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What does John Cale have that the rest of us don?t?some gene that engenders infinite restlessness, a rapacious mind that is never satisfied? For nearly 60 years, or at least since he was a young Welshman who moved to New York and formed The Velvet Underground, Cale has been reinventing his music with dazzling and inspiring regularity. To wit, in those early days of fundamentally changing rock ?n? roll, he was also making ecstatic viola drones and playing with La Monte Young?s epochal ensemble. There was the bewitching chamber folk of Paris 1919 followed instantly by the gnarled rock of Fear, the provocative and spare song cycle Music for a New Society followed more than 30 years later by mighty and unabashed electronic updates. Are there straight lines between collaborators Lou Reed and Danger Mouse and Sharon Van Etten, or between the avant-garde of downtown New York in the ?60s and that of the Internet right now other than John Cale?
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John Cale Biography
John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer.
Though best known for his work with the legendary The Velvet Underground, John Cale has produced a massive body of work that ranges from tastefully arranged strings and piano over Dylan Thomas poetry to barely-suppressed, nigh-psychotic aggression set to high-energy avantgarde rock. Cale's style is impossible to pin down, as almost every album contains new experiments and influences. He also is well known as the producer of such seminal works as the debuts of The Stooges, The Modern Lovers, Patti Smith's "Horses", and Nico's "The Marble Index."
* Vintage Violence (Columbia) December 1970
* The Academy in Peril (Reprise) April 1972
* Paris 1919 (Reprise) March 1973
* Fear (Island) September 1974
* Slow Dazzle (Island) March 1975
* Helen of Troy (Island) November 1975
* Guts (compilation) (Island) February 1977
* Sabotage/Live (IRS) December 1979
* Honi Soit March 10, 1981
* Music For A New Society (Ze) August 1982
* Caribbean Sunset (Ze) June 1983
* John Cale Comes Alive (Ze) September 1984
* Artificial Intelligence (Beggars Banquet) September 1985
* Words for the Dying (Opal/Warner Bros.) October 1989
* Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (live) (ROIR) 1991
* Paris S'eveille, Suivi d'Autres Compositions (OST) (Crepuscule) November 1991
* Fragments of a Rainy Season (live) (Hannibal) October 1992
* 23 Solo Pieces pour La Naissance de L'Amour (Crepuscule) November 1993
* N'Oublie Pas Que Tu Vas Mourir (Crepuscule) 1994
* Seducing Down The Door (compilation) (Rhino) 1994
* Antartida (OST) (Crepuscule) 1995
* Walking on Locusts (Hannibal) September 1996
* Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films of Andy Warhol (Hannibal) June 1997
* Somewhere In The City (OST) August 1998
* Nico: Dance Music October 1998
* The Unknown (OST) (Crepuscule) 1999
* Le Vent De La Nuit (OST) (Crepuscule) March 1999
* Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale (compilation) - 1999
* 5 Tracks (EP) (EMI) May 2003
* HoboSapiens (EMI) October 2003
* Process (OST) (Syntax) July 2005
* blackAcetate (EMI) October 2005
* Jumbo In Tha Modern World (CD single) (EMI) July 2006
* Circus Live (live) (EMI) February 2007
Read MoreThough best known for his work with the legendary The Velvet Underground, John Cale has produced a massive body of work that ranges from tastefully arranged strings and piano over Dylan Thomas poetry to barely-suppressed, nigh-psychotic aggression set to high-energy avantgarde rock. Cale's style is impossible to pin down, as almost every album contains new experiments and influences. He also is well known as the producer of such seminal works as the debuts of The Stooges, The Modern Lovers, Patti Smith's "Horses", and Nico's "The Marble Index."
* Vintage Violence (Columbia) December 1970
* The Academy in Peril (Reprise) April 1972
* Paris 1919 (Reprise) March 1973
* Fear (Island) September 1974
* Slow Dazzle (Island) March 1975
* Helen of Troy (Island) November 1975
* Guts (compilation) (Island) February 1977
* Sabotage/Live (IRS) December 1979
* Honi Soit March 10, 1981
* Music For A New Society (Ze) August 1982
* Caribbean Sunset (Ze) June 1983
* John Cale Comes Alive (Ze) September 1984
* Artificial Intelligence (Beggars Banquet) September 1985
* Words for the Dying (Opal/Warner Bros.) October 1989
* Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (live) (ROIR) 1991
* Paris S'eveille, Suivi d'Autres Compositions (OST) (Crepuscule) November 1991
* Fragments of a Rainy Season (live) (Hannibal) October 1992
* 23 Solo Pieces pour La Naissance de L'Amour (Crepuscule) November 1993
* N'Oublie Pas Que Tu Vas Mourir (Crepuscule) 1994
* Seducing Down The Door (compilation) (Rhino) 1994
* Antartida (OST) (Crepuscule) 1995
* Walking on Locusts (Hannibal) September 1996
* Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films of Andy Warhol (Hannibal) June 1997
* Somewhere In The City (OST) August 1998
* Nico: Dance Music October 1998
* The Unknown (OST) (Crepuscule) 1999
* Le Vent De La Nuit (OST) (Crepuscule) March 1999
* Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale (compilation) - 1999
* 5 Tracks (EP) (EMI) May 2003
* HoboSapiens (EMI) October 2003
* Process (OST) (Syntax) July 2005
* blackAcetate (EMI) October 2005
* Jumbo In Tha Modern World (CD single) (EMI) July 2006
* Circus Live (live) (EMI) February 2007
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