The Doctor Who Theme played on; Bulgarian gadulka fiddle, prepared bass guitar, ukelele, hand drum and vocal sound effects. Performed and recorded by Nick Wells. The original Doctor Who Music is copyright of the BBC 1963.

Doctor - Who - Theme

Muzak of the Sun extract. Composed and recorded in the Sun pub in Redhill

Muzak of the Sun excerpt

An excerpt of stealth muzak composed and recorded in the Sun pub in Redhill. Muzak is barred in all Whethersoon pubs.

Sun - Muzak 01dec14

Stealth muzak composed and recorded in the sun 14 January 2015.

Sun - Muzak2 14jan15

Saddams Teeth was composed on an Amiga 500 in 1998. The peice contains samples of; an alarm clock ticking, my heartbeat, radio, as well as instruments and drum samples. 

Saddams Teeth

Tiger Trance contains samples of; a shawm, a graviton microphone, drums and curlews amongst others.
It was composed on an Amiga 500 in 1998. 

Tiger Trance

Last tram outa the jungle comprises samples of; Croydon tram bells and wheels, bluetits, gibbons and patonka etc.
It was composed in 2000 to try get it used for the newley opening tram system ads to no avail. 

Last tram outa the jungle CD

Saple version of a tune I composed on guitar in the 80`s

Boson Bounce

Morton Mash was of samples of drums, hurdy gurdy, radio voice, a backward sample of the Archers theme tune, a processed wildfowl sample and the GMT hourly pips etc. Composed on the Amiga in 1998.

Morton-mash

On 14 April, 2000, I travelled to record a `calling to prayer` at a mosque in Croydon. I went by bus (using a half-price pass) to compare the cost and trouble with that of going by train. During that seemingly long journey, I thought of the last time I traversed that same route in early 1978, under Ken Livingstones GLC London Transport, zonal `Flat Fare Scheme`. At the mosque prayer was called especially for myself in a back office. Apart from the phone ringing, this turned out to be a lot quieter than expected. I was in a philosophical mind after that engagement:. 
Then  when walking along Croydon High Street, by some ambient serendipity, someone approached asking if I wanted the London Mayoral Candidate Ken Livingstone`s autograph. My reply was something like, "even better, I`ll interveiw him". I got out my Mini-Disc recorder and turned it on. Ken Livingstone was already answering the publics questions, so I just listened.
Standing there with recorder and mini-mike in one hand, and sipping a can of Tennent`s Super with the other, it wasn`t very long before Mr Livingstone turned away from his interrogators to ask me (as can heard in the music), "Are you recording all of my words for posterity"?, "oh yeah" was my immediate, affirmative reply.
After the "Mayor to be" left the scene with his entourage civilisé, I recorded a municipal drum band further up the street, and some sounds from Surrey St. Market. I used the samples, and the inspiration of meeting him to create a piece of music. Which was sent a week later addressed to:- The Peoples Mayor, Ken Livingstone. 
By the time I got a (signed for) reply 11 weeks later Mr Livingstone actually was the Mayor, so he maybe didn`t hear the tape sent to him. 
	

nixart

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