I'm an independant promoter and sound engineer based in North Kent. I work out of two venues in the North Kent area; The Red Lion, Northfleet and The Oasthouse, Rainham.I put on one gig a month at The Red Lion, and two a month at The Oasthouse.I put on gigs for all styles of music, Metal, Stoner, Thrash, Hardcore, Noise, Drone, Ambient, Post Rock, Post Hardcore, Punk, Ska, Old School, Rock, Rap, Jazz, Experimental, Progressive, Melodic, Acoustic, Instrumental and blends of all the above. I like to work with bands that like to work.My sound engineering work falls under the VWP Sounds banner. I engineer for a number of promoters/organisations including Adrenaline Promotions, AMA Promotions, Ashford Borough Council, Ashford Rocks, Awesome Distortion, Black Tie Promotions, Bumps n Bruises, Canterbury University, ColJazz, Cortex, Crecganfest, DIY Doughnut, Greenfair, Lounge on the Farm, Medway Council, Medway Jazz Consortium, MM2K, The Pit, Plan 9, Pulse Zero Promotions, Pure Horror Show Promotions, Pyrate Promotions, Rock the Bar, Rock4Macmillan, Rock Matrix, Rock Synchrony, Silly Bugger Promotions, Spartacus, Stereo Rehab and Uprise Promotions.I work, and have worked at a number of venues including Academy (Liverpool), The Avenue Theatre (Sittingbourne), The Beacon Court Tavern (Gillingham), Brannigans (Crawley), The Crown (Sheerness), The Command House (Chatham), The Croft (Bristol), The Fleet Leisure Club (Gravesend), Freebutt (Brighton), The Gulbenkian Theatre (Canterbury), The Harrow (Stockbury), Homelands (Ashford), KIAD UCCA Bar (Maidstone), Lanterns (Folkestone), The Lido (Margate), The Oasthouse (Rainham), One Leicester Square (Leicester), The Park (Peterborough), The Phoenix (Dartford), The RAFA Club (Chatham), The Rat and Parrot (Bexleyheath), The Red Lion (Northfleet), Riffs Bar (Swindon), Satan's Hollow (Manchester), The Sinden Theatre (Tenterden), Spring & Airbrake (Belfast), Stripes (Folkestone), Studio 41 (Canterbury), The Tap n Tin (Chatham), The Underworld (London), The Woodville Halls (Gravesend) and The Wyvern Hall (Sittingbourne).I also work with a number of established bands including 7 Day Conspiracy, Amen, Battleska Galactica, Brain Ache, Breedapart, Car Crash Television, Denounce, Eight Weeks, Electric River, The Inbreds, Kingskin, Led By Zeppelin, Los Salvadores, My Life in the Making, One Day Elliott, On The Turn, Pandora, Purple, Reality Uncut, Sons of Alpha Centauri, $peedranch, Spit Like This, The Rodeo Plan, Touriste and Zeroscape.I also provide sound and facilities for video production company - Waxwing Movies - (www.waxwingmovies.com).I engineer for a number of other promoters and venues in the area and can occasionally get bands onto other bills. I do this as Hackenbackers International Talent (HIT) Agency.
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