I've been playing and recording music for the last 20 years. The tracks below are a mixture of instrumentals and collaborative projects. I use synthesizers, sequencers, samplers and drum machines to create my music. I'm currently making the transition from hardware to software based music and sound creation. There's lots of new ideas in the pipeline and I'm always on the search for interesting vocalists to work with - if you're a singer or vocalist looking to create some industrial / electro pop you can contact me here

I first started making music (I use that term loosely!) back in 1985 when I discovered Spec-drum, an 8 bit, sample based drum machine on the old Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was great fun, and I was instantly hooked to the notion of making sounds and constructing music. I was listening to lots of electronic music (it was the 80's!) - Jarre, Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke, Howard Jones, Vangelis, OMD - I was instantly attracted to the other worldly sounds, sequenced notes and samples. Whilst at Thurrock Art College I would lock myself away in the piano rooms when I had any free time and play for hours. Back then I couldn't really play (not much has changed) but I just loved the sound and tone of the piano. A friend of mine Jason Grundy (a keyboard wiz) introduced me to the synth room - it had a couple of keyboards - a Juno 106 and a Casio CZ 101, a 4-track, a Yamaha drum machine and a 1 track sequencer - it was fantastic. My love affair with electronic music technology had begun! The following year I got myself a Casio CZ1000 Synthesizer (which I still have). I spent hours creating weird sounds, then using a cassette recorder I would record down a track then play it back recording onto another cassette recorder an additional track - complete with "Brian, your dinners ready" in the background!

The years at Brighton were great (I started in 1989). I still had very little equipment, my trusty Casio CZ, Spec-Drum was replaced with a Korg DDD1 drum machine and that was it. The Korg drum machine was great as I was able to do simple sequencing, using it to trigger midi notes and create fast appegiated sequences. Luckily Brighton had a performing arts department so I was able to sneak in and borrow their Tascam 4 Track and an old Casio SK1 Sampler....the pedley demos were born! - I would get to borrow the 4 track for a few days at a time, so I would shut myself away and record....My poor flat mates then had to sit through hours and hours of self indulgent musical doodles! - but the doodles did get better. I also started the first of many collaborations with vocalists....Andrew Chapman a friend from Basildon being the first and we did our best to create our take on the world of electronic pop. It was a great learning experience and over a period of a few years I increased my musical arsenal to include, a Kawai K1 Synthesizer (which had a really cool vocal choir sound which I used on everything at the time) Yamaha FB01 - dirt cheap sound module but great for nuts and bolts sounds, Atari 1040 St (my first music computer!), Korg 05 R/W.....okay, I think you get the picture, I could talk about music equipment forever! (Ed - if you ever read this, I miss having someone that understands!).

As I got more confident with the music making I found it increasingly more difficult to find good singers...in desperation I placed an advert in Q Magazine. I got a reply from Southamption based vocalist, multi instrumentalist and all round creative clever clogs! - David Kennett. David writing words and vocals to my music. It was an excellent musical experience for me as David was a real professional, recording complete vocals tracks in one take. We created some really interesting theatrical pop. 'Blue' was probably our best track.

Moving into 2000, I met Nina Santini and we worked on a series of demos, again it never quite happened, but we did get as far as sending off a demo! We keep threatening to get back and record some new material.... Over the years I've continued to make music, adding music to the animations. I continue to create those self indulgent musical doodles. The plan for this year is to complete the transition from hardware to software based music creation. Learn how it all works! - and finally get making some new music!