Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Acrobats of Desire were a product of the UK post-punk period. An electric string quartet with raw vocals, their line up consisted of two violins, viola, cello, assorted percussion and lead vocalist. Originating in Sheffield, they were some of the founders of the music style which went on to spawn Pulp, Hula, Richard Hawley, Cabaret Voltaire, Arctic Monkeys and The Long Blondes.Mick Wilson and Deborah Egan were the original members of the ensemble and the majority of the material was written for the group by Mick Wilson - now Head of Composition at Salford University, Manchester, UK. Their unique style fused contemporary classical composition with influences ranging from Appalachian country music to Stravinsky. Driven by complex rhythms and harmonies, their sound was unique, featuring funny, sexually provocative, darkly observant lyrics. These were fully explored in the energised and confrontational performances of the leather-clad singer Deborah Egan and the group quickly attracted critical attention from press and broadcasters.Very much a live act, they got their career break at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1977 where they performed to full houses - initiating a cult status amongst fringe-goers and co-performers. They were the first performers to perform stand-alone live music at what was then fundamentally a theatre festival. Their chamber opera Punch in Prison won a musical theatre fringe first in 1979.They went on to tour the UK at festivals and live gigs and were promoted by Cherry Red Records in London and at the Moonlight Club, Hampstead alongside Jools Holland. They were featured on many broadcasts for television and radio, including live sets for BBC2's Late Night Line-Up, Ned Sherrin's Start the Week and BBC2 TV's rock documentary series Futurama 80.Their e.p. Parking Boys (Desire Records DES001) was distributed globally by Red Rhino Records in York and entered the independent charts in the UK and Italy. It was featured by John Peel on his radio show. It was released in the final year of their career in 1981 and is now a rare punk classic. Acrobats appear in George Gimarc's Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982 and in the photography archive of the French photographer Phillipe Carly who photographed them for the national press at the Futurama Festival in Queens Hall, Leeds in September 1981 where they played with U2, Clare Grogan, League of Gentlemen and Siouxsie and the Banshees.. }
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- Acrobats_of_Desire abstract "Acrobats of Desire were a product of the UK post-punk period. An electric string quartet with raw vocals, their line up consisted of two violins, viola, cello, assorted percussion and lead vocalist. Originating in Sheffield, they were some of the founders of the music style which went on to spawn Pulp, Hula, Richard Hawley, Cabaret Voltaire, Arctic Monkeys and The Long Blondes.Mick Wilson and Deborah Egan were the original members of the ensemble and the majority of the material was written for the group by Mick Wilson - now Head of Composition at Salford University, Manchester, UK. Their unique style fused contemporary classical composition with influences ranging from Appalachian country music to Stravinsky. Driven by complex rhythms and harmonies, their sound was unique, featuring funny, sexually provocative, darkly observant lyrics. These were fully explored in the energised and confrontational performances of the leather-clad singer Deborah Egan and the group quickly attracted critical attention from press and broadcasters.Very much a live act, they got their career break at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1977 where they performed to full houses - initiating a cult status amongst fringe-goers and co-performers. They were the first performers to perform stand-alone live music at what was then fundamentally a theatre festival. Their chamber opera Punch in Prison won a musical theatre fringe first in 1979.They went on to tour the UK at festivals and live gigs and were promoted by Cherry Red Records in London and at the Moonlight Club, Hampstead alongside Jools Holland. They were featured on many broadcasts for television and radio, including live sets for BBC2's Late Night Line-Up, Ned Sherrin's Start the Week and BBC2 TV's rock documentary series Futurama 80.Their e.p. Parking Boys (Desire Records DES001) was distributed globally by Red Rhino Records in York and entered the independent charts in the UK and Italy. It was featured by John Peel on his radio show. It was released in the final year of their career in 1981 and is now a rare punk classic. Acrobats appear in George Gimarc's Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982 and in the photography archive of the French photographer Phillipe Carly who photographed them for the national press at the Futurama Festival in Queens Hall, Leeds in September 1981 where they played with U2, Clare Grogan, League of Gentlemen and Siouxsie and the Banshees.".