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Chris Fordham

About Me

Currently writing new songs and doing occasional gigs around the county I have just released my 10-track debut album entitled "time between us"; which is available from my website as MP3 for £4 and CD for £6(including P+P); selected tracks are available from indiestore . Preview the entire album on Last.FM or on that player just below this...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/09/2006
Band Website: http://uk.geocities.com/chrisfordhammusic
Band Members: Chris Fordham - writing, performance (all instruments), recording, production.
Influences: So many different styles thrown together a list would miss out to many. However a narrow look reveals a list that includes; Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Nine Inch Nails, Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey, Scott Walker, Aphex Twin, UNKLE, DJ Shadow, Ed Harcourt, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, R.E.M., Grinderman, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, David Bowie, The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Velvet Underground...
Sounds Like: Obstacles
Chris Fordham - Someone... (Live @ Sawyers 05/12/2007)

Erase (Live @ Sonicboom 30/08/08)

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New live video - Obstacles (Acoustic Version)

Haven't put anything new up for a little while so I've decided to post an acoustic version of my song 'Obstacles'.My brother Nigel filmed me performing this at home about 2 weeks ago and we've been ha...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:55:00 GMT

Words As Weapons

Words As WeaponsI've lived through my timea life of complicationenemies and friends are sometimes the same.I take back that timelive it againand think of all I could have donetoday my words won't be w...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 09:07:00 GMT

Little Boy Lost + News

For the last few days I've been locked away with a temporary recording setup and have produced a couple of new and exciting tunes. I can't wait to share them with you but they're not quite ready yet.....
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 06:13:00 GMT

Gigs with Enki

As some of you may already know;I now play bass for Northampton band, Enki.We have just confirmed a few gigs for the coming month:May 23rd - The Labour Club, NorthamptonMay 31st - The George Tavern, S...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 04:57:00 GMT

May 12th 2009 - Update + Goodbye

I've been slowly writing some new music for the last couple of weeks and recording the odd bit here and there. With any luck something will be finished to a good enough standard soon, and will appear ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 08:05:00 GMT

Too Many Yesterdays

Finally got a new song to present to you all.I've been holding it back for a little while. It is the song I am most proud of having written, but I wanted to wait until the time felt right to unveil it...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:30:00 GMT

02/03/209

Everything I believed in has fallen apart in the last two weeks...I was fighting a cause I could never win. I've lost some friends and a loved one because of it. Maybe I'm better off without them. Thi...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:29:00 GMT

Distractions

Alot of things have been going wrong recently but I'm glad to have found that the music can pull me back. Today I've been really busy music-wise. I've scored three of my ensemble pieces for a planned ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:06:00 GMT

New Song - Obstacles

Yesterday I uploaded my new song 'Obstacles', written and recorded at home within this last week. It was the only thing to succesfully come of my home studio week while I was off college. It's not ent...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:16:00 GMT

Update 27/01/2009

Still thinking about new music, laid down a few more fragments of tracks.All I can tell you is that its gone very minimalistic and inward.I'm hoping to let you hear something new very soon. In other n...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:30:00 GMT