Published
Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 10:40
- 4AD announced the news of the experimental pop artist's death today.
Scott Walker has died at age 76.
4AD announced the news of the experimental pop artist's death on Monday morning. The label also shared a timeline of Noel Scott Engel's 60-year career, which began as a session bassist before joining The Walker Brothers trio in the 1960s. He not only wrote and produced music for himself and others, but he composed music for film, theatre and dance productions, as well as curated festivals, produced other musicians' records and more.
His last release was an LP in 2016, The Childhood Of A Leader, a score for a film of the same name. In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Sunn O))), Soused.
Fellow artists have been sharing tributes to the late musician on social media.
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