Lightning Seeds
In 1989, Ian Broudie holed up in a closet-sized Belgian studio
with his "band mates": a drum machine, a couple of
guitars and a cheap Casio keyboard.
Two weeks later he emerged
with twelve bittersweet pop songs that became Cloudcuckooland , an
album that superimposed newfangled recording techniques on
old-fashioned melodies.
A veteran of Liverpool's post-punk music
scene, Broudie was a pedigreed producer whose resume boasted
production credentials for Echo & The
Bunnymen, Wah! and
Icicle Works, a vanguard of Mersey bands that shared his penchant
for majestic pop.
Before producing commitments tied him to the
mixing desk, Broudie had been a member of Care, The Original
Mirrors and Big In Japan, an infamous ensemble of local
scene-makers that included Holly Johnson (later of Frankie Goes To
Hollywood) and Budgie (long-time drummer for Siouxsie & The
Banshees).
As The Lightning Seeds, Broudie's debut single, Pure ,
reached the Top Five
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