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About Me


Born in Darlington in the north east of England, and from a musical family, Dave began piano lessons at the age of 8 and guitar lessons from his dad at 13.
Dave studied for 3 years at Leeds College of Music, gaining two performance awards - The Sam Hood Rosebowl for Outstanding Performance and The BBC Radio 2 Best Jazz Soloist Award (for piano). At college he also developed a deep interest in recording and synthesisers, particularly through work with college bands 'The Leeds Synthonia' and the 'Hyperspace Rock Orchestra'.
After college Dave played in various jazz-rock, classical-rock, soul & blues bands throughout the '80's (including extensive work with singer-songwriter Adrian Snell, and also work with Snake Davis, Gary Boyle, Jack Bruce and even Gloria Gaynor (of 'I will Survive' fame!) and did a lot of session work, producing and writing music for advertising companies etc. Then in 1989 he formed Iona with David Fitzgerald.
Dave’s first solo album ‘Veil of Gossamer‘, released on the ‘Open Sky’ label in June 2004 received much critical acclaim, as have his two duo albums with Troy Donockley ‘From Silence’ (December 2004) and ‘When Worlds Collide’ (November 2005).
Dave is in demand as a producer (producing numerous albums in various genres, including all nine IONA albums) and increasingly is writing music for film (including ‘Wilfred’ - award winning short cinema film featuring Derek Jacobi and Edward Fox reading the poems of Wilfred Owen; 'The Lost Princess' (short silent movie based on fictional account of the last days of Princess Anastasia of Russia - recently premiered at the National Media Museum in Bradford); ‘The Last Coiner’ (currently developing music for this feature film which goes into production later in 2008).
Dave’s music has been heard on many TV programmes, including Timewatch (BBC2) - Battle of the River Plate, Timewatch (BBC2) - Hadrian’s Wall, Snowdonia - Realm of the Ravens (Natural World Series’ - BBC2), World in Action theme tune re-arranged - Granada TV, Northern Lights - Feature on artist JMW Turner (BBC North), Songs of Praise (BBC1), Island Soldiers (ITV) and on many other TV programmes on BBC1 / BBC2 / ITV / MTV / Channel 4 / Channel 5 / S4C /  US Cable / Family Channel / Channel 7 Sports (Australia).
He and his wife Debbie also run the 'Open Sky' record label and 'Open Sky Studios'
“The effect is at times stunning, as huge ethereal soundscapes - the foundation stone of which is Dave Bainbridge’s haunting choice of keyboard washes - rise up from the hi-fi speakers.” Cross Rhythms
"To my ears this is the most successful album of this type since Mike Oldfield’s masterpiece Ommadawn. Stunning." www.progressiveears.com
“Sitting here stunned after my first full listen to Veil Of Gossamer, I’ve not the command of words to convey the true gratitude to Dave Bainbridge for what has instantly become one of my favorite recordings of all time.” Kenneth L. Solomon - Progressive Soundscapes Radio
“...a sonic masterpiece ... Bainbridge has given us what is in my humble opinion one of the best albums ever to be recorded ... some of the best music that he has ever written.” Chris MacIntosh aka Grandfather Rock www.tollbooth.org

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2006
Band Website: davebainbridge.com
Band Members:

Veil of Gossamer-Dave Bainbridge 2004

From Silence-Troy Donockley and Dave Bainbridge 2004

Songs for Luca-Dave Bainbridge and various artists. All proceeds from this album go towards helping Dave and Debbie's autistic son Luca overcome the challenges that autism bring to his life using the Son-Rise Program, (Autism Treatment Centre of America).

Eye of the Eagle-Dave Bainbridge and Dave Fitzgerald 1998

When Worlds Collide-Dave Bainbridge and Troy Donockley

All Dave's and Iona's and other related albums are available direct from us at www.drshosting.co.uk/iona/
Influences:
"So many, but including (off the top of my head and in no particular order); Keith Jarrett, Allan Holdworth, Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi, EJ Moeran, Eric Satie, Arvo Part, John Tavener, Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Jeff Beck, Mahler, Gentle Giant, Donal Lunny, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Yes, Planxty, Clannad, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Alan Stivell, Weather Report, Steve Reich, Benjamin Britten, Martin Simpson, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Delius, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, my dad, my sister (Mo James), Sir Troy Donockley, Lunasa, Jack Bruce, Phil Keaggy, Stravinsky, Jan Garbarek, Peter Gabriel, The Blue Nile, Buddy Guy, Toru Takamitsu, etc etc etc (some interesting juxtapositions there!."

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Record Label: Open Sky Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Earthquake in Lincolnshire!!

Wow,Debbie and I were woken a couple of hours ago (around 1am) by a loud rumbling noise and the house shaking. Pretty scary. checking the BBC News 24 website, it seems there was a tremor measuring aro...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:31:00 PST

Earthquake in Lincolnshire!!

Wow,Debbie and I were woken a couple of hours ago (around 1am) by a loud rumbling noise and the house shaking. Pretty scary. checking the BBC News 24 website, it seems there was a tremor measuring aro...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:31:00 PST

First confirmed gig for Open Sky!

Hi All,the first gig with my new band Open Sky has been confirmed for Friday 11th July at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales. More details to follow soon!Dave
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:56:00 PST

Iona founders Bainbridge and Fitzgerald start on new recording!

Hi All,Just had a great few days recording at Open Sky studio with my friend and Iona co-founder David Fitzgerald. We have commenced recording a new album to be called 'Life Journey' - based on the fa...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:01:00 PST

Azalya recording

Hi All,Just had a great 5 days rehearsing at my place then recording with Azalya at the Chair Works studio in Castleford, Yorkshire. We recorded 17 songs in 3 days - phew!! A lot of stuff still to do,...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:25:00 PST

January is busy!!

Hi Everyone,yep - hot on the tail of the previous blog, here's another. Just a quick roundup of what's in store in January.Forgot to mention in my last blog - our new Open Sky Records web store (at w...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:04:00 PST

Review of last bit of 2007

Hi All,I've finally got round to writing another blog - life has certainly been busy the past few months! A quick update on some of the highlights of last few months of 2007;October 'Breaking of the ...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:53:00 PST

Songs for Luca 2 - on sale NOW!

Hi All,Very quick message to say that Songs for Luca 2 is now on sale on the brand new Iona / Open Sky Records secure store!! (where you can also purchase all of my other releases plus all the Iona ba...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:07:00 PST

Songs for Luca 2 - track listing

Thanks to the wonders of the File transfer protocol and despite the postal strike here in the UK, all the tracks going on Songs for Luca 2 have now winged their way up to the Isle of Skye and Denis Bl...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:46:00 PST

Songs for Luca 2 / other news updates

Life continues to be happily busy. Quick resume!FILMThe Lost Princess 9 minute silent film I recently wrote the score for has 2 premiers coming up 6th October at the Gate Arts Centre in Goole, then on...
Posted by Dave Bainbridge on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:36:00 PST