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Amy X Neuburg
Biography
Despite the fact that her reputation is largely confined to the US Bay Area, Amy X Neuburg is a world-class singer/songwriter. Her talent screams for recognition. Classically trained and gifted with a voice covering an impressive range, she writes art songs, performed with Robert Ashley, and presents her unique brand of musical theatre with her group Amy X Neuburg & Men. Often compared to Kate Bush and Laurie Anderson for the flexibility of her voice and her use of technology (respectively), in terms of breadth of styles she comes closer to Slapp Happy singer Dagmar Krause who also shifts back and forth between avant-garde "pop" and "serious" singing.



Little is known of Neuburg's childhood. Born in Cheltenham, England, she completed a B.Mus. in voice at Oberlin Conservatory and a B.A. in linguistics at Oberlin College. During her masters degree at Mills College she studied composition under Pauline Oliveros and David Rosenboom, percussion with William Winant, and met students Joel Davel, Tim Root, and Herb Heinz. The latter would remain her closest collaborator for years. With them she formed the multimedia "techno-theatre" MAP and began to write and record her first alternative synth-pop songs (collected on Songs 91 to 85).
Selected Discography