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CAREER 1980s Kate began her career in the Ravishing Beauties , an early 1980s group with Virginia Astley and Nicky Holland . The band released no records, and St John left in 1982 . In the mid-1980s, she was a part of The Dream Academy , with Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel . The Dream Academy's biggest success was its 1985 song '' Life In A Northern Town '', a tribute to 1970s solo artist Nick Drake The band, after being unable to keep its standings in the charts, broke up in 1991 . During her time with The Dream Academy, St John also worked with artists such as Tears for Fears and Steve Nieve . 1990s-2000s During the nineties, St John worked with Van Morrison , Nigel Kennedy , Joe Boyd , Jools Holland , and Egberto Gismonti . In 1992 , she made '' The Familiar '', a collaborative album with Roger Eno . Also that year, Eno and St John, along with Bill Nelson , Laraaji , and Mayumi Tachibana created the Supergroup Channel Light Vessel , which released two albums. She is said to have reunited with her Dream Academy colleagues Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel on the forthcoming album "Angels and Fools" by Gilbert's new band, The Believers'; on the track "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", a cover of the song by The Smiths . St John has released two solo albums with All Saints Records , '' Indescribable Night '' ( 1995 ) and '' Second Sight '' ( 1997 ). Production and arrangement Kate has done work for various artists, including Aquarium with Boris Grebenshchikov and HaLo . She has also produced music for the Comedian Harry Enfield for his early sketch shows '' Harry Enfield's Television Programme '' and '' Harry Enfield And Chums ''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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