The band Ceramic Hello was formed by Brett Wickens shortly after he left the Spoons. The first incarnation of the duo was called “The Jovial Foresters”. This group made one live performance, and produced a few unreleased songs in a prog-rock style. Wickens then decided to record a proper album of his own minimalist/techno material, and recruited Roger Humphreys to compose short “bridge” instrumentals between his longer tracks. The resulting album, entitled “The Absence of a Canary,” was pressed in the quantity of 1000 and released on the label “Mannequin Records” formed by Paul Abrahams. Ceramic Hello: existed between 1980 and 1982. They never played live, and released just one more single before giving up the ghost.
A new Ceramic Hello: LP is currently in the works, titled ‘Daisy Cutter’. After a couple of false starts during 2006, Ceramic Hello: are back on track with working on new material. As Roger now lives in England, and Brett lives in California, they have had to figure out creative ways of long distance collaboration.
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