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About Me

Ex-Wise Heads formed in 1997 through a chance meeting of bass player Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree), and multi instrumentalist Geoff Leigh (best known for his work with the legendary Henry Cow). The line-up has shifted slightly since then, with Edwin and Leigh joined first by percussionist Julian Franks, later replaced by Vincent Salzfaas, who played on the first album "No Grey Matter" (2000) and departed after the second "Time and Emotion Study" (2003). Since it's formation, the band has released four studio albums, a download only EP, and one CDR of out-takes (via burningshed.com) as well as gigging around the UK at various venues and festivals. Ex-Wise Heads continues for the moment as a studio project, with Edwin and Leigh joined by various guest musicians. New CD "Liquid Assets" follows the Ex-Wise Heads methodology, intelligently blending timeless and contemporary sounds, elemental ryhthmic structures, striking solo performances and refreshing and unusual instrumentation underpinned by deep basslines. Click here to purchase securely online now.

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Member Since: 10/22/2006
Band Website: exwiseheads.co.uk
Band Members: Colin Edwin - Basses, Guimbri, Programming. Geoff Leigh - Soprano saxophone, Flutes. Past Members - Julian Franks, Vincent Salzfaas (percussion) Guests - Ian Dixon (trumpet), Rick Edwards (percussion), Rajan Spolia (guitar) Peter Knight (violin), Neil Soutar (guitar)
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Record Label: www.hardworld.co.uk
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tracks and excerpts

A few new things in the media player on the myspace page here:In response to a few requests, a short excerpt from one of the tracks on the Celestial Disclosure vinyl. "Solar Mass" is a twenty minute l...
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:48:00 PST

Vinyl out now.

Celestial Disclosure is now also available from the Ex-Wise Heads store at:www.burningshed.com/store/exwiseheads/
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:07:00 PST

Vinyl release - Celestial Disclosure

Available to pre-order now is the forthcoming Ex-Wise Heads vinyl release "Celestial Disclosure"Earlier this year, Ex-Wise Heads were invited to record some music exclusively for the Dutch experimenta...
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:10:00 PST

"Liquid Assets" out now....

Available now at www.burningshed.com the fourth album from Ex-Wise Heads...A subtle blend of both timeless and contemporary sounds, "Liquid Assets" is a focussed development of the Ex-Wise Heads metho...
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:39:00 PST

New Album

Coming very soon, a new Ex-Wise Heads album....more details to follow shortly, in the meantime here's "Subumbrella"....a brand new track from the CD.
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:17:00 PST

New Review

The latest edition of Rock and Reel magazine reviews both "Holding up the Sky" and "Mirage", full text below:Holding up the SkyOlder readers may remember Geoff Leigh as a member of Henry Cow back in t...
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:36:00 PST

Work in Progress

Currently, Ex-Wise Heads are finalising plans for a new release later this year, the track 'RECURRENT' previewed here in a rough mix, is one of those in the running for the final selection. More news ...
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:03:00 PST

Colin Edwin Interview

Colin Edwin interviewed by Rock247 here:www.myspace.com/rock257interviews
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:18:00 PST

Album Reviews

ReviewsWe're pleased to report that "Holding up the Sky" has been picking up some good reviews out there: Dusted ReviewsArtist: Ex-Wise-HeadsAlbum: Holding Up The SkyLabel: Burning ShedReview date: Ma...
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:07:00 PST

"Grounded EP

Available now from the www.burningshed.com download store, is an exclusive download only EP featuring five tracks recorded during the sessions. for the last album.Tracklisting is:1 First Shout2 Ground...
Posted by Ex-Wise Heads on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:48:00 PST