Paul Haig
- January 8, 2024
- Musician
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Paul Haig Biography
| Name | Paul Haig |
| Birthday | Sep 4 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Edinburgh |
| Birth Country | Scotland |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Paul Haig is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on September 4, 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Haig was the lead vocalist of Josef K, an Edinburgh band, which recorded five singles 1979 and 1981 and an album (The Only Fun in Town) signed to the Postcard record label, before splitting in August 1981; their final Scottish date was in Glasgow. The break-up was due to a combination of too-great expectations, too-small financial returns, Haig’s dislike of touring, and disagreements over future direction. The following year Haig told Johnny Waller in Sounds: “I was pretty depressed for a week because it was the end of an era, but after that I was really happy that we’d split, because I could get on with everything I wanted to do. I’ve lost a lot of the ideals I had in Josef K. About not wanting to be commercially successful, suffering for your art and all that. I want to be signed to a major and make a great record that will get radio airplay and be a big hit, then make my own money from that. I don’t mind being manipulated to a certain extent to get what I want, but in time I want to control everything.”
Circa financed the recording of a new album produced in New York and Chicago by dance gurus Kurtis Mantronik and Lil Louis. Lead single “I Believe in You” featured additional mix work by the Chimes, whose drummer James Locke had been a periodic Haig collaborator since 1981. The album marked a return to the dance orientation of Rhythm of Life five years earlier, as Haig explained to Melody Maker: “The whole idea was to work with different producers and let them get on with it, which was a departure since I’d produced myself for so long. We recorded the stuff with Mantronik at his Sound Factory studio. He works very quickly, rattling stuff off in a couple of hours. He replaced all my beats with a combination of programming and breakbeats, mostly ’70s funk stuff. Lil Louis took a completely different approach. He replaced the rhythm tracks on two of the songs and one we left as was He works with much more basic equipment – he’s not as computerised as Mantronik. There was absolutely no sampling with Lil Louis, he’s much more into the real musician school of thing.”
Paul Haig Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Musician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Paul Haig is one of the richest Musician from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Haig 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Paul Haig (born 4 September 1960) is a Scottish indie musician, singer and songwriter. He was originally a member of post-punk band Josef K, active between 1979 and 1982.
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During 1984 Haig collaborated with a number of likeminded post-punk peers, recording electro track “The Only Truth” with Bernard Sumner of New Order and Donald Johnson of A Certain Ratio respectively, as well as the more experimental “The Executioner” with Cabaret Voltaire. In November he completed a second album, largely recorded in London with Alan Rankine co-producing. However the chart failure of “The Only Truth” as a single ultimately led to Island dropping Haig from their roster, and so the untitled second album was shelved.
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Alan Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. Paul Haig celebrates birthday on September 4 of every year.
Haig spent most of 1986 writing new material and looking for a new major deal. He also found time to embark on a fruitful partnership with another Associate, Billy Mackenzie, the result being low key dates in Glasgow and Edinburgh, which mixed their own greatest hits with covers such as “Running Away” and Yoko Ono’s “Walking on Thin Ice”. Later the pair united to perform “Amazing Grace” on a Scots Hogmanay television programme, and each donated a song to the other’s forthcoming album. “Chained” proved a highlight on the next Haig album, although Mackenzie’s version of “Reach the Top” remained unreleased after the Associates’ Glamour Chase project was shelved by WEA. Following Mackenzie’s untimely death in 1997 an entire album of Haig/Mackenzie material, Memory Palace, appeared on Haig’s own label Rhythm of Life.