Quickflight
Quickflight | |
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Origin | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | New wave, contemporary Christian music |
Years active | 1980–1984 |
Labels | Tunesmith, Star Song |
Past members | Pete Cordalis Ric deGroot Dale Dirksen Doug Giesbrecht Gary Hendricks Greg Johnson |
Quickflight was a new wave band formed in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The band released two albums in the early 1980s Breakaway on Tunesmith[1] and their second Decent Beat on Star Song Records.[2][3]
History
Quickflight's musical style on their first album, Breakaway, was similar to keyboard-oriented, electronic, arena rock bands of the 80s mixed with new wave and was released on Tunesmith Records in 1980.[4]
Their second album, Decent Beat,[5] was recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was released by Star Song Records in 1983. It was ground-breaking because it was one of the first Christian Contemporary releases in which the instruments used consisted almost entirely of synthesizers and sequencers in a style influenced by British synthesizer bands, particularly After the Fire.[4] The album was also one of the first Christian Contemporary Music albums that was digitally mastered although it was never released on CD.[citation needed]
Quickflight toured through the Mid-West and West Coast of the U.S. and parts of Canada, at several outdoor festivals, playing with a variety of Christian artists who included Steve Taylor, Rez Band, Kerry Livgren, Sheila Walsh, Undercover and Larry Norman.[citation needed]
Through recording at Little Mountain, Ric deGroot met the members of the Capitol Recording group Strange Advance and joined them in 1984.[citation needed] Paul Iverson, an early member of Strange Advance, plays bass on one track on Quickflight's second album, Decent Beat.
Band members
- Ric deGroot
- Dale Dirksen
- Greg Johnson
- Gary Hendricks - drummer
- Pete Cordalis
- Doug Giesbrecht- bass
- Mike King
additional musicians
- Paul Iverson
- Scotty Hall
- Chris Livingstone
- Ruth Shareski (Evenden)
Discography
Albums
- Breakaway (Tunesmith Records, 1980)[1][6]
- "Breakaway"
- "Pink Shirts"
- "Atheist"
- "Feelin' Sad"
- "OK"
- "Shuttle"
- "Modern Romans"
- "Rendezvous"
- "Between the Lines"
- "Fine Line"
- "I Saw You"
- Decent Beat (Star Song, 1983)[2][7]
- "Water of Life"
- "Remote Control"
- "In the World"
- "Safety in Numbers"
- "System Breakdown"
- "Fantasy"
- "Fade to Glory"
- "Messages"
- "D.M.X."
- "Metro Alien"
- "I Dream"
- Musical Production: Ric deGroot
- Audio Production: Ron Obvious
- Executive Producer: Bob Brooks
- Art Direction & Design: Joan Tankersley
- Illustration: Denise Chapman
- Layout: Lori Cooper
- Source: Ric deGroot, Star Song Records
References
- ^ a b Breakaway (sound recording) / Quickflight, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, OCLC 8921576, AMICUS No. 29060480, retrieved February 12, 2011
- ^ a b Decent beat (sound recording) / Quickflight, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, OCLC 17335689, AMICUS No. 19928633, retrieved February 12, 2011
- ^ "Quickflight". wordpress.com. May 19, 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 736. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
- ^ "Decent Beat Review". CCM Magazine. Nashville: Salem Publishing. ISSN 1524-7848. OCLC 40101404. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "Quickflight / Breakaway". Museum of Canadian Music. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ WorldCat. Decent beat. OCLC 17335689. Retrieved February 24, 2011.