Update central!

First of all, Andy and Dominique have been making beautiful music
together as a pairing they're calling The Never Endings. They'll have an
album out in February 2010. From what I've heard, there's a slightly
more retro sound than in Ivy -- very keyboard-oriented, and I don't mean
synths.

Second, Andy sez "we're shooting for an Ivy album for May 2010."

Third: Brookville's new album comes out on September 15 of this year.

And finally, for anyone who missed it first time around, Andy's
Unfiltered label is now part of Warner Bros.

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Response to Viners!

"teo_del_fuego" theo71@... teo_del_fuego asked:

>>Does anyone have any inside scoop, gossip, or whatnot concerning what I have
imagined
>>to be a split between Xavier Boyer of Tahiti 80 and Andy Chase?
>>Andy's excellent touch was on all the Tahiti 80 efforts until the noticeably
>> sub-par "Fosbury" [as in Fosbury Flop, perhaps?) on which he receives no
mention whatsoever.

Andy sez:

To anyone interested:

I had hoped to remain Tahiti 80's producer for many more records, just as great
partnerships had endured between Prefab Sprout and Thomas
Dolby, or Crowded House and Mitchell Froom. But after their second album the
band wanted to have a bigger hand in producing themselves -
at that point they had their own studio in France and they felt they had worked
enough with me and wanted to exercise their own production
skills, as well as have experiences with other producers and mixers. Although
I'd like to think the alchemy between us resulted in their
best works, I respect the fact that they don't want to go backwards and repeat
what they've already done with the same producer. I still remain
very, very close friends with all of them, especially Xavier and Pedro: Just a
few years ago my band Brookville and Tahiti 80 did a tour
together, in part to promote their album of which I wasn't involved in....so you
can see how our friendship goes way beyond the two albums
we did together. My new (Brookville) album is coming out this fall and it was co
produced by Pedro, and their drummer is also playing on the
album. There's even talks of another Brookville-Tahiti 80 tour this October. So
as much as I would love, LOVE to do another album with
them, it hasn't interfered with remaining close to their world these past years.

PS. Tahiti 80 have appeared "to have fallen off the radar" because after
Wallpaper For The Soul they no longer were released on the
phenomenal Minty Fresh records here in the U.S. Their last album (Fosberry) was
on some weird label over here so it's no surprise no one
heard about it. They have a new album coming out this fall (same time as
Brookville) and I think it's on a Universal subsidiary...so
hopefully it'll get a little more attention.

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That is all for now!

Love,
Randee
Yr Ivy Vine/Never Endings/Brookville/Etc. List Mistress