Alan Vega
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Boruch Alan Bermowitz
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Alan Vega (born June 23, 1938, Brooklyn, New York, USA - died July 16, 2016) was an American musician, vocalist and sculptor and one half of the seminal electronic duo Suicide.
Vega began his career as a visual artist, gaining notoriety for his "light sculptures" eventually opened his own lower Manhattan gallery space, which he dubbed the Project of Living Artists. The Project served as a stomping grounds for the likes of the New York Dolls, Television and Blondie as well as the 15-piece jazz group Reverend B., which featured a musician named Martin Rev on electric piano. Soon, Vega and Rev formed Suicide, whose minimalist, aggressive music - a fusion of Rev's ominous, repetitive keyboards and Vega's rockabilly snarl - helped pave the direction for the electronic artists of the future.
Suicide disbanded in 1980, and both Vega and Rev undertook solo careers. Vega's self-titled 1980 debut and his 1981 effort Collision Drive continued to explore the fractured rockabilly identity he had established in his earlier work. 1983's Saturn Strip, produced by longtime fan Ric Ocasek, marked Vega's debut for Elektra Records; corporate relations soured during production for 1985's Just A Million Dreams, however, and at one point the label even attempted to remove the singer from his own studio sessions. Vega teamed up with Martin Rev and Ric Ocasek again in the late eighties to produce and release the third Suicide album, A Way of Life (1988). Shortly thereafter, Vega met future wife and music partner Elizabeth Lamere while piecing together sound experiments that would evolve into his fifth solo album, Deuce Avenue (1990). Deuce Avenue marked his return to minimalist electronic music, similar to his work with Suicide, in which he combined drum machines and effects with free-form prose.
Over the next several decades he would release several more solo records and perform and release albums with Suicide. In 2012, Vega suffered a stroke. That, and problems with his knees, led him to focus on less physically demanding art, such as painting, however, he continued to perform at selected concerts and work on the music that led to his final studio album 'IT', which was released posthumously on July 14 on Fader. The album was produced by Alan Vega, Liz Lamere, Perkin Barnes and Jared Artaud of New York City band The Vacant Lots.
The album cover and inner sleeves featured Vega's original artwork. Two posthumous art shows "Dream Baby Dream" at Deitch Gallery and "Keep IT Alive" at Invisible-Exports exhibited Alan Vega's work in New York City. In 2021, Sacred Bones Records releases 'Mutator', the lost Alan Vega album produced and mixed by Liz Lamere and Jared Artaud, the first in a series of unreleased and rare material from the Vega Vault. Vega had died in his sleep on July 16, 2016, at the age of 78.
Vega began his career as a visual artist, gaining notoriety for his "light sculptures" eventually opened his own lower Manhattan gallery space, which he dubbed the Project of Living Artists. The Project served as a stomping grounds for the likes of the New York Dolls, Television and Blondie as well as the 15-piece jazz group Reverend B., which featured a musician named Martin Rev on electric piano. Soon, Vega and Rev formed Suicide, whose minimalist, aggressive music - a fusion of Rev's ominous, repetitive keyboards and Vega's rockabilly snarl - helped pave the direction for the electronic artists of the future.
Suicide disbanded in 1980, and both Vega and Rev undertook solo careers. Vega's self-titled 1980 debut and his 1981 effort Collision Drive continued to explore the fractured rockabilly identity he had established in his earlier work. 1983's Saturn Strip, produced by longtime fan Ric Ocasek, marked Vega's debut for Elektra Records; corporate relations soured during production for 1985's Just A Million Dreams, however, and at one point the label even attempted to remove the singer from his own studio sessions. Vega teamed up with Martin Rev and Ric Ocasek again in the late eighties to produce and release the third Suicide album, A Way of Life (1988). Shortly thereafter, Vega met future wife and music partner Elizabeth Lamere while piecing together sound experiments that would evolve into his fifth solo album, Deuce Avenue (1990). Deuce Avenue marked his return to minimalist electronic music, similar to his work with Suicide, in which he combined drum machines and effects with free-form prose.
Over the next several decades he would release several more solo records and perform and release albums with Suicide. In 2012, Vega suffered a stroke. That, and problems with his knees, led him to focus on less physically demanding art, such as painting, however, he continued to perform at selected concerts and work on the music that led to his final studio album 'IT', which was released posthumously on July 14 on Fader. The album was produced by Alan Vega, Liz Lamere, Perkin Barnes and Jared Artaud of New York City band The Vacant Lots.
