Tim Burness: vocals, guitars, keyboards.
Fudge Smith: drums and percussion.
Keith Hastings: bass guitar.
Monty OxyMoron: keyboards.
Chris Cordrey: hammer dulcimer.
Julian Franks: percussion.
Pok: mandola.
Influences
Everything and anything, pretty much all rock, pop, dance and ambient music over the last 40 years and some older classical stuff that I grew up with. Some intelligence usually appeals to me. A rough guide: Thirty Seconds To Mars, Pendulum, Paul Oakenfold, Foals, The Feeling, The Fray, Gorillaz, Arctic Monkeys, Sigur Ros, Steve Thorne, Paul Simon, Daevid Allen's University Of Errors, Tool, Arcade Fire, Terry Riley, Pendragon, Royksopp, Pineapple Thief, Brian Wilson, U2, Blackfield, Orbital, Air, Morrissey, Keane, Porcupine Tree, Roland Orzabal, Dido, Chemical Brothers, Killing Joke, King Crimson, Marillion, Fish, Placebo, Coldplay, Boards Of Canada, Peter Gabriel, Underworld, Supergrass, Enigma, Moby, Tuu, Alanis Morissette, Dubstar, Madonna, The Grid, Leftfield, LTJ Bukem, The Shamen, Blur, Oasis, Stereo MCs, James, Primal Scream, I.Q., System 7, The Orb, Massive Attack, Garbage, Radiohead, Sting, Robert Fripp, Simply Red, Annie Lennox, Tears For Fears, David Holmes, R.E.M., Nitin Sawhney, Natalie Imbruglia, Travis, Astrid Williamson, Crash Test Dummies, Fluke, Kate Bush, The Police, Howard Jones, Icehouse, Crass, Blancmange, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Talking Heads, Rush, The Enid, Dire Straits, Will Powers, Simple Minds, The Fixx, Thomas Dolby, Tangerine Dream, Chris Rea, Level 42, Psychic T.V., Brian Eno, The Pretenders, Eurythmics, Chris De Burgh, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Waterboys, Daevid Allen, Focus, Derek And The Dominos, George Harrison, Steve Hillage, Punishment Of Luxury, Steve Hackett, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Mike Oldfield, The Wombles, Deep Purple, Paul McCartney, Gong, Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac, Yes, John Lennon, Peter Frampton, Wishbone Ash, XTC, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell.
Non-musical influences include: psychological astrology (Stephen Arroyo, Liz Greene, Robert Hand, not newspaper horoscopes), my psychiatric and general nursing and homeless hostel dayjob, vegetarianism, veganism, macrobiotics and healthy living, green politics, Bill Hicks, conventional and unconventional religion and spirituality (more of a pantheist than an atheist but maybe I'm both), science, Robert Anton Wilson, Philip K. Dick, Wayne Dyer, guinness, quantum physics, Monty Python, Spike Milligan, The Day Today (Chris Morris), Ricky Gervais, Little Britain, Airplane, Fonejacker, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Barack Obama and his first two books, my fantastic friends, my ex-girlfriend's cat Domino.
Sounds Like
Tim Burness. A lot of different things, old and new. On the most recent album released in December 2007, some of the more obvious and mostly older influences include: Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Rush, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Howard Jones, Marillion, Radiohead, Tears For Fears, Robert Fripp and there is a Steve Hillage and Gong tribute track.
Tim Burness established himself musically with his band Burnessence, playing a part in the new wave of British progressive rock from 1983 to 1986. During that time the Buckinghamshire-based band toured regularly and released two albums through Nuclear Records. Soon after moving to Brighton (England) in 1990, Tim achieved national radio airplay from Tommy Vance and others in England with "Learning To Fly c/w Mumbling In The House Of Commons", a solo single from the "Power In Your Hands" album on his own label. Tim continued to gig and record throughout the nineties, releasing a mini-album "Infinite Ocean" in 1997 and contributing to albums by the successful ambient group Tuu. In 2004 Tim released "Finding New Ways To Love" on his own Expanding Consciousness label. This was the first album to gain significant international land and internet radio play across America, Europe and the rest of the world. Work began on the next album in 2005, another eclectic mix of melodic pop, progressive rock and ambient/experimental instrumentals. The musicians on the new album again include drummer Fudge Smith (ex-Pendragon and ex-Steve Hackett), bassist Keith Hastings (Gypsy Kings tribute band Bamboleo and ex-Alan Darby), psychedelic keyboard maestro Monty OxyMoron (veteran English punks The Damned and Captain Sensible) and also percussionist Julian Franks (countless projects, has worked with Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin). Following some solo gigs supporting John Young, Strangefish, The Watch and others, "Vision On" was released in December 2007.
Dearest Tim Burness, Fill your moments with action, and there will be little time left for worry. Fill your moments with meaning, and there will be little time left for despair.
Fill your days with discovery, and you will fill your life with valuable knowledge. Fill your hours with caring, compassion and respect, and you will fill your world with love and friendship.
Fill your thoughts with positive possibilities, and the best things in life will surely be within your reach. Fill your words with encouragement and enthusiasm, and you'll often find people and circumstances lining up in your favor.
Fill your efforts with purpose, persistence, diligence and integrity. And your life will be filled with valuable achievements.
Fill your heart with a love of truth and goodness. And your soul will be filled with the treasure of wisdom.
Your life is a most precious gift. Fill every corner of it with the best that you can
Thanks for the add! May you be blessed with peace and happiness new friend~ Namaste~Melissa (Buddhist Inspirations)
Yeah me too!! ( I'm kinda glad the BBC ignored GONGs appearance at Glasto.. keeps it all fresh for later in the year ) ... I think the house of commons is an oxymoron, I suspect your keyboard player may agree.. Thanks indeed Energy Transfer.
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Hey Tim, Thanks for taking the time to check out Black Spring Rising! I'm really happy to hear you liked the music, it means a lot to me. Also, that's a great job you're doing helping the homeless - they must really appreciate your work on their behalf.
well its good to know im not the only one on a rollercoaster..its gotta leval out sometime..right?..i love the sun myself..its warm rays seem to make everything better :) take care..jeanette
XO
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