Half disco 7 inch and half caffe' corretto, when it comes to leftfield disco sets , golden era deep house and killer programming Andy knows his onions.  A child hood spent listening to Talking Heads,  80s UK Indy-pop blended chaotically with a healthy dose of  Mediterranean sunshine via the sounds of  Adriano Celentano and Pino Daniele, Andy’s formative years covered wide musical bases. 

Misspent teen years in the early 90s, and an insatiable vinyl addiction for underground hip hop, NY house and UK rave records over this period matured into a love of underground disco funk in the late 90s and a vast collection of disco records, leading to present day dj sets which are , without fail, an eclectic selection of  quality underground dance music and wildly varying tempos.  Andy has shared billing with Todd Terje, Greg Wilson, Andy Smith, Phil Mison, The Revenge, Mark E and Balearic Mike and Djed many times at long running disco night Melting Pot in his current home Glasgow.  He has held residencies in Glasgow and London and  can be found on his own show on Radio Magnetic ‘run4cover’ (www.mixcloud.com/radio-magnetic).

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Inspired by classic rock guitar music, Iain started his journey as a rock guitarist in his teens, and his love for music evolved through the years to include many styles such as blues, jazz, country, folk and classical. 

In his late teens and playing in rock and pop groups at the time, Iain's first big gig was performing with Rhys Chatham's 100 guitars concert at the Kings Theatre in 1996. Shortly after this the instrumental music of Steve Howe from Yes and guitar master Chet Atkins inspired him to learn solo finger-style guitar where the bass, rhythm, harmony and melody parts are played on the one instrument.

His first recognition as a solo guitarist was in 2003 at the Celtic Connections festival. Iain won a prestigious Danny Kyle award for his solo performance in which he competed with bands and musicians from all over the UK.

Since then Iain has dazzled audiences at many festivals and music venues around the UK with his multi-styled guitar playing. Some notable concert venues he has played include The Royal Concert Hall, The Barrowlands, The SECC and the Fruitmarket in Glasgow. He has played on bills with many world class artists such as Don Powell/Slade, Eddie Reader, Brian Kennedy, Donnie Munro/Runrig, John Renbourn, The James Brown Band, Ally McErlaine/Red Sky July, Horse McDonald, Ricki Lee Jones, Bruce Molsky, Joscho Stephan, John Goldie, Tony McManus, John Doyle, Fraser Speirs, Elliot Randall/Steely Dan, Jerry Donahue/Hellecasters, Carl Verheyen/Supertramp.

Since 2001, he has been actively recording his own music and has 8 albums of his own music released independently.  He has also recorded, produced and guested on other albums too. 

Iain plays an annual event for Gibson Guitars every year and was recently given an artist deal by Gibson.  

One of Iain's proudest moments was meeting his guitar hero Tommy Emmanuel.  The Australian guitar wizard invited Iain to join him after Andrew White played Iains CD in the car they were travelling in.  Iain travelled to Southern Ireland where Tommy and Andrew were touring and got to jam with the great man and hang out with him before and after the show.  Tommy gave Iain many words of encouragement including jokingly calling him 'Chet' after Iains rendition of 'cheek to cheek'.  'You're a great player, real nice!' - Tommy Emmanuel

In 2010 Iain became a full-time professional musician focussing his energies and talents on music and teaching.   

In the past few years Iain has found his own voice and started singing too. He formed the melodic-alternative rock group called Iain James & The Sound in 2012  www.facebook.com/iainjamesandthesound

In 2015 he formed The Audiorayz featuring Iain on Lead vocals and guitar and backed by ace musicians.  www.facebook.com/theaudiorayz  Maybe you saw Iain playing solo or with The Audiorayz on STV Glasgow's Riverside show on Tuesday 28th April 2015.  Check out the footage on the video page.  They have just released their debut album of original material written in a classic rock genre. You can buy the album from the MUSIC page on this site.  See the band facebook page or soundcloud page.  www.soundcloud.com/the-audiorayz 

In the past year Iain has been working with award winning Film maker Jim Brown and B4 Flims providing the music for a 2 part Film and documentary featuring HRH Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family. This is going to be shown on Fox TV in Austrailia in July 2016 for the world premiere with other countries to follow thereafter.

"His beautiful music and extraordinary playing has lifted the film to another level".  - Jim Brown/B4 Films - Award winning Film maker

‘Iain Forbes is one of the best guitarists to come out of Scotland in a very long time’ - Tom Russell / World renowned Rock DJ.


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