Introduction

Leafkicker Records is my own label which is in its infancy.

Provenance

Born, watered and nurtured in and around Bristol. Under the heady influence of Nirvana I took up drums at 14 and started playing in a band at 16. I taught myself guitar at 18 and started recording Sonic Youth/Mogwai type-songs on 4-track cassette.

Professional Experience

Armed with these demos and wide-eyed enthusiasm I went to college to study Creative Music Technology - but the soul-less confines of the college environment chip-chip-chipped away at my song-writing enthusiasm and confidence, so upon leaving I returned to just drumming and joined Bristol/Bath based band 'Valley Forge'. Six years (and counting) with them incorporating great songs, good gigs, bad gigs, confusing A&R men with evil plans, and a weary band. This is still the main thing for me, Lord Edward Dark is just what I do with the spare minutes. I've finished three albums since I plucked up the courage to start writing again last April - 'Pale & Blue High Mountains', 'SunSeaMoonStarSunMoonSeaFishStarFishCrown', and a folkier mini-album 'Brook Farm & Fruitlands'. My mum sings on a few songs, and a good friend from my otherwise bothersome 9-5 job (well 8-4 actually), John Pearce plays violin on about 5 songs. Other than that, I've played and recorded everything heard here.

I Like

I like good friends, psychedelia, unusual sounds on records, ice cream. All music is prayer; everything else is interesting in an infinite sort of way (ha ha)!

Film Taste

Favourite Film - Wim Wenders' - 'Wings of Desire'.

Music Taste

Gorkys, Robert Wyatt, Caetano Veloso, Incredible String Band, Flaming Lips, Elliott Smith, Beach Boys, Stackridge, Os Mutantes, SFA, Scott Walker, Big Star, CSNY, Grandaddy, Low, Judee Sill, The Webb Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Royal Trux, Steve Reich, Syd Barrett, Cornelius, oh and much much more - I don't like being obscure with these list things.

Book Taste

Last few books read... Hermann Hesse - 'Siddhartha', Jack Kerouac - 'The Dharma Bums', Henry David Thoreau - 'Walden'.