Curve (band)
Curve were an English alternative rock and electronic music duo from London,[5] formed in 1990[6] and dissolved in 2005. The band consisted of Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming).[7] Halliday wrote the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting. Producer Alan Moulder was a prominent collaborator who helped shape their blend of heavy beats and densely–layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals.
Curve
London, England
1990–1994, 1996–2005
Curve released five studio albums (Doppelgänger in 1992, Cuckoo in 1993, Come Clean in 1998, Gift in 2001, and The New Adventures of Curve in 2002), five compilation albums (Pubic Fruit in 1992, Radio Sessions in 1993, Open Day at the Hate Fest in 2001, The Way of Curve in 2004, and Rare and Unreleased in 2010), and a string of EPs and singles.
Post-Curve projects[edit]
Toni Halliday[edit]
Toni Halliday was featured on The Killers' 2006 Christmas track "A Great Big Sled". This song was later included in the 2011 compilation (RED) Christmas EP.
On 27 February 2008, she introduced on MySpace a new solo project called Chatelaine.[13] A number of tracks could be previewed, and were credited to Halliday/Dowd/Salmon, and its MySpace blog declared that a new album was in progress.[14] Chatelaine's debut album Take a Line for a Walk was released on 16 June 2010. It featured nine new tracks: "Broken Bones", "Oh Daddy", "Life Remains", "Stripped Out", "Shifting Sands", "Killing Feeling", "Take a Line for a Walk", "Head to Head" and "Seen and Lost".[15]
In 2012, Halliday contributed vocals to Orbital's soundtrack for the film remake Pusher.
Dean Garcia[edit]
Dean Garcia is currently a member of the band SPC ECO with his daughter Rose Berlin and Joey Levenson (2007–present).[16] In February 2009, SPC ECO released their first album, 3-D, through their website and via Collide's label Noiseplus Music. 3-D was followed by the albums You Tell Me in 2011 and Dark Notes in 2012.
Garcia is also member of the bands The Black Holes (with Jo Neale; 2007–present),[17] The Chronologic (2006–present),[18] Inkraktare (with Mark Wallbridge aka Vasko The Pig; 2009–present),[19] The Secret Meeting (with kaRIN and Statik of Collide; 2007–present),[20] KGC (with Sascha Konietzko and Lucia Cifarelli of KMFDM; 2006–present) and Morpheme (2010–present).[21]
Garcia's newest project Morpheme is a collaboration with Perry Pelonero (Clenched Fist, Skylight, Bliss City East), and Kim Welsh (Skylight, Bliss City East).[21] On 8 December 2010, Morpheme released their first track, "Infection"[22] and on 5 May 2011, they released their second track, "Stratosphere", on their debut single "Infection".
Garcia released How Do You Feel?, a solo album, on 1 January 2011. It features special guests Vasko the Pig, Todd Astromass and Jeff Beck.[23]
Music style and influences[edit]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described Curve's style as a "towering monolith of guitar noise, dance tracks, dark goth, and airy melodies". He also regarded the band's music as a combination of "shoegazer atmospherics and techno beats".[1] Halliday cited Patti Smith and Nico, qualifying them as "marble giants",[24] plus Siouxsie and the Banshees.[25]
Toni Halliday has occasionally commented on the comparisons between Curve and Garbage, stating that she could "see bits of Garbage in what we've done, just like we see bits of Sonic Youth or the Valentines or really any band that was doing something supposedly outside the norm. [...] But eventually Garbage are a pop band, and Curve were never a pop band."[26]