Neil Carlill is known for his work with experimental and alternative rock bands including 1990s UK acts Delicatessen and Lodger, and more recently with bands and collaborations including Vedette, Shoosh, 5 Little Elephants, Me Me the Moth, Chicanery, and Three on a Match.
14 Facts About Neil Carlill
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Neil Carlill's lyrics reflect the influence of DaDa and James Joyce, and his voice has a unique, multifaceted, "strangely alluring" character.
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Neil Carlill has developed a solo project dubbed Airport Studies, and performs live under the pseudonym Harvey Mapcase.
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Under his own name Neil Carlill was a featured vocalist on Lost-Wax by Lena and the Floating Roots Orchestra.
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Some of Neil Carlill's written work was published in 2007 in Galleon, a literary journal that features adventurous short fiction.
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Vedette began life in Los Angeles at the end of the Chicanery recordings, during which Neil Carlill made the acquaintance of electronic artist Manuel Stagars.
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Warren Cuccurullo contributed his singular guitar stylings to several tracks, and Neil Carlill played ukulele and keyboards on select songs.
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Neil Carlill teamed up with French musician Charles-Eric Charrier for two albums recorded in 2007 and 2009.
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In 2007, Neil Carlill joined Ed Drury and Craig Murphy to become the third member of Shoosh.
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Drury and Murphy were impressed with both Neil Carlill's lyric writing style and his vocal delivery.
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When Cuccurullo relocated to Los Angeles after his time with Duran Duran ended in 2001, he reestablished contact with Neil Carlill and exchanged with him demos of their latest music.
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Neil Carlill used the name Airport Studies for his track on the Fire Records James Joyce tribute album Chamber Music in 2008.
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Harvey Mapcase is a fake name Neil Carlill uses for live solo shows.
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Neil Carlill is inspired by James Joyce, Captain Beefheart, Max Ernst, the DaDaists, Kurt Schwitters, Alfred Jarry, Hannah Hoch, and Georges Perec.