Alien Skin in Real Life [first draft demos]

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	1.	Imperfection - first draft demo 03:19
	2.	Learning How to Breathe - first draft demo 03:43
	3.	Untitled - first draft demo 02:03
	4.	Painless - first draft demo 03:36
	5.	We Shall Overcome - first draft demo 04:10
	6.	Kamikaze - first draft demo 03:55

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'Alien Skin in Real Life' is a collection of 6 tracks I unearthed from my archives. These are original first draft demos I produced circa 1996 & 2002 for the Real Life albums 'Happy' and 'Imperfection' respectively.

The recordings were never intended to be anything else but potential springboards for David Sterry to write lyrics and melodies over. This was the work method in which most songs were generally realized and written within the band.

All titles, words and melodies of the final released songs are by David, my contribution was to create and present music sketches, examples being the tracks in this collection. Once vocals had been recorded I would then revisit the draft music, now with the addition of vocals, and often dramatically restructure and rework the songs around the vocals; this subsequent production process was always the most exhaustive both in time and experimentation. But lots of fun nonetheless. Happy times :)

Most of the original drafts from both 'Happy' and 'Imperfection' have gone missing over the years, others are too poor in audio quality for public release, but the 6 tracks in this collection I deem reasonable enough and presentable. I have included one track 'Untitled' which did not appear on either album although it was presented at the time of 'Imperfection' for consideration. I added it as a curiosity finding that I enjoyed listening to it all these years later.
~George.
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released July 29, 2020

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Australian band Real Life achieved international success in the early 80s with their multi-million seller synth anthem, SEND ME AN ANGEL. Considered a pioneering musical force within their genre & influential to many aspirants that followed in their footsteps, they epitomized the finest elements of the 80s & continued to evolve incorporating darkwave & industrial electro overtones well into 2005+ ... more

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