“Blackhart & Strangelove” is based around the husband and wife duo of Laura Wendling from the USA (vocals) and Mark Dixon aka Johnny Strangelove, (multi-instrumentalist and songwriter) from Fremantle.
Originally started as a recording project in 2007 when, after writing the best part of an album’s worth of material, Mark recorded and produced an EP entitled “Don’t Set Yourself On Fire”.
Although most of the instruments are played by Mark, some notable musicians also lent their considerable talents to these sessions, including Martin Casey (the Bad Seeds), Ben Franz (the Waifs), and Angus Diggs (Mia Dyson, Jeff Lang, Don Walker).
In 2008 the song “She Wasn’t Sorry” was licensed to the “Cue Fashion Winter ‘08 Campaign” and a video featuring Vogue covergirl Megan Collinson from New York was shot for broadcast in Australia.
Although the EP received some critical aclaim, Mark was never entirely happy with the finished product, and this year, after re-recording the vocals with Laura and remixing and remastering by Pete Grandison the CD is now ready for release.
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