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immersion
newman/spigel
malka spigel
newman/izzo
oracle

(Biography Last updated 1 January 2007)

Releases by Colin Newman

It Seemsby Colin Newman

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Release date 30 July 2007
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Colin Newman's 5th Solo album "It Seems", originally released in 1988, was in fact the last vocal record released under the artist's own name and may well remain so if the artist's expressed desire to work only on collaborative ventures, mainly Wire and Githead, continues to hold sway.

"an ... [more]


Commercial Suicideby Colin Newman

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Release date 15 September 2003
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Originally released in 1986 Commercial Suicide was CN's 4th solo album, 1st of a trilogy of collaborations with composer Sean (AKA John) Bonnar (who later worked with various Dead Can Dance members) which was never completed. The working partnership for this album and it's sequel It Seems was ... [more]


swim team #2by various artists [swim~ ]

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Release date 5 November 2001
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NOVEMBER 5TH and the second in swim's numbered "team" series will be delivered to the waiting world's door. With 19 tracks (of which only 3 have been previously released) and featuring 5 new artists this album can justifiably claim to offer the best of the future of swim as well ... [more]


K2 / Prime Movers (Boss Remix)by Silo

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Release date 19 March 2001
7" In Stock £1.00 buy

As an appetiser for Silo's awesome '01 release Alloy, swim proudly present the third in it's occasional 7" series, this one "classic" styled after those swim twelves of yore. The a side is the albums deeply moody 3rd cut while the flip provides label boss Colin Newman with an opportunity ... [more]


Swim Team # 1by various artists [swim~ ]

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Release date 20 January 2000
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Swim, the label established by Colin Newman (of the currently reformed Wire) and Malka Spigel back in 1993, releases this low-price sampler CD of recent and forthcoming delights in May 2000.

A chance to dip into Swim's warm and fertile waters, Swim Team #1 melts the boundaries of atmospheric, ... [more]


Bastardby Colin Newman

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Release date 14 July 1997
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Re - Released SEPTEMBER 2000

While the album (which rejoices under the title Bastard) features a wide range of styles - deep techno, funky beats, drum'n'bass - it is, if anything a return to Newman's "rock" roots, several of the tracks including swathes of electric guitar underpinning the rhythms. The record ... [more]


Water Communicationby various artists [swim~ ]

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Release date 10 March 1997
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Water Communication combines both a summing up of "the Swim story" in the 3 years up to to 1997 and some glimpses of what this label run by Colin Newman & Malka Spigel had in store for it's next set of releases. It iwas perhaps Swim's first release to show ... [more]


Voiceby Colin Newman

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Release date 10 April 1994
12" Out Of Stock || CDR Custom Order £7.00 buy || MP3 £5.00 buy
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"Wire's techno toting, Elastica baiting Colin Newman releases his first 12" for an astounding seven years on his Swim imprint this month" Ben Willmott - NME (1994)

This 12' was also available in CD format with the initial run of Colin's 1997 album "Bastard". This is now SOLD OUT but ... [more]



Latest News

Colin Newman interview about WIRE, GITHEAD, SWIM

1 December 2006

The Music website Music Towers is currently carrying an interview by Ben Osbourne ( Noise of Art ,Train) with Colin Newman about the new Wire 70's live album , the forthcoming Githead 2nd album and his label Swim ~ .


COLIN NEWMAN & MALKA SPIGEL radio show

5 July 2006

swim~ and Githead 's Colin Newman and Malka Spigel will be presenting a series of monthly radio broadcasts on Tel Aviv student radio network Campus Radio (106 FM & via the internet) starting on Friday 7th July at 1.00am [11.00 pm Thursday BST (London time) as far as we can work out].

The show series are themed on the contents of swim studio's collective iTunes ... [read full article]


Commercial Suicide on Posteverything

17 August 2003

Posteverything has secured stocks of the upcoming re-release of Colin Newman 's classic 1986 album "Commercial Suicide". The album has been out of print on CD for over 10 years and had at one point become something of a collectors item. This version comes with bonus tracks from the infamous "interview" 12".


The Shouty Rock Festival

25 May 2002

June 3rd 7-9pm BST Resonance FM 104.4FM (in London)
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Ignore the hype of both "half" century new Elizabethanism and retro silver jubilee punk nostalgia and celebrate the here and now in state of the art future rock with "The Shouty-rock Festival". Timed to coincide with The ICA's Sonic Mook event, wire's veteran "shouty-bloke" Colin Newman along with special guests New York's Liars will present ... [read full article]


COLIN NEWMAN - ATP DJ slot Confirmation

14 April 2002

Swim, Wire and Posteverything's very own Colin Newman 's slot has finally been confirmed amongst the DJs at All Tomorrow's Parties (see Wire's April outings news item)

DATE - Sunday 21st April
VENUE - Queen Victoria Pub
TIME - 6pm - 8pm

If you haven't got tickets already, sorry it's sold out....


SWIMming with the kitties at the East !!!

13 February 2002

Swim's own "world's worst DJ" :) Colin Newman has been invited to spin a selection of tunes at Kitty-Yo's label night at 93Ft East (Brick Lane, London) on 8th March (the night after Wire play the This Heat Memorial in the same venue).

The rest of the line up (TBC) will be

LIVE - * maximilian hecker * taylor savvy * laub * tarwater * ... [read full article]


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