Ian Burden

English musician

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Ian Burden

Birth name| Ian Charles Burden
Born|  (1957-12-24) 24 December 1957 (age 66)
Origin| Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
Genres| Synth-pop, new wave, electronic
Occupation(s)| Songwriter, keyboardist
Instrument(s)| Synthesizer, bass
Years active| 1980–1987 (Human League)
1990–present (solo)
Labels| Virgin, A&M
Website| ianburden.uk

Musical artist

Ian Charles Burden (born 24 December 1957) is an English musician who played keyboards and bass guitar with The Human League, initially as a session musician, and later full-time, between 1981 and 1987.

He attended The King's School in Peterborough, as a boarding pupil, where he played in several amateur bands.

Formerly of Sheffield band Graph, Burden was employed as a session keyboard player for the Human League's October 1980 tour, covering for Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh's keyboards after their departure. In March 1981 he returned to the band full-time, and would co-write much of their early 1980s material. He left the band in 1987.[1]

Burden recorded a solo album, Loot, in 1990.

In 1995, Burden released a CD through Inertia Records entitled A Swim in the Ocean. This was a collaboration with Human League session player and contributor Russell Dennett. The band called themselves Deep Down Crazy, and consisted of Dan Boulton on vocals, Chris Broadhead on drums, Russell Dennett on guitar/keyboards/vocals and Burden on bass/keyboards. The recording took place at The Stockyard in Leicestershire.

Burden played bass guitar on the 2006 debut eponymous release for The Tenth Stage, a Melbourne-based band, and also on their second album, Grand Guignol. The bass guitar used on these recordings (a Fender Telecaster Bass) was the same one he used to record "I Love You Too Much" and "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (although in the Fascination video he is playing its technical direct successor, the Fender Precision Bass). He played an Ibanez Musician Bass on "Mirror Man" and "The Lebanon", and in some live performances (including their Top of the Pops performance of "Fascination").[original research?]

Burden also contributed bass guitar to Parralox's State of Decay album, released in Germany in 2009.[2][3][4][5]

In 2018, he released the second solo album Hey Hey Ho Hum .

## Awards

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* 1982 Brit Awards – (with The Human League) – 'Best British Breakthrough Act'

## References

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1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Human League". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
2. ^ "Parralox "State of Decay"". Conzoomrecords.de. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
3. ^ "Parralox Interview". The Electricity Club. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
4. ^ "Top 20 Synthpop Albums of 2009: Part II | Pansentient League – a Spotify Blog". Pansentient.com. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
5. ^ "Parralox – Release Music Magazine Spotlight". Releasemagazine.net. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

## External links

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* Interview 2009

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The Human League

* Philip Oakey
* Joanne Catherall
* Susan Ann Sulley

* Ian Craig Marsh
* Martyn Ware
* Philip Adrian Wright
* Ian Burden
* Jo Callis
* Jim Russell

Albums|

* Reproduction
* Travelogue
* Dare
* Love and Dancing
* Hysteria
* Crash
* Romantic?
* Octopus
* Secrets
* Credo

Compilation albums|

* Greatest Hits
* Soundtrack to a Generation
* The Very Best of The Human League (1998)
* The Golden Hour of the Future
* The Very Best of The Human League (2003)
* Live at the Dome
* Original Remixes & Rarities

EPs|

* The Dignity of Labour
* Holiday '80
* The Sound of the Crowd
* Fascination!
* Dance Like a Star

Singles|

* "Being Boiled"
* "I Don't Depend on You"
* "Empire State Human"
* "Only After Dark"
* "Boys and Girls"
* "The Sound of the Crowd"
* "Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
* "Open Your Heart"
* "Don't You Want Me"
* "Mirror Man"
* "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
* "The Lebanon"
* "Life on Your Own"
* "Louise"
* "Human"
* "I Need Your Loving"
* "Love Is All That Matters"
* "Heart Like a Wheel"
* "Soundtrack to a Generation"
* "Tell Me When"
* "One Man in My Heart"
* "Filling Up with Heaven"
* "Stay with Me Tonight"
* "All I Ever Wanted"
* "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of"
* "Night People"

Video and DVDs|

* Video Single (1983)
* The Human League Greatest Hits
* The Very Best of The Human League
* Live at the Dome

Related articles|

* Discography
* Heaven 17
* British Electric Foundation
* Reproductions
* Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
* YMO Versus The Human League

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