Sean O'Hagan
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Sean O'Hagan was a founder-member of the Irish indie band, Microdisney. In the 1990s he formed The High Llamas and released a number of highly acclaimed albums showing influences as diverse as The Beach Boys, Ennio Morricone, Antonio Carlos Jobim and avant-garde electronica. He has also collaborated extensively with Stereolab. O'hagan has collaborated with Jean Pierre Muller on Musical Painting projects. "A musical painting is a freestanding painting which houses a looped musical composition within". "Waterloo to Waterloo" debuted in 2002, with "Musical Wheel" following in 2008.
There is also a journalist also named Sean O'Hagan who frequently writes about British and Irish pop music. The journalist has also contributed to the Guardian, interviewing such musicians as Tom Waits[1]. In an internet chat session promoting the High Llamas's album "Buzzle Bee," the musician O'Hagan confirmed the name confusion and added, "This has plagued me for years."
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- ^ O'Hagan, Sean (2006-10-29). "Off beat (Interview with Tom Waits)". The Observer Magazine (Guardian Unlimited). http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1932046,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1. Retrieved on 2006-10-29.
