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Celine and Nite Wreckage
11+ albums
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A cutting-edge collaboration between electro pioneer DAVE BALL and feisty newcomer CELINE HISPICHE, CELINE & NITE WRECKAGE are what punk rock might have sounded like - had it been invented in the East End of Victorian London. One part Marie Lloyd to one part Poly Styrene, CELINE is not just a singer but a force of nature – and a witty wordsmith who takes her unlikely inspiration from an olde-worlde London of pea soupers, gin-shops and hansom cabs. CELINE & NITE WRECKAGE take Celine’s sharp-witted satirical sketches - delivered in an in-yer-face vocal style that conjures up the East End quicker than a plate of jellied eels and an Ian Dury album - with the filthy electro beats of DAVE BALL, a legend with 30-plus years of experience at the cutting edge of electronic music with Soft Cell and The Grid. Whether she’s glammed up in ballgowns and sequins, or sheathed in an industrial boilersuit, CELINE is every inch the punk rock Marie Lloyd, casting a jaundiced – but always witty - eye over dystopian 21st century London, as seen through the eyes of a gin palace queen. “As soon as I met Celine I saw we shared a mutual interest in the parallels between London today and the London of the past 300 years – especially the seamier side!” says Ball. “I immediately liked the idea of fusing my modern electronic music with her love of Hogarth and music hall.” Adds Ball: “Celine is a fantastically vivacious person with great ideas. To me she’s like a female reincarnation of Ian Dury - who