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	David Gedge interview
		Gedge: Yeah, well I think it was kind of inspired by those, you know Sub Pop did a 7" singles club and Rough Trade did one as well, so it wasn't completely original because labels had been doing it, but then we thought why can't a band do it as well.
		Gedge: No. In retrospect, I suppose we should have given ourselves a bit longer but I think it was October or something of 1991 and we had the idea and we thought we can't wait until 1993 so let's just do it, you know.
		Gedge: It's weird because people say "how does he do it?" and it's very basic really, I mean it's kind of like old school in a way in that his heroes are people like George Martin and the BBC engineers.
	www.shreddingradio.com /gedge.html (2607 words)

	EvilSponge: Album: Torino by Cinerama
		Cinerama is the latest band from David Gedge, whom you might remember from such phenomenal 80's brit-pop bands as: The Wedding Present.
		Gedge disagrees, because where Wedding Present songs were about love, Cinerama songs (at least on this album) are about sex.
		And if you, like me, are an old Gedge fan who was worried that this album would suck as bad as his last few, then i cheerily inform you that it does not, and that you will like it.
	www.evilsponge.org /Albums/Cinerama__Torino.htm (662 words)

	HeadCleaner Letters page
		David Gedge: I wanted to create a mini pop orchestra to recreate the groovy music that's playing in my head, which would be difficult inside of an established 'indie' guitar band.
		David Gedge: She pops her head round the door and says 'That sounds rubbish!' and I argue for a while before accepting that she's usually right.
		David Gedge: Because the singles were limited to 15,000 by the time we were on the show they'd have been sold out for a week.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/keith.dumble/hopper/cineint.html (801 words)

	hugs & kisses \| Music \| The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
		David Gedge's voice was always on the verge of cracking, hidden way back in the mix behind banks of abrasive, jangling guitars.
		The fact that their singer, David Gedge, managed to reinvent himself last year as a pop dreamer par excellence with Va Va Voom, the summery, keyboard-led debut album from his Cinerama side project, is all the more astonishing.
		There again, Gedge always has been in love with the music of Bacharach, Cole Porter, and Smokey Robinson--it was just that he never before had the nerve to divest himself of the reassuring banks of guitars which could hide his insecurities so effectively.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=313 (724 words)

	Wedding Present: Returned and Still Giving
		David Gedge headed straight for the merch table as soon as the Wedding Present's set ended on Sunday at the Black Cat.
		The quartet performed Gedge's hyperstrummed tunes with all the ferocity of a band just starting out -- and in many ways, it is. Gedge wrapped up the Wedding Present in 1997 to focus on a new project, Cinerama.
		Although he will turn 46 this April, Gedge still looks like his trim old self -- minus the awful beaver-pelt haircut he had for almost as long as Wedding Present was active.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701809_pf.html (235 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Take Fountain, The Steve Wedding Present, CD
		Gedge put the band on hiatus in 1997 and formed a new project, Cinerama, with his longtime girlfriend, Sally Murrell, replacing the loud guitars with a sound indebted to Burt Bacharach and Ennio Morricone.
		David Gedge rounded off whatever remaining edges were left in the Weddoes' sound and developed a crack chamber pop group.
		Gedge's gruff yelps vanished, replaced by bedroom whispers; roaring electric guitars were swapped out for delicate acoustic strums, with extensive use of strings, brass, woodwinds, and keyboards.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=976uAl0A3S&EAN=767004390123&ITM=1 (678 words)

	Cinerama - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Since Gedge spent the better part of two decades in a band that painted his diverse tastes into a corner musically, it's no surprise that his new work..
		Since Gedge spent the better part of two decades in a band that painted his diverse tastes into a corner musically, it's no surprise that his new work would be just as heartfelt and prolific as that of his former band.
		Gedge rescued the rhythm section of the disbanded Goya Dress (Terry de Castro and Simon Pearson) in 1999, employing them as members, and former Weddoes guitarist Simon Cleave has been in the lineup since the group's first show.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,688590,00.html?artist=Cinerama (537 words)

	David Gedge - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Love and sex usually stoke the lyrics of David Gedge (vocals, guitar), often written from a seemingly autobiographical perspective and sung in a dejected, conversational manner.
		Gedge called the group the Lost Pandas instead; when the band began recording its first single, the Birthday Party had already split up, so Gedge returned to the original appellation.
		However, Gedge's dry, dour vocals didn't appeal to radio programmers in the U.S. like fellow eccentric Englishmen such as Morrissey and Robert Smith; consequently, the group was often overlooked in America.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,434836,00.html (425 words)

	BBC - Norfolk Music - Cinerama talk about their Peel appeal
		David Gedge and keyboardist Sally Murrell from Cinerama.
		Gedge has flown from his Seattle home for the British tour, which takes in the Norwich Arts Centre.
		We caught up with David Gedge to chat about his relationship with John Peel, how the Norfolk tour date will be like a visit home and why he thinks it's a scandal that he hasn't had more commercial recognition.
	www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/music/gigs/david_gedge.shtml (1512 words)

