Mary Hansen
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Mary Hansen (November 1, 1966 - December 9, 2002) was guitarist and singer with Stereolab.
Born in Maryborough near Brisbane in Australia, Hansen moved to London in the late 1980s and became a backing singer with the Essex-based indie band, The Wolfhounds.
She met Stereolab founder Tim Gane when the Wolfhounds played with his band McCarthy, and joined Stereolab as second vocalist in 1992. She also played guitar, as well as percussion and keyboards, and occasionally sang lead vocals.
Hansen remained a member of the group until her death in a cycling accident in December 2002.
She also sang on records by Brokeback, The High Llamas, Moonshake and Mouse on Mars among others, and was also producer of the London group Chicane.
In 2004, Hybird, an album of some of Hansen's music, was released posthumously. This album, which also featured her artwork, contained three tracks which had been released in limited editions before her death, and a final track which was finished by Andy Ramsay of Stereolab.
[edit] Selected Discography
(with Stereolab)
Lo-Fi (1992)
[edit] References
| Stereolab |
| Tim Gane | Lætitia Sadier | Simon Johns | Andy Ramsay | Dominic Jeffrey | Joseph Watson | Joseph Walters |
| Martin Kean | Joe Dilworth | Russel Yates | Mick Conroy | Mary Hansen | Sean O'Hagan | Duncan Brown | David Pajo | Richard Harrison | Simon Johns | Gina Morris | Katharine Gifford | Morgane Lhote |
| Discography |
|---|
| Albums:
Peng! | Space Age Batchelor Pad Music | Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements | Mars Audiac Quintet | Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center | Emperor Tomato Ketchup | Dots and Loops | Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night | The First of the Microbe Hunters | Sound-Dust | Margerine Eclipse |
| Compilations:
Switched On | Refried Ectoplasm | Aluminum Tunes | ABC Music | Oscillons from the Anti-Sun | Fab Four Suture | Serene Velocity (A Stereolab Anthology) |
| EPs:
Super 45 | Super-Electric | Low Fi | Crumb Duck | Simple Headphone Mind | Captain Easychord | Instant 0 in the Universe |
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