The Sacred and the Profane (Lo Sagrado y lo Profano)

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Babble: Ether (released 27 February 1996)

01 The Circle (5:41)
02 Just Like You (5:41)
03 Sun (6:47)
04 Love Has No Name (5:35)
05 Dark (0:53)
06 Tower (6:18)
07 Come Down (5:32)
08 Hold the Sky (4:57)
09 Into Ether (6:45)
10 Dreamfield (2:02)

Babble was a British-New Zealand electronic dance music group active in the 1990s. It was formed by Tom Bailey and Alannah Curie, formerly of the Thompson Twins. Babble was established in 1992 when Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie decided to drop the Thompson Twins name and begin recording new music under the name Babble. The decision to adopt a new name stemmed from the duo's aspirations of exploring different musical ideas and recording more experimental music. During the spring of 1992, the duo approached their long-time engineer Keith Fernley and he joined Babble as a full time member. The trio then spent five weeks in India to collect sound and sample recordings for future recording use. Babble's debut album The Stone was released in March of 1994. Bailey and Currie began working on the new material themselves before Fernley arrived in New Zealand in early 1995. Ether was released on 27 February 1996. The album's only single, "Love Has No Name", which features vocals by New Zealand singer Teremoana Rapley, reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart. New Zealand singer Taisha Kuhtze provided vocals on "Sun" and "Tower".

Babble began recording demos for a third album, but Warner Brothers decided to drop the band from their roster and Babble then ceased further activities.