenzie #alan rankine

[vincentb95]

#the associates #sulk #peter ashworth #cover #billy mackenzie #alan rankine

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#the smiths #morrissey #johnny marr #mike joyce #dale hibbert #andy rourke #craig gannon #the smiths band #william it was really nothing #the assosciates #billy mackenzie #alan rankine #martha ladly #stephen betts #steve goulding #moritz von oswald #roberto soave #steve reid #john murphy #michael dempsey #stephen you're really something #the assosciates band #( ଘ music. — 🎧 )

[loveboatinsanity]

R.I.P. Alan Rankine

#alan rankine #the associates

[basilepesso]

And it goes on...see my last post about three deaths in the last days in the music world, at early or quite early ages. Alan Rankine, guitarist and keyboard player of The Associates, just died at the same age (64) as Chris Ledesma, music editor known for The Simpsons (again, see the last post).

I haven't yet spoken about the death at 55 years-old of Mimi Parker, remarkable second singer and drummer of the brilliant US band Low. Mimi died of a cancer two months ago. I haven't yet written either about Martin Duffy's death a few days ago after a fall in his house at 55 years-old. Martin, keyboard player of The Charlatans and Primal Scream. For Alan as for Ledesma and Marino from Anvil, no cause of death is given. For Duffy it's the same as anything can have caused the fall. See this French article as a complement for Alan's death. BP.

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“We are so saddened to hear that Alan Rankine has died. 

Richard was a student of his back in 1995 - “I first met Alan in 1995 when I was a student at Stow College. He was my lecturer on the music business course. The college had its own small record label called Electric Honey Records and because of my connection with the band, I was able to hand in an early demo of ‘Dog on Wheels’.  As soon as Alan heard the demo, he made up his mind that this was the song and band that was to represent Electric Honey records that year. Normally, the label would release a two or three song single but Alan had the foresight (and slightly bigger budget than the year before) to ask us if we could record a whole album instead. We did, and the result was Tigermilk, which was recorded in five days at CaVa studios in Glasgow. I can’t emphasis enough the influence that had on Belle and Sebastian at the very beginning. He was so encouraging. Because of his knowledge and contacts, he managed to promote what we had done with Electric Honey records to the whole music industry and start a real buzz about the band. He also set up the first two gigs we ever did. Stones in Edinburgh was the first gig followed by a gig in Dunkirk. Both gigs were completely shambolic, as most of us in the band didn’t have a clue what we were doing at the time, but Alan remained patient and helped us along the way. If it wasn’t for Alan, our path would’ve been very different. We owe a lot to him.

Alan was a fantastic, generous, and talented person who will be sorely missed by everyone that knew him. He was an unbelievable musician and his musical legacy will live on forever. Thoughts and condolences go out to his family, from myself and all of Belle and Sebastian.”

Richard Colburn (Belle and Sebastian)

#basile pesso #belle and sebastian #alan rankine #the associates #mimi parker #Low #sadness #richard colburn #writers on tumblr #original content #music #rock music #pop music #questions #health #journalists on tumblr #independant journalists on tumblr #society topics

[musiquefragments]

R.I.P -Alan Rankine(The Associates).

This was a production of his, always loved this. 

#assoicates #cocteau twins #alan rankine

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A-T-3 005 Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig

RIP co-founder of the Associates (A-T-2 041) Alan Rankine. Cocteau Twins produced their records themselves but for their second EP they asked fellow Alan Rankine to produce. It was also Cocteau Twins last release with founding member Will Heggie on bass

Cocteau Twins - Hazel

Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig

#1983 #cocteau twins #alan rankine #etherial #indie #new wave #falkirk #scotland #uk #80s music #Youtube

[psychodollyuniverse]

ALAN RANKINE RIP the associates are now reuniteted in heaven

#the associates #alan rankine #alan rankine died #rip #billy mckenzie #sad day

[musickickztoo]

RIP Alan Rankine

#alan rankine #the associates #january 2

[aquietexplosion]

#alan rankine #the associates

[jt1674]

#associates #perhaps #breakfast #billy mackenzie #alan rankine #bring curtains down #upon a crumbling lacquered gown

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Mad Monster Party (1967)

#mad monster party gif #count dracula gif #rankin bass productions #stop motion animation #horror comedy #alan swift #batman #60s movies #sixties #1967 #gif #chronoscaph gif

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Life´s too short for weird music - Tagesempfehlung 04.01.2023

Associates_The / Skipping

Die schlimmen Nachrichten lassen einfach nicht nach. Wie heute bekannt wurde starb Alan Rankine – Gründungsmitglied der The Associates – am 03.01.2023 im Alter von 64 Jahren. Rankine und Sänger Billy MacKenzie bildeten von 1979 – 1982 die Associates bevor Rankine ausstieg und als fortan als Produzent u.a. für die Cocteau Twins und die Pale Fountains tätig war. Er arbeitete bis 2010 zudem als Lektor am Stow College in Glasgow und bot mit dem Uni- eigenen Label Electric Honey jungen Glasgower Studenten-Bands eine erste Plattform. Er initierte hierüber die Karrieren von Belle and Sebastien, Snow Patrol und Biffy Clyro. Die Associates waren aber seine wichtigste Station in der Popmusik. Und die Associates waren insbesondere Ende 1981 ihrer Zeit einfach weit voraus – die erste Band, die Dark Wave Electro und glamourösen Pop vereinten. Leider stießen die Associates insbesondere außerhalb von UK auf beschämend schwache Resonanz. Die Welt war in 1981 einfach nicht bereit für Billy McKenzie und Alan Rankine und das Meisterwerk Sulk. Ich bekomme heute noch Gänsehaut, wenn ich mir die besten Stücke aus Sulk anhöre. Wie etwa das sehr düstere Skipping. Rest in Peace Mr. Alan Rankine.

#the associates #skipping #alan rankine #rip

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#alan rankine #the associates