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Minor Planet

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About Me

Formed in May 2006, the band was initially put together for a one-off musical performance in support of The Egg at The Exeter Phoenix.Founder Tom Harrison is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, bass, percussion, bassoon, programming, mandolin) who has played in various bands in the Southwest and has been writing electronic music for about 10 years.The original lineup was Tom on guitar, keys, and beats, Tom (stand-in tom!) on Double bass, and Alex on Decks.As the first gig had such a good response, Tom decided to recruit some other like-minded musicians and work on further material. They have been described as one of Exeter's most interesting live bands, and as well as putting on their own shows, have supported The Egg, Jah Wobble, Lym, Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers and Templeheadz. They have played as part of Exeter's Vibraphonic and Respect festivals in 2007 and 2008 as well as as various local summer festivals in 2007: Watts Fest, Arse Fest.They can also be often caught doing an impromptu set on sunday evenings at Ja-Fu-Re @ The North Bridge Inn www.myspace.com/northbridgeinn See you there ;-)..
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Member Since: 19/01/2007
Band Website: www.7161.com/~minor_planet
Band Members: Tom: Guitars, Keyboard, Vocals, Beats, Toys 'n' stuff....... Caro: Flute & Shakers....... Stu: Djembe, Congas & Bongos...... Dredstripe: Extra Percussion & Dreads...... Dunc: Saxamaphonics......
Influences: Coldcut, Lee Perry, Jah Wobble, Aphex Twin, Delia Derbyshire, Brian Eno, Bowie, Squarepusher, Miles Davis, terry Riley, King Tubby, Osibisa, Orbital, The Orb, John Mayall, Bert Jansch, Jonny Trunk
Sounds Like: Coldcut, Lee Perry, Jah Wobble, Aphex Twin, Delia Derbyshire, Brian Eno, Bowie, Squarepusher, Miles Davis, terry Riley, King Tubby, Osibisa, Orbital, The Orb
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Minor Planet in Podcast shocker

The lovely Niki (promoter extraordinaire and the genius behind the Aeon Festival) has put one of our tunes on her weekly music blog on the People's Republic of South Devon website.have a listen here:N...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:58:00 GMT

Some Great Photos from Roxanne Royer

Just got sent a link from a great photographer - Roxanne Royer. Check out a bunch of photos from our Exeter Respect Festival Gig...... http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w237/Ducklingski-photogra phy/M...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:43:00 GMT

KuhlMusik Interview

Just remembered to post this interview with the Kuhlmusik bods from a while back.....hope I don't come across too poncy  ; - )   Welcome to Tom Harrison's Minor Planets - a growing entity, a...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:36:00 GMT

Musical Happenings are go!

Lots of good stuff happening....... Recently joined an ace band called Melosa (www.myspace.com/melosalive) - was very happy to be invited in, and am looking forward to the gigs we've got coming u...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:52:00 GMT

Well I gave in....

Welcome to the Minor Planet myspaz page - those of you who know me will know that I fought a long battle with my conscience over whether to open up an account. My main moral objections are to do with ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:17:00 GMT