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As If to Nothing is the second independent album by Scottish composer Craig Armstrong, featuring collaborations with Bono of U2, Mogwai, Photek, Evan Dando, King Crimson, and former Big Dish vocalist Steven Lindsay. It was released on 19 February 2002, on the EMI label in the United Kingdom, and Astralwerks in the United States .
As If To Nothing. After working with music for his entire career, Craig Armstrong was drawn to the idea of the changing, ethereal effect of melody and tone for his solo work, As if to Nothing (Melankolic, 2002). Working with acclaimed artists such as Bono, Evan Dando from The Lemonheads, Glasgow rock band Mogwai and David McAlmont, Armstrong ...
Jul 17, 2002 · The appropriately titled As If to Nothing follows on from his 101-Strings-for-Jaded ... Mogwai and even Lemonheaded lost boy Evan Dando took time out from their otherwise productive lives to take ...
The first of the vocal songs features Evan Dando, the lead singer in the Lemonheads. Wake Up in New York , was co-written by Armstrong and Dando. The dreamy composition, driven by a soft drum machine rhythm, makes effective use of Armstrong's opulent string orchestrations.
Album Credits. Featuring Antye Greie-Fuchs, Bono, Evan Dando & 4 more. Producers Craig Armstrong & Stephen Hilton. Writers Adam Clayton, Bono, Craig Armstrong & 7 more. Additional Programming ...
Jan 9, 2007 · Features collaborations with Bono, Evan Dando, Photek, Mogwai, David McAlmont and more. Amazon.com. The impressive skills and epic ambition that arranger-composer Craig Armstrong brought to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack come to his aid again on As If to Nothing, making for a cohesive work that is at once beautiful and bleak. Given the dark ...
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Apr 13, 2002 · The new version, with Bono reprising his anguished performance, transforms the song into an unabashed anthem; the Edge’s crunchy guitar licks are replaced with a soaring arrangement of strings, brass and choir. While individual tracks like these can certainly stand on their own, the whole of As If to Nothing is strung cohesively from the very ...
