Rickenbacker 4001 Bass Electric Resonator Mandolin Autoharp Rope Tensioned Drums Synthesizers Marshall LR150 amp Pignose 7-100 amp and the infamous... Home Made Hurdy Gurdy!
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Last updated: October 2008
Sounds Like
Yes, I like sounds...
Influences
Growing up in the 70's, Glam Rock before aspiring to be a Teddy Boy. So classic 1950's Rock'n'Roll/Rockabilly rocked my world until the NWOBHM arrived in 1979.
Through that and later the 80's Sheppey/Medway band scenes, I became far more eclectic. Eventually taking in...DIY punk, 70's Prog/Kraut/Psych Rock, Trad English Folksong, 70's Folk-Rock, Southern Boogie, Folk-Blues, Old-Time/Bluegrass, 60's Freakbeat, 60's British Blues, 70's Essex R&B, 60's Ska, 70's Dub, Gothic,
Movie Soundtracks, Folksong/Oral Histories, Spoken Word, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Goon Show and anything else eccentric or perverted that makes a sound.
Specifically?
What about Tangerine Dream, Hawkwind, Motorhead, Fugazi, Gene Vincent, Bo Diddley, The Deviants, MC5, Ozrics, Lieutenant Pigeon, Fairport Convention, John Lee Hooker, Mr Fox, Pink Floyd, Steel Pulse, Kate Bush, Dub War, Kraftwerk, Culture Shock, Alan Stivell, Vangelis, Twelfth Night, The Subhumans, Zodiac Mindwarp, Can, The Specials, The Damned, Focus, Atomic Rooster, Woody Guthrie, Paescod, Porcupine Tree, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Orb, Marillion, Fields of the Nephilim, Lee Perry, Ennio Morricone, Incredible String Band, Groundhogs, Ian Dury, The Exploited, Mike Oldfield, Mike Harding plus classic (and now ressurected!) Sheppey band; All Flags Burn ...to name but a few (in spirit of, if not in practice!)
Record Label
'OWW' for my music'Beer Cart Records' for the Morris related recordings
The 'Off World Workshop' was originally the name given to all my rather Heath Robinson home recording devices. It has since come to represent the CyberSpace 'Shed' in which I potter with various audio-visual creative frustrations, deliberately using low end, domestic, retro, obselete or home made technology.All my current tinkerings are outlined below...
Latest Off World Video Log and New Additions...
In the wake of playing around with the camcorder, and exploring the possibilities for Videography, I have the...
Off World Workshop Youtube Channel
In addition to the OWW Music Video Log above, content includes short films of my various other interests that I catch on tape. The documentary quality of which I hope to improve over time.
There are currently SEVENTEEN video's to peruse...
Its been a long time but, I've got them 1970's Heavy Metal Dirty Space Rock Blues Again...
In the Hawkwind, Groundhogs Pink Fairies Motorhead mouldwith the use of Phasers, Delays, Wah-Wah's and sequenced Synths...Any keen Guitar-Vocals-Drums etc in Medway?Get in touch and we'll make a noise....
2. The Planulid
This is my Krautrock/Radiophonics self indulgent, home studio project... The Planulid
3. Ancestral Vices
Another piece of self indulgence but based on Folk music and instruments. So a mix of Experimental and Traditional. Ancestral Vices
Linked to this project, was the construction of... Home Made Hurdy Gurdy
Hi Thanks for being our friend Do you love George Michael? Love Heavy Load (To find out about the movie about us please see www.heavyloadthemovie.com )
Hello! So many different musical styles on your player...great stuff! A real surprise!!! Wonderful that you sent a request! Best wishes, AGONY BAG/BLACK WIDOW/PESKY GEE!
I have fallen for your music! It is really quite intriguing!! Wow the 6 bars are darling and have a cool sound!! The Sonata autoharps are hard to find around here. I have 3 as well. One is an antique 15 chord Oscar Schmidt from the 40s (I think) its the first one I bought and it is in sad shape. The one I mostly play is a typical modern OS 21, and my prize is the one pictured my vintage 60s Sekova electric chromaharp. I love them!! Oh yeees I love messing with fx!!!! ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!
Footage of the me performing with the Side can be found on the...
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