TONY HARN - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Tony Harn is a guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/composer from the Northwest of England. To date he has released 5 solo albums, collaborated with Tim Bowness of No-Man, recorded as part of the duo "Resindust" with Sebastian/Vivahead guitarist Lewis Gill and led his own trio "Lifebox".
The latest album "Loops" is now available from www.burningshed.com
It is the culmination of a year long project that ran throughout 2007 in which Tony recorded one piece of music per month specifically for uploading to this site using looping techniques. The album collects all twelve pieces together and initial copies include a bonus thirteenth track.
Discography:
FROM THE INSIDE (THCD1 1998)
LIFEBOX (THCD2 1999)
WORLD OF BRIGHT FUTURES - Tim Bowness (hi-art3 1999)
MOVING MOONS (THCD3 2001)
RESINDUST (rdcd001 2002)
REVEALED IN BLACK & WHITE (THCD004 2006)
LOOPS (THCD005 2008)
Press:
"One Of Britains finest undiscovered guitarists has just left his calling card"
Misfit City issue 1 1998
"Colourful and stirring guitar playing"
Wondrous Stories issue 89 June 1999
"An uncanny sense of harmonic invention married to a sophisticated understanding of electric guitar textures"
Expose issue 19 May 2000
"A master of subtle guitar patterns"
IO Pages issue 33 2001
"Polyphonic, trance-like and composed of multiple guitar lines played with Frippian clarity"
Expose issue 22 July 2001
"solace and reconciliation, gentle beauty and bewitching chaos"
Misfit City issue 3 2004
"A self assured musician who has kept his intimate style"
IO Pages issue 68 September 2006
"Harn has an aesthetic vision that suits him well and a willingness to blend a variety of styles to create something unique"
DPRP volume 38 September 2006
"The over-riding vibe of the album is soothing and refreshing. Patterns and melodic lines that weave together in a way that is utterly intoxicating"
Expose issue 34 March 2007
To purchase CD's please visit:
www.burningshed.com
www.musearecords.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/15/2006
Band Members:Solo artist and occasional collaborator.

Instrumentation includes:

Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Bass Guitar
keyboards
Percussion
Programming

Drums on "Lucky Friday"
Howard Jones
Influences: Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
Andy Summers/The Police
Robert Fripp/King Crimson
Peter Gabriel/Genesis
Camel
Rush
No-Man
John Scofield
Bill Frisell
Pete Townshend
Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin
Miles Davis
Yes
XTC
Pink Floyd

Sounds Like:
Record Label: www.burningshed.com www.musearecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Expose interview

The current issue (no.35, Jan. 08) of Expose features a two page interview which took place back in March/April of 2007. Interesting as I was only 4 months into the Loops project. http://www.expose.or...
Posted by TONY HARN on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:03:00 PST

Red Eye Removal

This is the track that I contributed to the album "World Of Bright Futures" by Tim Bowness/Samuel Smiles. Featuring:Tim Bowness - VocalsMyke Clifford - SaxophonePeter Chilvers - PianoMike Bearpark - T...
Posted by TONY HARN on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:38:00 PST

Back catalogue reduced

Moving Moons and Revealed In Black & White, my third and fourth albums have now been reduced to a modest £5 each on burning shed while stocks last: http://www.burningshed.com/store/tonyharn/ ...
Posted by TONY HARN on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:21:00 PST

LOOPS ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW FROM BURNING SHED

The new album "Loops" is now available to purchase from Burning Shed: http://www.burningshed.com/store/tonyharn/ http://www.burningshed.com/store/guitarists/ http://www.burningshed.com/ &...
Posted by TONY HARN on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:28:00 PST

Piano and Organ Loop

Piano and Organ Loop was recorded and mixed between 12pm and 3pm on Tuesday 1st January 2008. What better way to start the new year than some recording? Didn't fancy playing the guitar today, instead ...
Posted by TONY HARN on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:52:00 PST

December Loop

December Loop was recorded and mixed between 11am and 5.30pm on Sunday 2nd December 2007. This is in fact two separate loops combined, one is the first sounds you hear which run throughout the whole p...
Posted by TONY HARN on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:19:00 PST

November Loop

November Loop was recorded and mixed between 12.00pm and 4pm on Sunday 4th November. What started out as a minimalist idea swiftly transformed itself into the most proggy of all the loops so far. Shor...
Posted by TONY HARN on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:46:00 PST

World Of Bright Futures Download

Unavailable since 2000, 'World Of Bright Futures', Tim Bowness's 1999 album with Samuel Smiles (Mike Bearpark, Peter Chilvers, Myke Clifford) is now available as an exclusive Burning Shed download.Tak...
Posted by TONY HARN on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:03:00 PST