The album cover and inner sleeves featured Vega's original artwork. Two posthumous art shows "Dream Baby Dream" at Deitch Gallery and "Keep IT Alive" at Invisible-Exports exhibited Alan Vega's work in New York City. In 2021, Sacred Bones Records releases 'Mutator', the lost Alan Vega album produced and mixed by Liz Lamere and Jared Artaud, the first in a series of unreleased and rare material from the Vega Vault. Vega had died in his sleep on July 16, 2016, at the age of 78.
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Alan Vega | Alan Vega (Album) | PVC Records, ZE Records | PVC 7915 | US | 1980 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Vega | Collision Drive (Album) | Celluloid | 204 294, 204 294-320 | Germany | 1981 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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60259-1 |
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Alan Vega | Saturn Strip (Album) | Elektra, ZE Records | 60259-1 | New Zealand | 1983 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ML 960434-4 |
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Alan Vega | Just A Million Dreams (Album) | Elektra, ZE Records | ML 960434-4 | Spain | 1985 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BEL-12016 |
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Alan Vega | Outlaw: Live In Europe '86 (LP) | Selfish Records | BEL-12016 | Japan | 1987 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4D0758 |
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Alan Vega | Deuce Avenue (Album) | Musidisc | 4D0758 | Spain | 1990 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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108121 |
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Alan Vega | Power On To Zero Hour (Album) | Musidisc | 108121 | France | 1991 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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110122 |
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Alan Vega | New Raceion (Album) | Musidisc | 110122 | France | 1993 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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118132 |
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Alan Vega | Dujang Prang (Album) | Musidisc | 118132 | France | 1995 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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thi 21314.2 |
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Alan Vega / Alex Chilton / Ben Vaughn | Alan Vega / Alex Chilton / Ben Vaughn - Cubist Blues (Album) | Last Call Records | thi 21314.2 | US | 1996 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10042-1 |
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Ric Ocasek | Alan Vega | Gillian McCain | Ric Ocasek | Alan Vega | Gillian McCain - Getchertiktz (CD, Album) | Sooj Records | 10042-1 | US | 1996 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DTM 226101-2 |
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Alan Vega | 2007 (Album) | Double T Music | DTM 226101-2 | Europe | 1999 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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C-DSA54061 |
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Etant Donnes* With Alan Vega, Lydia Lunch & Genesis P-Orridge | Etant Donnes* With Alan Vega, Lydia Lunch & Genesis P-Orridge - Re-Up (Album) | Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier | C-DSA54061 | France | 1999 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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724384718725 |
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Alan Vega | Sombre (CD, Album, Ltd) | Labels | 724384718725 | France | 1999 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BFFP194CD, 0094639256822 |
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Alan Vega | Station (Album) | Blast First, Blast First | BFFP194CD, 0094639256822 | Europe | 2007 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Vega | Live At WFMU's Free Music Series, Southpaw 10/13/2007 (9xFile, MP3, Album, 256) | Free Music Archive | none | US | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Hurtado, Alan Vega | Marc Hurtado, Alan Vega - Sniper (Album) | Le Son Du Maquis | none | France | 2010 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LITA 147 |
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Vega* - Chilton* - Vaughn* | Vega* - Chilton* - Vaughn* - Cubist Blues - Live In France (Album) | Light In The Attic | LITA 147 | US | 2015 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FL-0993-1 |
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Alan Vega | It (Album) | Fader Label | FL-0993-1 | US | 2017 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Vega | Mutator (Album) | Sacred Bones Records | none | 2021 | Vendre cette version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Vega, Ben Vaughn, Barb Dwyer, Palmyra Delran | Alan Vega, Ben Vaughn, Barb Dwyer, Palmyra Delran - After Dark (Album) | In The Red Recordings | none | US | 2021 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PVC 4901 |
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Alan Vega / Richard Strange | Alan Vega / Richard Strange - Juke Box Baby / International Language (12", Promo) | PVC Records, ZE Records | PVC 4901 | US | 1980 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Vega | Jukebox Babe (Single) | Celluloid | 106 218 | France | 1981 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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106409 |
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Alan Vega | Be Bop A Lula / Outlaw (7", Single) | Celluloid, Vogue | 106409 | France | 1981 | Vendre cette version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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335004 |
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Alan Vega | Outlaw / Magdalena 84 (Single) | Celluloid | 335004 | France | 1982 | Vendre cette version |
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