I didn't listen to music very much in my early years, I didn’t like the pop and rock stuff people at school were listening to and anyway, I was too busy playing with my action figures.  My dad gave me a tape player radio for my 14th birthday and by accident I tuned into the John Peel show. I was hooked straight away by the avant garde records he was playing, whether it was weird indie, punk or early techno, this was not music I had ever heard before and I realised I had a powerful thirst to hear more.

After that, I sought out tapes of the artists I had heard on his show, I discovered I liked hip hop and started going to record stores to hear more. Eventually I got a part time job in Noizy Boys records in Torquay and that’s when I really got my record collecting addiction and learned to dj. I listened and watched a lot of different people mix and cut in that store, Steve Cross, Joe “Freeze” Taylor, Steve Barber, Jay Welch to name a few. Also I met a Dan and Scott Jones who introduced me into an even wider scope of music and opened my eyes into the world of production. I always tried to pick up various techniques and tricks from everybody I saw and heard, continually developing my own style into a chaotic mish-mash of underground rhythms.
Another friend Winston Conway kindly built me my first computer and gave me lots of hookie music software so I could start making my own tracks.

After that, endless sessions with friends, lots of nights out to various music events and parties, occasional dj bookings and all night mixes with dj Chalky helped to whittle away the years. I moved to London and my record habit increased, I found I loved hunting around for a particular track or spending all day sniffing out bargains from tiny run down shops. Now I live in Torquay again and find it difficult to find time to make music.

Top ten tracks and lp’s of all time:

Aphex Twin – Selected ambient works 85 - 92
Raekwon the chef – Only built for Cuban links
Gangstarr – Hard to earn
Jeff Mills aka Millsart - Humana
Autechre – Tri repetae
Dopplereffekt – Gesamtkunstwerk
A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
Carl Craig aka Psyche - Elements
Piero Piccioni – La decima vittima (the tenth victim)
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stoneflower

Love all types of electronic music, especially Drum& Bass!! These are my mix's, if you like them add a comment:)
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Amycanbe are an eclectic unique pop rock band from Italy, guided by the magic voice of Francesca Amati   Active from 2007, upon their first release and tours in UK, with the album “Being A Grown-Up Sure Is Complicated”, made totally 3 albums and 3 eps so far, all sung in English except last recent EP “Plata O Plomo” sung in Spanish, as an experimental soundtrack work, born for a theatrical show, around the story of drug kingping Pablo Escobar.   Quite eclectic in the style and approch, Amycanbe have been using to mix up different arts such as photography, literature, fashion, drama and cinematography, and had some success placing their music in TV Shows, Fashion campaigns, Major and Indie Movies.   Their cinematic music is well rapresented by “Buffalos”, their most popular song so far, a gentle dreamy triphop track, made up even more open and atmospheric by the great mix of Mark Plati (producer better known for his work with David Bowie)   “Buffalos” is part of “Mountain Whales” album, released also in US in 2013 as a vinyl special edition by Feedbands.com, the most innovative music start-up around   “Wolf” is their last LP, a very electronic dreamy album, succefully acclaimed in Italy, which sees the band to play more and more around clubs and festivals.
   
19th April 2019 “White Slide - EP” is out.  

Currently demoing new songs in the studio, a new record is tentitevly scheduled for the end of the year.

First and foremost I am a professional drummer and backing vocalist endorsed by Roland/ Boss, having played for top industry artists such as
Tinie Tempah. I am also a producer, mix
engineer and singer songwriter. Currently I am producing my first solo album ready to tour live.
I also write and record music for other people and television programmes. I am very hard working, driven and passionate about what I do. Working with others and meeting musical minds with the heart to match is what it's all about for me! 
I also run my own music production
company, Poundhouse Productions   in the South West working with artists around the UK.  Check out the Facebook page for updates on artists I'm currently working with: https://www.facebook.com/poundhouseproductions

Idiom is a brand new label and event brand in Torquay, Devon. The brand specialises in techno, deep and minimal.

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