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.
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'.
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!
Harvey Summers (aka Phaedrus)'s Friend Space (Top 20)
THE BLOOD'S NEW ALBUM PUNK@THEOPERA OUT NOW MAY 2008 To order "punk@theopera", send £12.00 via PAYPAL to: info@harveysummers.com Price includes P&P. The first 100 to order will receive a hand-numbered limited edition promo version of the album. There are only 100 of these so it's first come, first served. Once they've gone, you'll get a regular copy of the album. Be sure to include your Name and Address with your order.
