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Babacar
Rob Steen, Caroline Crawley, Jemaur Tayle, Roberto Soave, and Boris Williams Rob Steen, Caroline Crawley, Jemaur Tayle, Roberto Soave, and Boris Williams
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Worldbeat
Associated acts	The Cure Shelleyan Orphan Presence
Past members
Caroline Crawley Roberto Soave Rob Steen Jemaur Tayle Boris Williams

Babacar was a short-lived worldbeat supergroup formed in England, featuring former members of Shelleyan Orphan, The Cure, and Presence. The group released one album in their brief existence, their self-titled debut album in 1998, before the band dissolved when Shelleyan Orphan reunited in 2000.

Background [link]

Babacar was fronted by Caroline Crawley, former lead singer of Shelleyan Orphan. Although Jemaur Tayle, the other half of Orphan, later joined in, he is not listed among the album's credits.^[1] Other personnel involved with the recording of the album were guitarist Rob Steen, bassist Roberto Soave (who had also recorded and performed with Orphan), and drummer Boris Williams, who is best known for his involvement with The Cure. Soave and Steen had also played in another band called Presence. Soave has also played a brief stint with The Cure. When Simon Gallup fell ill during the European leg of the Wish tour, Soave filled in for him on bass.^[2]

Members [link]

Caroline Crawley - vocals
Roberto Soave - bass guitar
Rob Steen - guitar
Jemaur Tayle - guitar
Boris Williams - drums

Special guests/additional personnel [link]

Porl Thompson - guitar, banjo
Bruno Ellingham - violin
Tristan Powell - e-bow

Discography [link]

Albums [link]

Babacar (1998)

Singles [link]

"Midsummer"

Notes and references [link]

External links [link]

https://wn.com/Babacar_(band)

+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.