Member Since: 10/12/2005
Band Website: samurai.fm/2types
Band Members: Mostly it's me, Tim Scott! I play guitar and a bit of bass and use Cubase on a PC to make the funkiest noises I can... I've collaborated recently with the multi-skilled and beautiful-voiced Niamh McCartney (on Season of Change) and I'm currently working with a vocalist and writer who blows me away every time she comes through with vocals on one of my tracks. Her name's Shuane Odunaiya - check out Conspiracy Theory and Lazy above and don't say I didn't warn you!!!
Influences: I started off playing my Fender Strat in 'dodgy rock' bands... a chance encounter with 'Mother Earth' on ITV's Chart Show (remember that?) led me to check out Acid Jazz records. I discovered Corduroy, JTQ, Vibraphonic and the amazing Totally Wired compilations that featured artists like Terry Callier alongside the Brand New Heavies... started to turn my pentatonic guitar solos to 9th chords.
I discovered Acid Jazz was run by Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson and by sheer coincidence noticed that Gilles Peterson did a show on Kiss FM. I tuned in to what I reckon must have been the golden age of radio - Sunday night went:
- Joey Jay
- Patrick Forge
- Gilles Peterson
- Bob Jones
That was my musical ears being opened.... I'd always dismissed electronic music but Gilles and Patrick 'joining the dots' made it all make sense. From crazy spiritual jazz to Nu Era, Vangelis to Alex Reece, Mo Wax to Suburban Base.... happy days!
At the same time I was doing music 'A' level and experimenting with the school's 4 track recorder, using it and my cd player to loop up beats and make little instrumental tracks... and that's really how it all started!! Now I owe the biggest respect to artists like Mark de Clive Lowe, the Bugz in the Attic crew (Seiji's "Loose Lips" completely blew me away the first time I heard it), Maddslinky/Zed Bias, Jonny Miller, K15, Chris Barker, Andy Ash, 4hero, Soil n' Pimp Sessions, OK_Ma, Landslide, Waajeed, Si Murray, Lanu, Kidkanevil... I could go on and on but I won't!
Sounds Like: Hopefully you can hear a bit of everything I love and a lot of me in there...
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