The Free Design
The Free Design were an American pop group from Delevan, New York, (also Baroque Pop ) and Easy Listening became known in the 1960s and 1970s by Sunshine jazzy pop with strong vocal component.
Band History
The Free Design were a family project, all members of the group were family Dedrick: Christopher Dedrick (1947-2010), who wrote most of the songs, his sister Sandy and brother Bruce were the original lineup. Later, her younger sister Ellen came to be so for a long time as her cousin Jeff Dedrick. The youngest sister Stefanie came only towards the end of the 1970s it. The father of the siblings, kind, was trumpeter and arranger. Her uncle Rusty Dedrick played as a jazz trumpeter with Claude Thornhill and Red Norvo.
The Free Design was founded in 1967 in New York City. According to Chris, they were influenced by vocal groups like The Hi- Los ( who frequently appeared at this time in Greenwich Village ), as well as by Peter, Paul and Mary and the counterpoint experiments of Benjamin Britten. The soft harmonious sound that has become their trademark, based on complex elaborated vocal parts and flowing melodies.
The band released seven albums 1967-1972, the first six on Enoch Light's Project 3 label, the last, There is a song on the label Ambrotype. For the most part they were accompanied here by studio musicians.
After the separation in 1972, Chris Dedrick took a solo album on: Be Free, which was not published until 2000. He then moved to Toronto, where he worked as a producer, arranger and composer of classical music and film soundtracks.
Comeback
Throughout her career, The Free Design never really had commercial success, however, a small but loyal following. The 1969 song 2002 - A Hit Song is about the futile pursuit of a breakthrough. The group stayed until their separation a secret.
Mid -1990s, however, woke up in the wake of the rediscovery of Easy Listening and Sunshine Pop the 1960s and 1970s a new interest in The Free Design. In 1994, the Japanese musician Cornelius the Free Design catalog re-released on his label " Trattoria ". In 1997, the band Tomorrow's World coverte the Free Design Kites Are Fun song and published in 1998, the Spanish label " Siesta " four compilations. 1999 The group Stereolab, whose lounge - inspired music shows a significant Free Design influence brought out a single named The Free Design. In 2000 Dressy Bessy coverte the Free Design Bubbles song on the soundtrack to the film The Powerpuff Girls.
Inspired by the newly awakened interest in the band in 2000 came after almost 30 years together again and recorded the song Endless Harmony for the Beach Boys tribute album Caroline Now. As a result, created in 2001 (with all members of the group except Ellen ) Album Cosmic Peekaboo.
In 2005, the album The Now Sound Redesigned appeared on the various groups such as Stereolab, Super Furry Animals and Peanut Butter Wolf remix song by The Free Design.
2009 deposited the automaker Toyota a commercial titled " Love You " by The Free Design, which won this growing awareness.
The Free Design are now regarded as classics of the genre Easy Listening and widely recognized, not least because their music strong influence on groups such as Stereolab, Cornelius, Pizzicato Five, Beck and The High Llamas had.
Discography
- Kites Are Fun (1967 )
- You Could Be Born Again (1968 )
- Heaven / Earth ( 1969)
- Stars / Time / Bubbles / Love (1970 )
- ... Sing for Very Important People (1970 )
- One By One (1971 )
- There is a Song ( 1972)
- Cosmic Peekaboo (2001)