80's 'She Blinded Me With Science' hitmaker Thomas Dolby is returning after a 12 year break from the music industry.
Dolby left music more than a decade ago to develop the Beatnik technology used today in about two thirds of mobile phones.Thomas Dolby's two big hits were 'She Blinded Me With Science' in 1983 and 'Hypractive' in 1984. . "Though people tend to associate me with the '80s, I feel my roots are really in the late '70s and the electronic underground in London" he says. "Bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle and Clock DVA were playing small clubs around Europe in parallel to the punk movement, and many remained anonymous, only a few making it into the mainstream pop limelight during the '80s - Soft Cell, Human League and Ultravox. There were so few of us doing it back then that it's no surprise we get cited as influences when modern electronica acts are interviewed, but the legacy of that period is clearly very important."
His new album will be titled 'The Sole Inhabitant'. It will be released independently on his own label in November on CD and DVD.
"In some ways all that chart success was orthogonal to what I was really trying to do, which was develop the textures and rhythms of electronic music into a palette that a genuine songwriter could build stories upon. I'd like the DVD and CD to re-establish my credentials as an artist before I move into the next chapter. I have new songs ready to start work on as soon as I've closed the loop and reconnected with the core fan base," he says.
He will start his U.S. tour later this month.
Thomas Dolby dates
October 28 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Cow Palace
November 15 CERRITOS, CA Cerritos Center
'An Evening With BT and Thomas Dolby' dates
November 28 SAN DIEGO, CA (SOLANA BEACH) Belly Up
November 29 ANAHEIM, CA House of Blues
November 30 TUCSON, AZ Rialto Theatre
December 1 ALBUQUERQUE, NM El Ray Theatre
December 2 ASPEN, CO Belly UP
December 3 DENVER,CO Gothic Theatre
December 6 AUSTIN, TX Elysium
December 7 DALLAS, TX Granada Theatre
December 8 HOUSTON, TX Warehouse Live
December 11 NEW ORLEANS, LA HOB
December 15 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL Revolution
December 16 ORLANDO, FL House of Blues
December 17 TAMPA, FL State Theatre
December 19 NORFOLK, VA The Norva
December 20 BALTIMORE, MD Recher Theatre
December 21 PHILADELPHIA, PA World Cafe Live
December 22 NEW YORK, NY TBA
