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James Hodkinson

About Me

I was born on Merseyside in 1973. I went to various universities studying German and Philosophy and now teach these subjects at just such a place (Warwick). I live in St Albans, with my cat. I drink too much red wine, like obscure early German Cinema, vintage synths, analogue and digital and bass guitars. If I lived somewhere else it would be Hamburg, Germany.I am a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. I have played guitar, bass, keyboards and sung with a range of bands Black Rain, Assassins of Silence, Xoo, Modal Logic and Tom Byrne and most recently Pre-Med with Danny Faulkner and Alan Davey.I use: Roland synths: two D50's, one driving Roland V synths and other softsynths hosted by my laptop, the other stand alone (!), and a JP8000 for the patterns, textures and analogue impressions. I use a Korg M1 and Korg Wavestation for soundscaping. I also own a Yamaha CS15 and am currently expaning my range of analogue synths.I use Rickenbacker basses were possible and peavy valve amplification, and Hohner and yamaha electric and acoustic guitars. Recording is done using Cakewalk Sonar.
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Member Since: 30/08/2007
Band Website: www.assassinsofsilence.com
Band Members: I am a member of three bands currently: I play keyboards and sing in the Oxford based Hawkwind tribute act Assassins of Silence (www.assassinsofsilence.com, www.myspace.com/assassinsofsilence) and play bass, synths and vocals in London based Xoo (www.alien8.co.uk, www.myspace.com/xoospace).I am the keyboard player and vocalist for Pre-Med together with Danny Faulkner and Alan Davey.I also work closely with progressive rock composer and performer Tom Byrne and his band Modal Logic (www.myspace.com/tombyrnemusic).
Influences: Hawkwind, Simon House, Marillion, Fish, Pink Floyd, Air, Kraftwerk, Roxy Music and Brian Eno, Can, Ozric Tentacles, The Cardiacs, Blue Oyster Cult, Stephen Stills, Nick Drake, The Enid, Caravan, King Crimson and Fripp
Sounds Like: A mixture of all the above influences: a strange fusion, combing the hypnotic power of space rock, the craftsmanship and melody of prgressive rock, the ambience of electronica, the sense of harmony from ethnic music of the Celtic and Arabic worlds and rich vocal harmony. On top of this is a strongly poetic sense of the lyrical ... hopefully.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

James live on Easter Sunday, West Mersea, Essex UK

Dear Allcome and see me play on Easter Sunday afternoon, at the Cosmic Puffin Festival, West Mersea, Essex. I will be playing in two bands, Xoo and Assassins of Silence, bassing and keyboarding ....Ho...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:30:00 GMT

James with Assasins, live in Reading Friday 18.04

Dear All, darling James will be playing bass and keyboards with the leaner, meaner Assassins of Silence this weekend in Reading, at the Turks, Friday 18th April, 8pm. Come and listen to the lights and...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:13:00 GMT

Xoo and Assasins CD’s via paypal

Update/ clarification! Assasins of Silence, ’Elements That Gather Here’ and Xoo, ’Poison in the Name of Beauty’ can be bought from the respective MYpsace sites via PayPal ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:49:00 GMT

Check out this event: James, live with Assassins and Xenon Codex

Hosted By: James Hodkinson When: 17 Nov 2007, 20:00Where: Exeter Hall PubCowley RdOxford, UK, OX42ENUnited KingdomDescription:James Hodkinson Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:09:00 GMT