Mirrored Shower

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Mirrored Shower Biography Ian Uren first met Sonny James Lovell back in the summer of 1985, when Sonny approached Ian after a gig with his first band ‘Another Day’. He asked if Ian would like to sing for his Jazz/Funk outfit ‘Scat Poeta’. After a few rehearsals, they discovered a mutual taste in music i.e Rock and Jazz.~ Ian and Sonny then decided to get together every week and start writing for the band.~ This lasted until the autumn of 1989.~ Sonny went off and formed his Jazz band ‘Street Level’ and Ian got together with the keyboardist from ‘Scat Poeta’ Matt Johnson (who now plays keyboards and writes songs with JK for ‘Jamiroquai’ no less) and wrote songs together, heavily influenced by ‘Steely Dan’ and ‘The Blue Nile’. They called themselves ‘Fools Parade’ and produced several songs that were mixed down onto reel to reel in order to visit various record companies.~ This was a time for Ian and Matt to learn the craft of songwriting.~ In 1991, Matt formed his own band ‘Heaven On Wednesday’ and asked Ian to sing backing vocals, play percussion and keyboards.~ Every gig they played was a ‘Showcase’ and supported many top line acts in London.~ Ian left in 1995 to pursue his love of writing poetry and painting.~ (He represented the UK in a poetry reading at the annual poetry symposium in Washington DC in 2002 and took part in writing the longest poem for ‘World Peace’, along with representatives from 80 different countries).~ Matt went into producing artists at his own studio in London in 1996 before joining ‘Jamiroquai’ in 2001 and has written 70% of the latest album ‘Dynamite’. He also tours extensively with the band playing keyboards.~ Sonny meanwhile, was still weaving his magic playing Jazz guitar and revamping classical music and turning them into Jazz pieces for his band (now called ‘Lemon Grove’) and has played live at various festivals supporting the likes of ‘Jools Holland’ and has also appeared on ‘South Today’ and ‘BBC Radio 2’.~ Matt, Sonny and Ian all used to get together at least once a year (after the ‘Heaven On Wednesday ‘ split) to record some songs Ian had written and they called this project ‘The Mirrored Shower’ which is where they are at now (except for Matt of course).~ Out of these sessions the first ‘Mirrored Shower’ album was produced entitled, ’Have You Seen This Man’. This is a compilation of Ian’s songs spanning 10 years and includes various session musician friends as well.~ In the winter of 2000, Ian got back together with Sonny and started recording some songs at his home studio in Dorset for the album ‘Reflections’.~ This is a beautiful album of passionate and introspective songs, dealing with the many changes human beings go through in life.~ For more information on this album see CD cover for details.~ The name for the band ‘Mirrored Shower’ originally derived from a silly fantasy chat up line they conjured up, but has since gone on to mean the many different textures of images you see through their music and the journey the songs take you on.~ In other words, music that explores the many different genres all played in their own inimitable style.~ Ian and Sonny are currently in the middle of recording the third 'Mirrored Shower' album, entitled 'The Return Of The Moddy Dhoo'. (a Manx term for Black Dog) and have recorded instrumental music for TV/Film.~ Ian and Sonny are also in the process of rehearsing for a live performance at The 'Spratton Folk Festival' this year and it will be the first time they have performed live together in 20 years.~ Ian also plays live in a covers duo with Richard Sparkes of '4Fifteen' and 'My Chloroform' fame under the ‘Mirrored Shower’ umbrella and they play popular songs from the 60's to the present all played acoustically.~ They are available for private parties and weddings, so please feel free to email Ian at:~ icu@mirroredshower.co.uk, for further details. Together they have recorded one album of 9 popular songs, entitled 'Covered', for further information on this and to purchase at a cost of just £5, please email Ian at the above address.~ Ian & Richard have also collaborated on a song for 'My Chloroform', entitled 'Seven Veils', you can hear this and more by just clicking their avatar on Ian's top friends.~ .. You can PURCHASE our 'REFLECTIONS' album & our brand new 'RETURN OF THE MODDEY DHOO' album on iTunes & CDBaby Here; . REVIEWS: The title track is a classic ghost story turned to song, so I won't ruin it for you. "Return Of The Moddey Dhoo" sees the very welcome re-appearnce of both Mirrored Shower and a jazz influenced record for review on these pages. There's a delightfully eccentric touch about the album, it feels very individual, containing flights of fancy but containing them within the essence of a song. The result is an album you want to listen to because you're never sure quite where it's going, but know it's not going to be self indulgence, there's always something new waiting around the corner. FATEA Showcase Magazine

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October 04, 2006

Members:

Ian C Uren: Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards, Drums and Percussion Sonny James Lovell: Electric Guitars and a range of Acoustic Guitars, Bass and Strings. Various session musicians including: Jan Evans: Drums Jai: Vocals Claire, Fiona and Rachel Alcock: Backing Vocals To name a few at the time of writing.

Influences:

The Beatles, Kate Bush, Steely Dan, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Sting, Peter Gabriel, George Harrison, Jamiroquai, Travis, Joseph Arthur, Pat Metheny, Ant Phillips, Jocelyn Pook, Daniel Lanois, The Blue Nile, Led Zep, Pink Floyd and Genesis (pre Abacab) to name but a few!

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