Adelaide based Freelance Photographer and photo-journalist. (0-:

Dark pop songs with post-punk influenced baritone vocals, heavy downtempo beats and a whole bank of synthesisers. Based in Berlin

X-Amt is the moniker I use for my production work, whether it is producing others, or creating my own sounds.

Until July 2010 I was producing and playing keyboards for Salisbury band 'Nicky's House' (we released an album in the summer of 2010). Before that I played keyboard or guitar for many bands including 'Head To Head', 'X-Amount', 'Best Foot Forward' and 'Goat!'. I played guitar and keyboards for a while in a Salisbury-based band called "Corridors", also doing production and mix on their debut EP.

In 2011 I re-kindled London-based X-Amount with Andi Panayi. As X-Amount, we have released several recent laptop jams/productions called "You Need Glasses" (April 2011)  an EP "Gits Encroaching" (June 2011), and  a single "Flight/Doghouse" (June 2011) all on our "uneaten" label. 

"Degraded" was released in September 2011 and  is available on BandCamp (see link above).

An album called "Six Months Of Community Service" was released in July 2012 and collects together all releases from the first six months of 2012 plus 4 new tracks and a host of extras if you download from BandCamp.

X-Amount played live gigs on digital radio in January and June 2012 (more gigs followed) and performed some live A/V shows. For more up to date information see the X-Amount blog.

Currently I play keyboard for Your Heterosexual Violence in London and Carpet in Salisbury.

In the past I have also played a great deal as a DJ (known as Head To Head & Simon Funk), and have produced many bands in the studio since the late 1980s. I have done front-of-house live mixing for many bands at some of the best venues in the UK and across Europe.

I am also a keen visual artist.

Thanks for looking & listening..

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