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Lastwind

About Me

Basically me plus guests. I'm a keyboard player and sometime vocalist. Played in West of England band ARK : 1973-77. Played in HAWKWIND and spin off band SONIC ASSASSINS : 1977-78. Moved to South of France in late 78. While in France played in several bands : LAST EXIT, LEGEND, STRADIVARIUS, TWICE AS NICE etc. TOPPER HEADON of CLASH drummed on demos of my songs recorded in France. Returned to the UK in 1990. Played for a while with the CROPDUSTERS. Since have mainly worked on writing and recording including working on an album with JALAL NURRIDIN of the LAST POETS, one of the first Hip Hop bands. More recently have played live in Dominica and France where I spend my time when not at home in Bristol, UK. And of course, in Autumn 2006, we supported HAWKWIND on their British tour - some great gigs with a great reception for us. Good to see some old faces after all those years. And these people knew more about me than I do !!! 2007 passed in a flash. Working on a lot of new songs and hoping to do some shows later in 2008 as well as get an album out.
Poster artwork by Sam Hayles aka DOSEprod.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/10/2005
Band Website: http://www.lastwindmusic.com
Band Members: The Lastwind live band usually consists of myself (vocals, keyboards and programming) and French multi-instrumentalist, OBNY. However, for the World Tour of Bristol October 2008 I will be joined by brilliant young Bristol guitarist, JOE WILKINS and LAURENCE DE LOES joining me on vocals.
Influences: A hard one : I've been around for a while and have always been a keen listener and gig-goer. My background was the sixties and seventies so those influences will be around. I discovered 'dance music' and the e scene in 1990 and that had a huge effect on me and totally widened my scope. I've always loved black music, since my mod days with soul and ska. Having a black partner and living in quite a black world has only increased that.
Sounds Like:
My son, also a musician, says he can recognise me immediately. I sound like me.
Record Label: THIS THAT THE OTHER are on Feel The Quality Record

My Blog

Going into the autumn

Just back from South Africa and will be here in Bristol thru till February except for a couple of jaunts to France and Scotland. Lots of projects on the boil.Listen out to an interview with yours trul...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:49:00 GMT

A trip to France

Time for one of my many trips to the South of France. Some family events and some days in the happy company of TOXIKHATE and FRACTURE and maybe some recording together of a PITCHSHIFTER cover. Should ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:45:00 GMT

Moving along quietly

  ..Just to let you know, I'm still doing stuff, quietly but, I hope, well enough.I've been re-mastering some Lastwind toons and reworking and adding tracks to create some more DOWNTIME stuff and gett...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 04:54:00 GMT

Long time no blog

Hi mates and others,CAn't believe where the time has gone.....Anyhow, my main thing this 2009 has been getting some stuff out of my system, some old toons that I thought were worth doing something wit...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:59:00 GMT

Some new tracks

Hey mates,Just to let you know that I've finally got round to re-mastering some tracks recorded at the Fleece (off the desk - many thanks to the house sound engineer). I've posted them all up on our m...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:16:00 GMT

Latest news

Hi everyone,Had quite an emotional week..1) Obama has become president of the USA - my emotions about this are so high and deep. Finally can America become the place it is supposed to be.2) My son Sam...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Check out this event: Lastwind World Tour of Bristol

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Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:34:00 GMT

Check out this event: Lastwind World Tour of Bristol

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Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:26:00 GMT

New Album

Hey,Just to let you know, our new album is about to be released.It's titled : RED STAR BRIGADEAnd, in advance of the main release, we will be selling a signed and numbered limited edition, only at our...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:35:00 GMT

World Tour of Bristol

Hey, Just to let you know the Lastwind line-up for our Bristol gigs.Myself, Paul, ..boards, programming and vocals. Joe Wilkins, brilliant young Bristol guitarist and Laurence de Loes with that sweet ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:44:00 GMT