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Hugo Race

b. 1961

Australian musician

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Born 1961. Hugo Race is an Australian musician, record producer, songwriter, composer and screenwriter.

Hugo Justin Race (born 23 May 1963) is an Australian rock musician and record producer who had been based in Europe from 1989 to 2011. He was a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1983–85), and The Wreckery (1984–89) with Nick Barker and Robin Casinader. As from October 2013 he was simultaneously a member of Hugo Race and the True Spirit, Hugo Race Fatalists, and Dirtmusic. True Spirit have released 12 albums. Race returned to live in Australia in 2011.

Life and career Hugo Justin Race was born in the early 1960s in Melbourne and grew up in an Anglo-Irish family. Here at Pains Insistence (1987) Laying Down Law (1988) Past Imperfection (2008)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds From Her to Eternity (1984) Kicking Against the Pricks (1986) Tender Prey (1988) Murder Ballads (1996) The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1998) B-Sides & Rarities (2005)

Lilium Felt (2010)

Hugo Race & The True Spirit Rue Morgue Blues (June 1988) Earls World (1990) Second Revelator (1991) Spiritual Thirst (1993) Valley of Light (1995) Wet Dream (June 1997) Chemical Wedding (1998) Last Frontier (1999) Long Time Ago (compilation album, 2001) Live in Monaco (2004) Ambuscado (2005) Taoist Priests (2006) 53rd State (2008) Live in Wołów Jail (2009) Live in Brussels (2015) The Spirit (2015) Starbirth/Stardeath (2020)

Solo Stations of the Cross (Limited Release) (1994) The Merola Matrix (2004) Fatalists (2010) Between Hemispheres (2011) No But It's True (2012) Dishee (2021)

DirtMusic DirtMusic (2007) BKO (2010) Troubles (2013) Lion City (2014) Bu Bir Ruya (2018)

Sepiatone In Sepiatone (2001) Darksummer (2004) Echoes On (2011)

Transfargo Mil Transit (2003)

Hugo Race & Fatalists We Never Had Control (2011) Orphans – EP (2014) 24 Hours to Nowhere (2016) Taken by the Dream (2019) Onceuponatimeinitaly (2022)

Hugo Race & Michelangelo Russo John Lee Hooker's World Today (2017) Catherine Graindorge & Hugo Race Long Distance Operators (2017)

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Hugo Justin Race

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Who is Hugo Race?

Australian musician

When was Hugo Race born?

Hugo Race was born on 23 May 1961 in Melbourne.

What is Hugo Race's occupation?

Hugo Race is a musician, record producer, songwriter, composer and screenwriter.

What nationality is Hugo Race?

Hugo Race is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hugo Race

· Wikidata: Q327499

· DBpedia: Hugo Race

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