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Sound Designer
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for Roland, Access (Virus), Hans Zimmer, NI, Waldorf, Steinberg and others
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Tech Writer
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of highly readable tutorials, manuals
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Keyboard Player
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with Zorch (1973, 2000) and cult-band GONG (2000)
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Ideas Man
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consulting for a few select synthesizer companies
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click here for references
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35 years living and breathing synthesizers OK, I took a break during the ‘80s and’90s!
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- 1973 - Formed ZORCH, the first all-synthesizer band in the UK: me, Basil Brooks, Niel Thorpe
- 1974 - Zorch secretly records OUROBOROS at Peter Zinovieff’s EMS studio using the mighty Synthi 100...
- 1975 - ... also a synthetic music video using the EMS Spectron - winner in japanese festival of electronic arts.
- 1977 - Zorch disbands due to lack of concerts and money. I join Bristol band SKYWHALE (breakneck melodic rock)
- 1979 - Lured to Frankfurt (thanks, Rosi). Learned the language and worked as a translator.
- 1981 - Various projects e.g. X-Band featuring Kai Eckhardt-Karpeh (John McLaughlin Trio).
- 1987 - Several years with JOCCO ABENDROTH (“the German Springsteen”). 3 albums, hit single.
- 1994 - Long stay in Havanna with Euro/Cuban project Yocoruba, featuring Feliciano Arango (NG la Banda).
- 2000 - Joined GONG, and reformed ZORCH with Basil Brooks. Zorch records “Glastonbury Live”.
- 2001 - Created Access Virus presets and wrote acclaimed tutorial (see Downloads). More GONG tours.
- 2002 - Hired by Access, Roland, NI and others as sound designer
- 2005 - Joined local prog-punk-rockers “Ayefore”, playing mostly guitar - a refreshing break from synthesizers!
- 2007 - Concentrated on sound design for Zebra2, joined U-HE team
- 2008 - Hired by Hans Zimmer to provide Zebra2 sounds for “The Dark Knight”
- 2009 - Sounds for “Angels and Demons” (many choirs and bells), “Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen”
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