Neosupervital
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Tim O'Donovan, better known by his stage name Neosupervital, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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Previously Neosupervital live was a band affair. Previous band members included Dancin Vin, Jessie LoveAction and Miss K (Lauren).
Jessie and Lauren went on to form the group Talulah Does The Hula
Talulah Does The Hula
-Members:* Paula Cullen - Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Tambourine* Caoimhe Derwin - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Maraccas* Lauren Kerchner - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards* Jessie Ward - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards* Michael Winder - Drums-Band:...

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He was also Bell X1's tour drummer for a number of years.

2006

2006 saw Neosupervital being playlisted on MTV2
MTV2
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 and playing festivals such as Oxegen
Oxegen
Oxegen is an annual music festival in Ireland held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. As of 2007, 2008, 2009, the festival has been cited as Ireland's biggest music festival. And by 2009, the festival is cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland. It was previously...

, Castlepalooza
Castlepalooza
Castle Palooza is an annual Irish independent music festival, held at Charleville Castle in Tullamore, County Offaly over the August Bank Holiday weekend.The festival is one of the "Little Two" music festivals in Ireland, the other being Indiependence which is usually...

 and Electric Picnic
Electric Picnic
The 2005 festival took place on Saturday 3 September and Sunday 4 September. It is best remembered for Arcade Fire's performance which came before their subsequent mainstream success...

. Neosupervital brought the live show around the UK and Europe as guests of The Human League
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...

 in December 2006. Neosupervital has also opened for Money Mark
Money Mark
Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...

, Peter Hook
Peter Hook
Peter Hook is an English bass player, musician and author.He was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them throughout their career until...

, The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (band)
The Divine Comedy are a chamber pop band from Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon. Formed in 1989, Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation bar drums. To date, ten studio albums have been released under the Divine...

 and Tom Vek
Tom Vek
Thomas Timothy Vernon-Kell is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician who works under the name Tom Vek.-Career:...

 and caught the ear of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 radio station Indie 103.1 FM.

2007

2007 saw the band playing high profile club shows, touring Ireland and releasing a new single, "Now That I've Found It", with video (directed by Susie & Jessie Love Action) and remixes in April. Mid-2007 Neosupervital's debut album was released throughout Europe on French distribution label Le Maquis and in December 2007 the band was selected as part of the NYU Tisch/Hot Press music video program and released 'Alternative Day' directed by Alex Hilhorst.

2009

2009 saw Neosupervital begin to record a 10 track album Battery Power and re-emerge into the live domain as a solo act again. Battery Power was released in 2010, and the first single Dance with You was released on 10 July as a free download.

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