Steve Aungle

Steve Aungle is best known for his songwriting parntership from 1993-97 with the late singer, Billy Mackenzie (The Associates). Several albums cover this work: the first, ‘Beyond the Sun’ (Nude Records ’97) was produced by Simon Raymonde (The Cocteau Twins) featuring a mixture of styles but mostly consisting of torch ballads with Aungle accompanying Mackenzie on the piano. A second album ‘Eurocentric’ was released on Paul Haig’s label Rhythm of Life Records in 2001 but was deleted only two weeks after its release, making it an extremely rare and collectible album. However, in 2005, One Little Indian Records released two albums: ‘Transmission Impossible’ and ‘Auchtermatic’ which include many of the songs found on the first two albums. Since Billy Mackenzie’s tragic death in ’97, Steve Aungle has co-written songs with producer Pascal Gabriel for his current band Carcassette, as well as working with London band Boo Hooray (formerly known as Electric Music AKA). ‘Piano for Europe’, a co...