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Peter Ashby

Free Your Mind or Somebody Elses!

About Me

------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------QUICK INCOMPLETE BIOGRAPHY: Peter Ashby is a British composer and musician. He started in the late 70..s with the bedroom punk band Frenzid Melon! A brief spell in the group Blank Screens followed. He then played bass guitar and composed with the 4AD band Spasmodic Caress in the early 80..s, and after that went on to form the pioneering cassette culture band the insane picnic as a multi instrumentalist/composer with Barry Lamb and Owen Turley! He currently composes and records much solo work for the Six Armed Man and Falling A labels and also is a member of progressive band Ermin Grud. As well as recently appearing on Jasun Martz..s The Pillory - The Battle CD, he is currently in collaboration with French artist/composer/singer Hilda Garman. At the moment he is very productive and new material is being recorded all the time. As well as his role as composer /musician Peter also produces and engineers for British experimental composer Barry Lamb..s solo recordings besides engineering, mastering and graphics work for the Falling A and Six Armed Man labels.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/20/2006
Band Website: dynamitevision.com
Band Members: Peter Ashby , Leader and composer, sound experimentation , bass guitar & random wind instruments. Pete Ashby , Acoustic and electric - lead and rhythm guitars. P. Ashby , Acoustic Drums & Percussion - electronic drums and percussion , sounds manipulated into percussive sounds. P. A. , Piano, organ, synthesizers , keyboards , sound manipulation.
Influences: This is a collection of music and other recorded material that I like, It must have influenced me over the years!!!! Not in any particular order : Ray Russell , Paul Kelday , Howard Riley , Joe Harriot , Debussy , punk , post punk , industrial , Martin Newell , the freedom and experimentation of cassette culture , Egg , June Tabor , Third Ear Band , Gnidrolog, Comus , Residents, Flora Purim , Opa , Patto , Pierre Henry , Caravan , Gentle Giant , Van der Graaf Generator , BBC Radiophonic Workshop , The Beatles , The Bonzo Dog Band , Vivian Stanshall , Pink Floyd , Soft Machine , The Sex Pistols , Monty Python , Hatfield and the North , Soft Machine , Santana , Gracious , Ben , The Bleach Boys (yes the `Bleach` Boys not the Beach Boys although I do like some of the Beach Boys stuff too) , Bo Hansson , Janis Joplin Big Brother and the Holding Company , The Doors , Warm Dust , Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart , Tea and Symphony , Upp , Faust , Can , Airto , Weather Report , Julie Driscoll Brian Auger and the Trinity , King Crimson , Mellow Candle , Throbbing Gristle , 60`s classic TV themes such as the Avengers, Dr Who , Thunderbirds , Persuaders and Mission Impossible, Sensational Alex Harvey Band , Led Zeppelin , Streetwalkers , Kahn , Savoy Brown , John Mayall , Lifetime , Mahavishnu Orchestra , Gang of Four , Magazine , Devo , Kraftwerk , Jimi Hendrix , Bauhaus , Modern English , The Carpenters , Clannad , Tim Jones , Art Disappears Completely , Hilda Garman , Barry Lamb , and many many many more
Record Label: Falling A Records and Six Armed Man
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Itunes, Airplay and Prog Archives

My album ’Disturbances In The Ether ’ is now available in ..itunesas well as hard copy being available at Dynamite Vison  and  CD BabyMy track ’Embers’  was aire...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:02:00 PST

Airplay on No Pigeonholes Radio Show

My track  'Disturbances in the Ether Part 5 Closure' aired on the wonderful No Pigeonholes radio show    13 Jan 2008 You can listen to the show here: http://doncampau.podomatic.com...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:09:00 PST

New review of  Disturbances In The Ether by Jerry Kranitz

Peter Ashby - "Disturbances in the Ether" (Dynamite Vision 2007, SAM 8) From Aural Innovations 38 (January 2008) The 16 tracks on Disturbances in the Ether are like a study in jazz&. Free-jazz, j...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:59:00 PST

Currently being played on Aural Innovations

Have recently had tracks from 'Disturbances in the Ether' played on two different shows at the wonderful  Aural Innovations I urge you to add their  myspace page !!!! Click here to visit the...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:21:00 PST

Latest review of

Peter Ashby is a multi-instrumentalist who has his roots deep in the early 80's cassette culture. He's been influenced by everything from Zappa through jazz all the way to Debussy and avant garde. Thi...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:35:00 PST

Peter Ashby On BBC Radio Six

The track 'Disturbances in the Ether Part 2 Intrinsic' was aired on Stuart Maconies Freak Zone on BBC Radio Six on August 12th here is a link to the show click here to go to the show...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:48:00 PST

NEW MUSIC UPLOADED

NEW MUSIC UPLOADED !!! Its the first tune on the player!! Hope You Enjoy It!!!!!!!!!! ...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:09:00 PST

Hello!

Hi there! Am trying to add info, pics, anything of interest, as and when! It may take some time as this isn`t the only thing I do -lol. In the meantime stay RaNdom wontcha!...
Posted by Peter Ashby on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:38:00 PST