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In February 1987, they released the Michael Stipe-produced EP Drum on Relativity Records (Stipe also sang backing vocals on two tracks). The EP was reissued in 1988 as a full album with additional material on Brian Eno's label, Opal Records.
Dec 29, 2020 · Otherwise, he is most apparent on the bright yellow sticker that shouts “DEBUT RECORD PRODUCED BY MICHAEL STIPE AND HUGO LARGO” on my Relativity copy. The story goes that Stipe met Tim Sommer on one of R.EM.’s early promo trips to New York where Sommer was working as a radio journalist.
I had been good friends with Michael Stipe since 1982. I do not remember precisely when, or at what gig, I handed him the Hugo Largo tape. I am fairly sure it was in the spring of 1986. I do know that I didn’t make a very big deal of it – because of my relatively close relationship with Michael, I knew he would listen to it.
Live there was a real sense of danger and urgency, which never translated to the discs, except perhaps for the song "Second Skin". Part of Drum was produced by Michael Stipe. In fact, at one very large R.E.M. show they actually covered a Hugo Largo song.
Drum, a sublime seven-song mini-album produced in part by Michael Stipe, builds a remarkable bridge between new age airiness and sturdy new wave experimentation. While Goese’s voice dives and glides as if airborne, the three instruments (plus a touch of guitar) play at a measured tempo that belies their power; lyrics are diverted into ...
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As opposed to most of their New York contemporaries, Hugo Largo eschews rhythmic noise in favour of a quiet (that is not to say mellow) introspective sound which grows on the listener with each repeated listening. As evident on their debut EP Drum (produced by Michael Stipe of R.E.M.), the dual bass approach sets up a warm atmosphere in which ...
Dec 16, 2021 · O’Donoghue: That beautiful, beautiful piece is a new-to-me, at least, group called Hugo Largo, who are apparently from New York City. Although this tape was recorded at John Keane’s studio in Athens, Georgia, produced by Michael Stipe.