	Cincinnati CityBeat : 05/04/2005 : The Wedding Planner
		David Gedge has always had a healthy cult following in the United States, which means news of The Wedding Present's reformation, recently released new album Take Fountain and imminent tour has fans on this side of the Atlantic in a pretty fair lather at the prospect.
		WP's banner year was 1992, when Gedge and company placed a single on the charts every month of the year, matching Elvis Presley's 35-year-old record for most hits in a single year.
		Gedge's original intention with Cinerama was to create music that offered the dramatic subtext of a film score with the visceral impact of traditional Pop music.
	www.citybeat.com /2005-05-04/music.shtml (1251 words)

	Club Cafe Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		David Gedge, "one of the most consistently brilliant songwriters in Britain" [NME], put his band The Wedding Present "on hold" after their Liverpool concert of 18th January 1997.
		It's an area Gedge knows inside out, so it's no surprise that his new work would be just as heartfelt, prolific, and ultimately as enjoyable as that of his former band.
		Gedge rescued the rhythm section of the disbanded Goya Dress (Terry de Castro and Simon Pearson) in 1999, employing them as members, and former Wedding Present guitarist Simon Cleave has been in the line-up since the group's first show.
	www.clubcafelive.com /Calendar.asp?id=6&year=2003&intIndex=484&intDay=23 (1324 words)

	newsobserver.com
		With the Weddoes (as their their fans dubbed them), a 25-year-old Gedge was able to bang out simple, exuberant songs, winning the adoration of British musical icons like John Peel in the process.
		Enter Cinerama, a lush side project for Gedge, a film buff whose love for scores and composers such as Ennio Morricone drove him away from standard rock instrumentation and into the open arms of flutes, strings and orchestral garnish.
		Gedge is as direct and conversational a writer as they come.
	www.newsobserver.com /105/v-print/story/413397.html (590 words)

	Manifesto Records :: Cinerama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The subject matter, as we've come to expect from David recently, is sex - this time, alfresco - and we get the first (possible) orgasm out of the way as early as the first verse.
		The Melody Maker described the album as "Pop, as it should always be written," while the NME joked that Gedge had transformed himself into Serge Gainsbourg with his "string-kissed serenades and lounge-core laments.
		David Gedge ("One of the most consistently brilliant songwriters in Britain" - [NME]).
	www.manifesto.com /cinerama1.htm (770 words)

	CD-R Go!: David Gedge 101 (Seattle Weekly)
		One of the few times Gedge looked up to peer beyond the Girl, his band, and his record collection—like Costello's, the breeding ground of a seemingly inexhaustible mine of apt covers—the result was "Kennedy," a mess of would-be Americanisms ("too much apple pie") and jibes at the Onassis family.
		For half a decade, Gedge pursued a vision of noir-pop (itself an outgrowth of 1994's "Spangle") with Cinerama.
		David Gedge 101 — A mix-CD introduction to the Wedding Present auteur.
	www.seattleweekly.com /music/0608/cdrgo.php (596 words)

	CINEMA PARADISO
		It was perhaps not entirely surprising that the idea of arranging and producing Gedge's indie rock/pop compositions in a style more typical of John Barry and Ennio Morricone should provoke such a response from Albini, given the latter's history as a producer and engineer.
		Gedge explains how the whole Cinerama project began: "I've always been interested in cinematic music, by which I mean soundtracks and TV themes, and I've always wanted to do something in that kind of field.
		Gedge's first problem to overcome was how to get his ideas for strings, brass, and other typically cinematic instruments from his imagination into reality.
	www.soundonsound.com /sos/feb01/articles/cinerama.htm (5659 words)

	spinART records : Cinerama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		David Gedge has been described by the N.M.E. as 'one of the most consistently brilliant songwriters in Britain', a plaudit he has earned in over a decade of leading his band, The Wedding Present, as it became one of the most influential groups of the eighties and nineties.
		Eager to explore new musical territory, David Gedge went on to form Cinerama in 1998 with longtime Wedding Present associate, Sally Murrell.
		As a result, this 'wide-screen' recording is subtly flavoured with the various hues of classic pop: John Barry, Barry White, Barry Gray...
	www.spinartrecords.com /site/bandpage.php?id=13 (228 words)

	NOW : Music : David Gedge Peels away : May 24 - 30, 2001
		Present disbanded and David Gedge began looking back to the James Bond film soundtracks of his youth for inspiration, the music he creates in Cinerama has grown more sophisticated.
		It makes you wonder if there's something more to this cozy relationship, but Gedge insists there are no embarrassing photographs involved and offers a plausible explanation for his most-favoured-musician status.
		Instead, Gedge prefers to take advantage of the free studio time to try something unusual and mess with preconceptions, as in the Wedding Present's famous Ukrainian reconstruction of the Smiths' back catalogue.
	www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2001-05-24/music_feature.html (744 words)

	Cinerama - Va Va Voom (spinART) - Drawer B Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Gedge, whose penchant for creating sublime pop nuggets, layers each track with very subtle touches of organs and strings as well as flutes and trumpets.
		Gedge's voice is so distincvtive that it's hard to disassociate this from a Wedding Present album, but he's actually trying to sing more with his real voice as opposed to the affected growl he uses in his other band.
		Gedge's lyrics have always been honest and forthright with a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor, but in the past he was the wallowing victim, the butt of all the jokes.
	www.drawerb.com /features/16.htm (342 words)

