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Ignorant Populists from Build A Fort.
Ignorant Populists from Build A Fort.
The debut EP from transatlantic saxophone and drums duo Build A Fort. The band is Zack Moir (Edinburgh) on saxophone and Gareth Dylan Smith (New York) on drums and together they create powerful, energetic, groove-based music that is an experimental blend of jazz, rock, and electronica.
The freely improvised intro, ‘It Arrived Broken’, is followed by the screaming bulldozer of ‘Rat’s Eye View’, which lopes into ‘Brigid in Blue’ an extended brooding ballad, which cleanses the palate for the double-pedalling electro-squawker finale, ‘Rugged Countenance’. Put on your seat belt and crank the volume. It’s time to Build a Fort.
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Snow Angels.
First album from Stephen Wheel.
Out of the City I Can’t Sink.
Second album from Stephen Wheel.
Cassette Records.
Between-albums EP from Stephen Wheel.
Bodega Bay EP with Stephen Wheel and Hannah Boothby.
We Recorded this under the band name of Bodega Bay. We gigged extensively in London in the early 2000s as Bodega.
Mud Drums
Martin Urbach and me. Improvised grooves from two drummers on three drum kits (one acoustic, one electronic). This hour-long playlist was recorded in one session at New York University’s Dolan Studio in July 2019, then mixed and mastered in Scotland and released two months later. The production is quick and dirty. The drumming is funky, filthy and flawed. Groovy and fun as hell. Enjoy!
V1: Armageddon – End of the Beginning
A tragically fitting title for the debut album of a band, 40 years in the making. V1 formed in 1977 and broke up in 1978. They re-formed in 2016, with Gareth on drums, and put out this album in 2017, comprised almost entirely of songs written in 1977 (the year Gareth was born). The band splintered shortly after the album came out, and broke up fully in 2018.
Still Life With Music
Second album from Gillian Glover
Seduce and Destroy from The Eruptörs.
CDs availabLe upon request.
Culo a Boca and The Eruptörs split album release.
CDs availabLe upon request.
Sweet Tooth
London-based band I had the pleasure of playing with for years in the 2010s. Pop-noir ambient groovy soulful tunes with a sad smile. Fleur’s voice is utterly stunning.
Kiss The Blue Sky
Blues band formed in 2010 and broken up in 2011. Trying to be Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. We came close. But Emma Hatton’s voice is insane – she went on to be Elphaba in the West End and Eva Peron on tour. A thrill to record this EP with her.
Oh Standfast
Oh Standfast and Gareth Dylan Smith. Drums versus words. Luxembourg Rap. Insane. Art.
Daniel Spiller and the Broken Record Project
Meticulously crafted characterful pop music from an international band I was in for a few years in London. I’m drumming on all but one track on the album. Tremendous live band, with every single note in the right place.
3rd Day Rising
Christian rock band from Wales. I had the privilege of playing in the final incarnation of this fairly legendary British classic of the Christian rock scene in the early 2000s.
