Electronically Yours
Vol. I: My Autobiography
$41.09
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2023
Summary
This is a music autobiography to remember. This is the story of Martyn Ware.
The Human League and Heaven 17 were among some of the most pioneering bands of the 1980s, with Ware having played an integral role in each of their numerous successes. A young lad from the heart of post-war Sheffield, Ware formed The Human League a few years out of school in his early twenties. Described by David Bowie as ‘the future of music’, it wasn’t long before the band become known for …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349135137 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349135134 |
| Author: | Martyn Ware |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Wonderful, down to earth … a great story. From Heaven 17, to all of the miracles and magic that my life has seen.– Sananda Maitreya
Martyn’s memoir is at times hilarious, insightful, and bittersweet. He’s a man who is owed much more credit for his contribution to the British electronic music legacy. – Thomas Dolby
Wonderful, down to earth … a great story. From Heaven 17, to all of the miracles and magic that my life has seen. – Sananda Maitreya
Martyn is trusty, encouraging, charming, helpful, musically skilled … [This is a] great book. – Peter Hook
A man with a synthesizer trailblazing his way to some of the most innovative moments in music in a generation. – Martin Fry
This is a 100 per cent authentic Sheffield story. From the city’s humble streets and football terraces to the very limit of the possibilities where the fearless creation of wonderful ground-breaking music can take you. F*ckin’ brilliant story, brilliant book, brilliant Sheffield man! – Richard Hawley
Enthralling … An emotionally intelligent, honest book * Record Collector *
About The Author
Martyn Ware
Martyn Ware was born in 1956 and raised in Sheffield. After leaving school, he worked in computers for three years before forming The Human League in 1978. He started the production company and label, British Electric Foundation, in 1980 and founded Heaven 17 that same year.
Ware has written, performed and produced two Human League, two BEF and nine Heaven 17 albums. As a record producer and artist, he has featured on recordings totalling over fifty million sales worldwide, producing, amongst others, Tina Turner, Terence Trent D’Arby, Chaka Khan, Erasure, Marc Almond and Mavis Staples.
Electronically Yours is his first book.
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