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4 unusual facts about Icebreaker International


Icebreaker International

New Yorker Alexander Perls and Londoner Simon Break met each other while Perls was attending school in London, eventually joining up with Glen Johnson in the musical collective, Piano Magic.

Continuing their alliance with NATOarts — an organization that "seeks to promote global security and stability through the exhibition of works of conceptual art" — the duo boarded a container ship named Trein Maersk in early 2000, spending two months on the ship during its journey from Japan to Canada recording an audio document promoting free international trade.

Like the Rush song of the same name, the record took its name from (and was inspired by) the radar stations located at the edges of Canada and Alaska that warned NATO members states of possible Soviet nuclear strikes.

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Acts included My Life Story, who released singles such as “It’s a Girl Thing” whilst being signed to the label, Icebreaker International, Mark Cummins aka Saint Mark and Birdie.



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