Mick Harvey

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About Mick Harvey

Multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey is best-known for his deep roots in the tangled family tree of singer Nick Cave. Playing a pivotal role in the Cave-fronted Boys Next Door (1977-1980), Birthday Party (1980-1983), and Bad Seeds (1984-on), Harvey added intricate details and anonymous atmospherics that gave life to the singer's ominous narratives. But that is only part of the story. Harvey's own releases are illuminating projects often conceptual in nature, such as his many tributes to French singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. (No less an interpreter than Gainsbourg's muse and ex-wife Jane Birkin credited the influence of Harvey's records on Gainsbourg's resurgence.) Likewise, he's contributed to recordings by PJ Harvey, Robert Forster, and Courtney Barnett, and composed a number of soundtracks as well as scores for dance productions.

HOMETOWN
Rochester, Australia
BORN
August 29, 1958
GENRE
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