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About Me

Rob 'Bombardier' Davies is a classicly trained pianist but has maintained his musical curiosity to experiment with many genres. He has been writing and performing off and on for 30 years and currently releases his experimental work in the 'creative commons' environment of Earth Monkey Productions. Enjoy!

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Member Since: 17/04/2006
Band Website: http://www.earthmp.com/
Band Members: Robert "Bombardier" Davies
Influences: David Sylvian, Bela Bartok, Holger Czukay.Frederic Chopin, Serge Rachmaninov, Johan Sebastian Bach, George Frederic Handel, Kate Bush, Nik Kershaw, ELO, Chicago, Chick Corea, Randy Newman, Sting, Dire Straits, Japan, Paul Simon, http://www.myspace.com/dccornelius , many others...
Sounds Like: Fennesz, Shulze, Tangerine Dream
Record Label: Earth Monkey Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tidy up

Just to let everyone know I'm still alive! Sorry to the small group of fans that there hasn't been any new material for some time - I just haven't been that inspired. I have plans for the Christmas br...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:52:00 GMT

I can hear you breathing...

Well, I didn't expect a torrent of response from the Blog entries, but NOTHING!?! I have got no response from my Blog entries at all - and that's depressing! Just a smidge of kudos would encourage me!...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:05:00 GMT

More Stuff

Well, well, well, (no, not three holes in the ground) it appears that I must have been awake recently. Yes, the moment you’ve all given up waiting for - a new release from 4th Alternative! Well,...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:41:00 GMT

::FALLING::

WOO! and YAY! It would appear that the Earth Monkeys have done some releasing, Lord love and bless them! The spiffing compilation is called ::FALLING:: and it features Mote by 4th Alternative (oh, and...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:20:00 GMT

Gross

Wow a gross of friends - that's 144 for the uninitiated. A quick shout to thank all my friends for listening and for either accepting my humble request or asking to be my friend. For those o...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:19:00 GMT

Mote

Is it really a month since my last blog?? (ed - no it isn't it's 2 months, r'tard)This is to proudly announce the edgy ambience of "Mote" written for the upcoming "Falling" compilation (if it's not al...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:51:00 GMT

Sorry for the delay

GAH! Well, I am now installed in my new abode but sadly, my synth module seems to have been damaged in transit! The outputs do not appear to be working (though the headphone socket works fine). Anyway...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:28:00 GMT

New Dawn EP released

Okaaay. So.. The new EP from 4th Alternative,"New Dawn" is available for free download from Earth Monkey Productions at: http://www.earthmp.com/ Go there - download it - it's free!
Posted by on Tue, 16 May 2006 08:39:00 GMT

After overwhelming response...

...of zero, I'm gonna make the call. Can you hear me? goes and updated versions of Submerged and Sunburst will go up with Dark Angel. These four tracks will comprise the forthcoming EP available from ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 May 2006 21:56:00 GMT

Dark Angel

Finished work on a new song called Dark Angel.The first friend to contact me asking for it to be placed on MySpace will get to choose which track I take off . Hope you like it so far  
Posted by on Thu, 11 May 2006 13:53:00 GMT