About Me
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Sixteen Floors marks Tim's return to making music after a gap of twenty years - not so much a a career break as a life time away...The ten songs that make up the album were written and recorded over a period of two years. What started out as bloke has mid-life crisis, drinks bottle of wine, picks up guitar, turned into a bout of song-making fever, and those songs were transformed into a coherent body of work by producers Neill and Calum MaColl.Neill and Calum are the sons of folk legends Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger and half-brothers to the much-lamented Kirsty. Their combined CVs as writers, guitarists and producers, effortlessly spanning folk, rock and pop, cannot fail to impress names like David Gilmour, Nancy Griffiths, Eliza Carthy, Natalie Imbruglia, Ronan Keating, Christie Hennessy, Cara DillonAnd more.Two other great musicians have contributed a fantastic amount to the album. Drummer and percussionist Martyn Barker is best known for his work with Billy Bragg and Sarah-Jane Morris, with whom he co-writes, records and tours, but he also made six albums with the group Shriekback, and more with the likes of World Party, Mike Peters from The Alarm and Will Gregory of Goldfrapp. On the Continent, Martyn has been the proud recipient of 3 Grammys for his work with French artist Alain Bashung.Helen Turner began her career playing keyboards and singing with Jackie Leven in Doll By Doll. She was invited to join the The Style Council but was not encouraged to sing too much. She worked with bands such as Hollywood Beyond and French megastar Etienne Daho, with whom she consequently wrote 3 number one songs. She teamed up again with Paul Weller and remained as his keyboard player until 1995 and the release of 'Stanley Road', after which she gigged briefly with Shakespears's Sister and spent some time writing and performing with West End star Frances Ruffelle. She is now happily based in North Yorkshire, but keeps being dragged back down South by the likes of Tim.
