Born London, England, January 1st 1950
1968-72: Played Hammond organ with The Love Affair (#1 hit in U.K. “Everlasting Love”). Created electronic music for London’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Formed classical rock band Morgan with Tim Staffell (original Queen singer).
1973-77: Joined Mott the Hoople, produced by David Bowie. Toured the U.S. and were the first rock band to perform for a week on Broadway (Uris Theatre). No.2 hit in U.K. “All the Young Dudes” plus several top ten hits. Guest appearances with many artists including Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, The Dead Kennedy’s, Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth).
1978-80: Set up Pipe Music an independent studio and record label in London. Released “Slow Music” (ambient album), “Hybrid Kids” (art-punk album) and “Miniatures” (51 one-minute tracks by Robert Fripp, Robert Wyatt, Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars, members of The Flying Lizards, The Pretenders, XTC, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Damned and other artists).
1981-84: Played keyboards on Queen’s 1982 tour of Europe, then traveled in India, Europe and USA.
1985-88: Moved to Japan and built The Handmade Studio. Recorded ambient albums (“Look at Life”, “Water Music”, “Flow Overflow”, “Life Under The Floor”, Peace in the Heart of the City”) and music for art videos, films and television.
1989: Performed at Heian Shrine for the 1200th anniversary of Kyoto City. Played with Japanese dancer Kisanuki Kuniko. Abstract photograph exhibition at Nippon Telephone Company.
1990: Performed at Expo 90 (Osaka), Tenkawa Jinja (Shinto shrine), Tsubosakadera (Buddhist temple) and Kobe City Museum. Recorded album “Echoes of Lennon” with guest Yoko Ono.
1991: Appeared in Honda T.V. commercial and Comme des Garçons Tokyo fashion show. Played with Japanese bands Dip in the Pool (techno), Tensaw (rock) and Okinawan singer Kina Shoukichi.
1992: Recorded “Relax”, “Refresh” and “Recharge” (the “Re-Series”: ambient/polyrhythmic music). Created the sound track for animated film “The Apfel Land Story”. Performed music from “Twin Peaks” with Haruomi Hosono of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Julee Cruise and Yasuaki Shimizu. Wrote and performed world music for the Matsuda fashion company in Paris and Tokyo.
1993: Performed with major Japanese band The Boom and in China with Yasuaki Shimizu (sax), Aska Kaneko (vln), Ryu Hon Jin (China/traditional flutes) and Wasis Diop (Senegal/voc).
1994: Played at Hitachi International Symposium and at a London charity concert tribute to the late Mick Ronson with Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople), Roger Taylor (Queen), Roger Daltrey (The Who) and Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones). Composed music for the 4th International Whale and Dolphin Conference and the Tokyo Gas Building. Recorded “Rebalance”, 4th in the “Re-Series”, with Mamadou Doumbia (ex-Salif Keita band). Co-produced and played on “Far East Samba” album by The Boom and performed on their Japan tour.
1995: Re-worked the first two “Re-Series” albums with Japanese musicians (singer Shizuru Ohtaka and violinist Aska Kaneko). Continuing performances with The Boom. Wrote and published “Far East Tour Diary”, a book about their tour. Performance at the second Japan Mick Ronson Memorial Concert. Recorded with Japanese artists Sayoko (reggae singer) and Homeless Heart (rock duo).
1996: Worked with The Boom (“Tropicalism-0” album, tours of Japan/Brazil). Produced “Moth Poet Hotel”, a Mott the Hoople tribute album with major Japanese bands such as Yellow Monkey, Heat Wave, High Lows, plus Brian May (Queen). Reworked “Recharge” album with trumpeter Isao Osada and Andy Bevan (Australia/sax). Recorded “Remix” (radical remixes of excerpts from the “Re-Series”). Recorded/performed with Heat Wave.
1997: Produced “Miniatures for the Millennium” (60-track sequel to “Miniatures”). Several tracks were mixed by Mick Glossop (producer of Van Morrison and enginner for Mott and British Lions). Performed at MIDEM with The Boom.
