Billy MacKenzie Beyond The Sun

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Unrivalled.... • Billy Mackenzie - Beyond The Sun , the title track from the album released on Nude Records [NUDE 8CD]. October 1997. • The tracks are re-productions of Billy MacKenzie's demo tracks for Nude, produced after his death. • Click on the link below for a list of album credits: • http://www.discogs.com/Billy-MacKenzi... • Billy MacKenzie: • was born in Dundee, Scotland, U.K on 27 March, 1957, he led a peripatetic lifestyle, which included decamping to New Zealand at the age of 16, and travelling across America aged 17. Here, to avoid deportation, he married Chloe Dummar. Her brother, Melvin Dummar, claimed to be the one sixteenth beneficiary of the estate of Howard Hughes, until the case was thrown out in 1978. • He returned to Scotland where he met Alan Rankine and in 1976 formed the Ascorbic Boys. They changed the name to The Associates in 1979. The Associates continued until 1990, after which Mackenzie embarked on a solo career. Mackenzie collaborated with more than a few artists during his career, including contributions to seminal Swiss outfit Yello's One Second album in 1987. Mackenzie provided vocals and wrote lyrics for two tracks on that release, and one The Rhythm Divine became a hit European single when legendary diva Shirley Bassey was recruited for vocals (Billie's original vocal track was no less powerful and saw release on the CD version of The Associates Popera compilation). On January 22, 1997, depression and the death of his mother are believed to have contributed to Mackenzie's suicide. He overdosed on prescription drugs in his father's garden shed in Auchterhouse, Scotland, United Kingdom • He was 39 years old. • AllExperts [edit] - • Related Links: • http://www.billymackenzie.com • http://qquarters.tripod.com • http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=... • http://www.discogs.com/artist/Billy+M... • http://www.myspace.com/nuderecordlabel • N.B The album was re-released and re-pressed in 2003 on One Little Indian Records

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