	Torino: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		At this point, there's very little doubting that, at age 70, Gedge will be penning witty songs about the tempting nurse who rubs VapoRub across his chest with such titillating flair.
		Despite no longer being an angsty whippersnapper, David Gedge [+] shows no signs of slowing down or tempering his biting mix of the bittersweet, the dark, and the seedy, as it relates to all the upswings and downfalls of love, lust, and infidelity.
		Gedge has shown time and time again that he can knock out the kind of songs that are his stock in trade in his sleep.
	www.music.com /release/torino/1 (498 words)

	Talitres - The Wedding Present, biography
		That was back in 1985 when David Lewis Gedge boarded a National Express coach in London with a handful of dreams and a pocket full of ideas.
		It was at this point, in 1997, that Gedge called a halt to The Wedding Present and started work on a solo project that would eventually see the light of day under the banner CINERAMA.
		Gedge, Cleave, de Castro and Paavola went on to become The Wedding Present in 2004.
	www.talitres.com /weddingpresent_e.htm (1440 words)

	Gedge resurrects Wedding Present North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News - NCTimes.com ...
		A recent break with a girlfriend had Gedge writing from the most present and realistic tense he'd ever written from and it frightened his band.
		With a name sensitively and purposely chosen only after one of Gedge's favorite bands, the Birthday Party, had broken up, the group was a freewheeling, independent-minded collective that recorded with distinctive producer Steve Albini, was championed by the great BBC radio DJ John Peel and equaled Elvis Presley with a big-time chart feat in 1992.
		The Wedding Present was cryogenically frozen in 1996 when Gedge began to write and record under the band name Cinerama, which lasted until he started the newest Wedding Present record, "Take Fountain," released in February.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/05/13/entertainment/music/51105141449.txt (772 words)

	STICKMAN RECORDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Having called a temporary halt to The Wedding Present in 1997, David Gedge embarked on a duo project with his then girlfriend Sally Murrell that was soon to adopt the name Cinerama, releasing their debut album, VA VA VOOM, in 1998.
		Cinerama was to become the primary creative output for David Gedge’s writing, recording and performing, but, by 2002’s TORINO, the melodic Cinerama sound was becoming darker in tone and, stylistically, more guitar driven.
		The band's live line up consisted of David Gedge, Terry de Castro (bass), Kari Paavola (drums) and guitarist Simon Cleave, a member of the previous Wedding Present line up.
	www.stickman-records.de /bands/?id=23 (701 words)

	Entertainment - Belfast Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		David Gedge is the best romantic songwriter of the past 20 years.
		But David has an admiration for certain bands, if not an an immediate recognition: ''Franz Ferdinand are a great group, though we bumped into them in New York and didn't recognise them.
		You could easily walk past the Wedding Present in the street and David Gedge often relaxes outside the front door of a venue pre-concert as punters pass by unaware.
	www.belfasttoday.net /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=3909&ArticleID=1540999 (1105 words)

	Cinerama - Disco Volante (Manifesto) - Drawer B Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Gedge played the hapless lover role very well in The Wedding Present, making it easy to relate to his self-deprecation and unease.
		With Cinerama Gedge is in a much better mood, but unlike most songwriters after they get the girl, Gedge still has an edge.
		The guitars are full-throttle in all the right spots, and Gedge teases us as he tiptoes around the pitch of his patented, exaggerated yowl.
	www.drawerb.com /features/971125814.htm (500 words)

	The Universal - Artists - Cinerama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		CINERAMA is the group formed by The Wedding Present's David Gedge ("One of the most consistently brilliant songwriters in Britain" - [NME]).
		For the second full-length album, David Gedge renewed an old friendship when the band flew to the United States to record with legendary record producer Steve Albini.
		The Shellac frontman last worked with David in 1991, when The Wedding Present recorded their critically acclaimed Seamonsters album in the wilds of Minnesota.
	www.the-universal.com /artist.asp?id=cinerama (568 words)

	Adrian's Album Reviews : The Wedding Present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		David Gedge and The Wedding Present will carry you through, causing you to nod your head in agreement before bursting out laughing at the ridiculousness of it all.
		David Gedge sings such lines as "still ready to forgive, got you back and that's all he wants" as the guitars quietly, yet slightly sinisterly, go about their business.
		This period saw David Gedge audibly growing tired of the entire idea, as each new song seems worse than the previous one, and none of them match the finest moments from 'Hit Parade 1'.
	www.adriandenning.com /weddingpresent.html (4721 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Torino: Music: Cinerama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Torino, Cinerama's third album, captures songwriter David Gedge returning to the densely layered guitars that were the hallmark of his previous band, the Wedding Present.
		Another fine outing from Gedge, one of the few artists to still be mining his seamy side in his autumnal phase.
		Gedge, even more mature in Cinerama than the Wedding Present, is speaking for the new and old romantics of this world.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Torino-Cinerama/dp/B000066BON (1153 words)

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