Philip Adrian Wright
born on 30/6/1956 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Philip Adrian Wright
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Philip Adrian Wright (born 30 June 1956) is an English musician, also known as Adrian Wright.
Wright had studied film making at Sheffield Art College and was a friend of Philip Oakey. In 1978 he was invited to join the new avant-garde electronic band The Human League which composed of Oakey, Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. Then a non-musician, Wright was appointed as 'Director of Visuals' whose job was to provide lighting and slideshows to accompany the Human Leagues live concerts.
When the Human League split in October 1980, Wright sided with Oakey. Ware and Marsh left to form pop group Heaven 17. Necessity forced him to become a musician and he quickly learned keyboards. He and Oakey wrote the new Human League's early 1981 releases.
He remained a key member of the Human League during the early 1980s both as a composer and keyboard player. He left the band in 1986 after becoming disillusioned with the musical direction Oakey was taking and had felt marginalized during the recording of the album Crash in Minneapolis.[1]
After the Human League he worked in film before moving into design.
Present day
Wright works with his partner of 20 years, Tracey Boyd on her fashion label. The couple live in Chelsea, London.[2]
Awards
- 1982 BRIT Awards - (as 'The Human League') - 'Best British Breakthrough Act'
References
The Human League | |
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Philip Oakey · Susan Ann Sulley · Joanne Catherall · David Beevers · Neil Sutton | |
Former members | Ian Craig Marsh · Jo Callis · Ian Burden · Adrian Wright · Martyn Ware · Russell Dennett · |
Albums | Reproduction · Travelogue · Dare! · Love and Dancing · Hysteria · Crash · Romantic? · Octopus · Secrets |
Compilation Albums | Greatest Hits · Soundtrack to a Generation · The Golden Hour of the Future · The Very Best of the Human League |
Singles | "Being Boiled" · "I Don't Depend on You" · "Empire State Human" · "Only After Dark" · "Boys and Girls" · "The Sound of the Crowd" · "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" · "Open Your Heart" · "Don't You Want Me" · "Mirror Man" · "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" · "The Lebanon" · "Louise" · "Life on Your Own" · "The Sign" · "Human" · "I Need Your Loving" · "Love Is all That Matters" · "Heart Like a Wheel" · "Soundtrack to a Generation" · "Tell Me When" · "One Man in My Heart" · "Filling up with Heaven" · "Stay with Me Tonight" · "All I Ever Wanted" · "Love Me Madly?" · "Things That Dreams Are Made Of" |
EPs | The Dignity of Labour · Holiday '80 · Fascination! · Dance Like a Star |
DVDs | The Human League Greatest Hits (VHS) · The Very Best of the Human League (DVD) · The Human League Live at the Dome (DVD) |
Related articles | Heaven 17 · British Electric Foundation · All Seeing I · Martin Rushent · Jam and Lewis · Giorgio Moroder · Richard X · Fast Records · Synthpop · New Pop · Sheffield · Crazy Daisy Nightclub |
Other projects | Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder · Together In Electric Dreams |
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