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Harvey Summers

...THE ABOMINATION IS INSANE!...

About Me


Harvey Summers is a composer/producer - best known for his chillout records. His albums for the EMI/Disky label have sold over 1 million copies worldwide. He has featured on numerous compilation albums including The Buddha Experience and Traveling Without Moving alongside artist such as Air, Talvin Singh, Nittin Sawhney, Vangelis, Nick Cave and many others.
As a songwriter, producer & remixer, he has worked with Paul McCartney, Geno Washington, Abi Ryan, Lisa Andreas, Spyder 130, Clacket Lane, Jam & Spoon, Mumm-Ra, Russ Conway, Artful Dodger, Cathy Dennis, Phil Thornton, Kenny Craddock, Logan Wilson and more.
He is also an accomplished film music composer - having scored feature film 'Chilly Dogs' starring Leslie Neilson, Rik Mayal, Skeet Ulrich & Natasha Henstridge, Tv's Doctor Who and commercials for the World Wildlife Fund.
Harvey is currently working on a new project 'Marionette' - a collection of songs and instrumentals exploring unusual instrumentation and 'broken' or 'found' instruments alongside more traditional arrangements.
Based at his 'Broadoak Studios' in Sussex, Harvey plays many instruments including Piano, Guitar, Accordion, Whistles, Percussion, Bazoukie, Mandolin and Synthesizers.
Harvey can currently be seen performing with The Blood - seminal UK punk band - The new acoustic album 'punk@theopera', produced by Harvey will be available soon.
Here's the a short video version of my track, 'Watersong' from the album 'Chill Le Monde' - available from iTunes. It's a great album with great tracks from great artists! What more could you want!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/13/2006
Band Website: www.harveysummers.com
Band Members:

Harvey Summers - Vocals, Guitars, piano, accordion, hammond, wurlitzer, melodica, acoustic bass, bazoukie, mandolin, percussion, theramin.

With a little help from my friends:

Erica Wilson - Double Bass

Liam Genocky - Drums

Peter Knight - Violin

Jon Ewen - Drums

Nana Tsiboe - Congas & Djembe

Caroline Harrison - Backing Vocals

Valerie Summers - Backing Vocals

Logan Wilson - Double Bass, Violin, Cello

Rick Welsh - Flugel Horn & Trumpet

Matt Novis - Tuba
Influences: Daniel Lanois, Yann Tiersen, Danny Elfman, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, The Avalanches, Brian Eno, David Schwartz, Dave Stewart, Natacha Atlas, Peter Gabriel, Neil Hannon, Kenny Craddock, Davy Graham, Madeline Peyroux, Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, The Band.

I can also be found at last fm! http://www.last.fm/music/Harvey+Summers
Sounds Like: Hopefully, I sound like me but I'll have been influenced by everything that ever happened to me!

Here's a video I found on YouTube, the music is from my Reiki album, 'Invisible Healing'.

The album is available from iTunes as usual!
Record Label: EMI/Disky/EA
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

NEWS! - from www.harveysummers.com

  Well! The new year is off to a flying start with my new Bulgarian Choirs album progressing nicely. If you liked my contribu...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:26:00 GMT

When I’m 34

Hello people of earth!Wednesday 31st December is my birthday. I will be 34 years old. What do you make of that?Not sure myself, I usually try to ignore my birthday but maybe, just maybe, this year I w...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:10:00 GMT

Are you ready.....?

Yes, it's time to prime your turkey baster, trim those sprouts and get down with the spirit of Christmas. Or whatever nearest approximation you can manage. This year, it's our turn to entertain the fa...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:37:00 GMT

How clever are you then?

Whiling away my time waiting for a client to turn up, I had a go on this rather fun iq test. Give it a try!Free-IQTest.net - IQ Tests
Posted by on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:40:00 GMT

Hear More!

Just thought I'd let you know, many of my ambient & chillout albums can be listened to for free at:http://www.last.fm/music/Harvey+SummersYou can also buy them there if the mood takes you! Interesting...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:10:00 GMT

Happy Campers

Hello folks!At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'm sorry once again for not writing or updating anything in such a long time. It's been hectic and currently, I have the flu! Just what you w...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:50:00 GMT

My Apologies

I must apologise for the lack of blogging and updates lately - a lot has been happening, I've been very busy in the studio, currently recording my new album for Blue Dot - working title, 'Mysterious V...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:35:00 GMT

V2.0

Just a quickie to let you know I've updated my website - www.harveysummers.comA few new tunes on the music page, the latest studio diary entries and news of a hot new project! Have a great weekend and...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:33:00 GMT

Out Of Date

Sorry folks, I realise i have been rather lackadaisical lately regards the old blog. Reason being, I've been busy being on telly with Logan, mixing Phil Thornton's new album, celebrating my lovely wif...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:07:00 GMT

Exploding Head Syndrome

It seems that I have accidentally become a collector of rare disorders. Some years ago, I had Labyrinthitus, an inner ear disorder which causes nausea and giddiness. That one was easily treated and ne...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:28:00 GMT