Some legends of Kansas City got together during the pandemic and after a year of some casual rehearsals and demoing new material, decided to be a band. After many many name changes, the band finally landed on the name St. George & The Dragons Inspired by 70s classic rock bands like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Rolling Stones, REO Speedwagon, and the Kinks, the band features Pat Tomek (Rainmakers), Matt Kesler (Pedal Jets, Doo-Dads), David George (John Fogerty), Skeet Hanks (Beatin’ Path), and Mike Green (The Front).

Life long guitar player composing lofi chill music. 

Inspirations come from White Shoes and the Couples Company, Peter Cat Recording Company, Portishead, and the kind of smokey bar room jazz you might hear in old noir movies. 

YouTube channel: Lofi Toby
Instagram: toby_wallis_music

I’m Benjamin, a Japanese born, UK based writer, composer and musical director. I’ve written and produced music for movies including The Shallows with Blake Lively and TV shows such as The View. I’ve created and choreographed pieces for Germany’s Next Top Model with Heidi Klum and created original compositions for brands such as Victoria’s Secret, and Avon with Yasmin Le Bon. Elsewhere my compositions and productions have been featured on a number of TV shows such as Love Island USA and movies including Rough Night with Scarlett Johansson. 

As a producer and remixer I’ve worked with and for artists such as Max Richter, Ellie Goulding, LeAnn Rimes and Kylie Minogue. In a previous life I was a DJ and music journalist, spending five years as the Managing Editor of Yahoo! Music UK, creating original content with artists including Calvin Harris and Lily Allen.

As a Musical Director I’ve recently completed a forthcoming movie called Corazon City, set in the city of San Antonio, Texas, working with a diverse range of musicians and creators from the electronic, Latino and urban community.

Outside of music I’m a former fellow of the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg where I built prototypes and concepts for exhibitions and installations. I’ve also worked in the third sector on a range of issues including social mobility, the gender gap and BAME representation. I studied at The University of Westminster in London, completing a Masters Degree in Music Business Management.

I love the push and pull of collaboration and seeing a creative work take shape. My approach is based around listening to my co-creators and giving them space so the work can develop spontaneously. I love the unexpected, unplanned turns a work can take, nurturing it as it gains a momentum and energy of its own. In the words of the playwright Alan Bennett: 

“You don’t put yourself into what you write, you find yourself there.”

80's-style original tracks using "ping-pong" techniques on a Tascam Porta One  4-track cassette tape recorder -- actually recorded in the 80s!

Feel the tape hiss!

I learned music 1981-1986. I wrote and recorded music on the Tascam Porta One 1987-1991. I am the 4-Track Master.

New album ‘No Obligation’ out now on Epitaph Records. https://thelindalindas.ffm.to/noobligation

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