MINIATURES CD re-release 1995 M.F. commissioned 51 one-minute pieces by ROBERT FRIPP, ROBERT WYATT, THE DAMNED, QUENTIN CRISP, XTC, THE PRETENDERS, PETE SEEGER, DAVID BEDFORD, GAVIN BRYARS, THE RESIDENTS, MICHAEL NYMAN, PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA etc. (original release by Cherry Red 1980)
Vol. 2 MINIATURES FOR THE MILLENNIUM is now being compiled SLOW MUSIC CD re-release 1995 ambient album with saxophonist LOL COXHILL (original release by Cherry Red 1980) VOICEPRINT RECORDS SUNRISE HOUSE, GAS HOUSE LANE, HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING, CO. DURHAM DH4 5AL
Tel: +44-(0)191-512-1103 Fax: +44-(0)191-512-1104
LOOK AT LIFE/SEASONS MC 1983/4 World music instrumentals/Covers of 60’s hits
HYBRID KIDS/CLAWS LP’s 1979/80 Art-punk remakes of 60’s/70’s/80’s hits & Christmas carols
WATER MUSIC 1985 Ambient echo synth/piano LP
CHERRY RED RECORDS 25/29 FULHAM HIGH ST. LONDON SW6 3JH
Tel: +44-(0)71-371-5844 Fax: +44-(0)71-384-1854
INSIDE SATIE CD 1985 Keyboard improvisations on Erik Satie
MEISTERSINGER MUSIKPRODUKTION ÄUßERE KAPELLENSTR. 7, D-91361 PINZBERG, GERMANY
Tel: +49-91-91-70700 Fax: +49-91-91-707050
LIFE UNDER THE FLOOR CD 1987 Animation Soundtrack
TRANSLUCENCE VIDEO 1990 Computer-processed images of nature with ambient soundtrack
KITTY RECORDS 1-8-4 OHASHI, MEGURO-KU, TOKYO 153
Tel: +81-(0)3-3780-8633 Fax: +81-(0)3-3780-8669
INSIDE SATIE CD
FLOW OVERFLOW double LP 1987 Art/Film/Meditation music
METROTRON RECORDS 3-14-1-703 AZABU-JUBAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO 106
Tel: +81-(0)3-5442-0155 Fax: +81-(0)3-5442-0152
THE APFEL LAND STORY CD 1992 Animation Soundtrack
TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS 1-18-19 SHINBASHI, MINATO-KU, TOKYO 105
Tel: +81-(0)3-3503-1961 Fax: +81-(0)3-3503-1950
RELAX (with Shizuru Ohtaka, vocals), REFRESH (with Aska Kaneko, violin), RECHARGE (with Andy Bevan, saxes, Isao Osada, electric trumpet), REBALANCE (with Mamadou Doubia, kora, ngoni, guitar) & REMIX CD’s Ambient/ethnic/polyrhythmic 1991-6 “Re-series”
PEACE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY CD re-release 1996 Tranquil melodic piano/synth (original release by KITTY Records 1988) ECHOES OF LENNON CD re-release1996 Contemplative piano/synth versions of JOHN LENNON songs; guest is YOKO ONO (original release by KITTY Records 1990)
PREM PROMOTIONS 3-6-20-2A JIYUGAOKA, MEGURO-KU, TOKYO 152
Tel: +81-(0)3-3718-7591 Fax: +81-(0)3-3718-8217
MINIATURES CD is available from MUSIC SCENE INTERNATIONAL 1-29-7 KAMIOCHIAI, SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO 160
Tel: +81-(0)3-3360-3061 Fax: +81-(0)3-5330-6593
SLOW MUSIC CD is available on import at selected record shops.
MOTH POET HOTEL - A TRIBUTE TO MOTT THE HOOPLE
1996 Produced by M.F. Features leading Japanese rock artists The Yellow Monkey, The High-Lows, Heat Wave, Psychodelicious, The Privates, Easy Walkers, Kazufumi Miyazawa (leader of The Boom), and Brian May (Queen).
TRIAD / NIPPON COLUMBIA CO. LTD. 4-14-14 AKASAKA MINATO-KU TOKYO 107-11
Tel: +81-(0)3-3584-8111 Fax: +81-(0)3-3584-1080
MA CD 1994 Compilation of “Re-series” and unreleased synthesizer pieces
Contact: LEONID BACKSANOV, RASSVETNAYA STR. 13-288, EKATERINBERG 620072
Tel: +7-3432-224-344 Fax: +7-3432-224-106
ECHOES OF LENNON CD/MC 1990
GLOBAL PACIFIC RECORDS 270 PERKINS, SONOMA, CA95476
Tel: +1-707-996-2748 Fax: +1-707-996-2658
MOTT THE HOOPLE & LOVE AFFAIR recordings still available worldwide from SONY, COLUMBIA, etc.
This list: July 5, 1996
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