Projects and Recordings
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working on a wide range of musical projects — from touring bands, original projects and theatre productions to studio sessions across multiple genres. This section showcases (in no strict chronological order) a small selection of the recordings I’ve played on (might add to this over time) and current projects I’m involved with. It might give some insight into the reasonably varied and sometimes seemingly chaotic nature of my professional working life!
Northern Live - Do I Love You
Northern Live – Do I Love You, The ultimate Northern Soul live band experience! Keeping faith to the original sounds of an underground movement that started on dance floors in the North and eventually swept a nation. This captivating 11-piece live band, features 4 vocalists, and recreates the unstoppable rhythm of over 30 Northern Soul classics paying homage to artists and musicians forever etched into vinyl.
Chantel McGregor
Chantel is a multi-award winning guitarist/singer-songwriter who plays a fusion of blues/rock/prog. I’ve been in her band since 2014 and appear on the albums Bury’d Alive (2019) and The Healing (2025). In December 2019, the American magazine Guitar World proclaimed Bury’d Alive as the 11th best guitar album of the decade (https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/the-20-best-guitar-albums-of-the-decade)
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip
Mik Artistik is a poet, performer, artist and comedian. Iggy Pop plays their tunes regularly on his BBC 6music radio show. From playing on the catwalk at London Fashion Week to playing at Batley Rugby club, the Ego Trip are loved by all/some.
In January, 2025 we appeared in session on the Riley/Coe show on BBC Radio 6 Music.
I play on Mik’s latest (2025) album ‘Pop!’.
Moose Wrench
Moose Wrench invented the genre Dad-bod-alt-core, and remain one of the best groups in the genre. From starting at open mic nights we got to support legendary Japanese noise/punk group Melt Banana on some of their gigs on their 2024 tour.
Album on Bandcamp: https://moosewrench.bandcamp.com/album/not-dead-yet
Tough Crowd / Flame Griller
Tough Crowd were a West Yorkshire hip hop group that originally spawned out of an attempt to put together a live project for the group Flame Griller. I played double bass and bass guitar. I recorded double bass on the album Flame Griller II.
Choose Your Destroyer
CYD, formed in Bradford in 2018 (disbanded around 2021), explored a blend of nu-metal and hardcore. Their debut EP was released via Townsend Records in 2019 and they played support for various groups on tour including The Contortionist, The Raven Age and The Last Band.
Bilbao Syndrome
The album ‘I-VI’ was released in 2012 on Babel Label. Accompanying the release Jazzwise magazine ran a double page article about the group.
“Bilbao Syndrome, a liberating sonic blast of contemporary metal and jazz skronk, is an avant-underground supergroup featuring two members of Leeds-based death jazzers Trio-VD (guitarist Chris Sharkey and drummer Chris Bussey), internationally renowned jazz keyboard enfant terrible Matthew Bourne, John Zorn-esque noiseniks trio Minghe Morte's (with Chris Bussey) bassist/leader Colin Sutton and thoroughly imposing frontman vocalist and acidic wordsmith Andrew Plummer of World Sanguine Report.”
Black Diamond Bay
(From 2008-2012). English independent electronic band. Signed to Exceptional Records in 2010. The group gigged extensively around the UK as well as Europe (B2Gether Festival in Lithuania; Soundwave Festival in Croatia). In 2011 they received support from BBC Introducing, playing Leeds and Reading Festivals and being added to the Radio 1 playlist.
Their album Come the Desert was released in 2011.
Minghe Morte
Self-titled, self-released album in 2007 – “Gore-spattered car crash jazz” – Daniel Spicer, Jazzwise. The group received support and airplay from BBC Radio 1 (Gilles Peterson) and 6Music (Stuart Maconie).
Ten Millennia
Ten Millennia were an English soul band from Yorkshire. They performed with The Corrs, Shakin’ Stevens, Texas, Tony Hadley, and 13 gigs with Jools Hollands Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, including gigs at Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Brussels, and The Royal Albert Hall.
Love Won’t Wait (2018 album) – Made number 36 on the UK album chart and had a couple of singles from the album playlisted on BBC Radio 2.
Rejection Ops
The noisecore duo Rejection Ops (with drummer Thom Gardner) spawned over lockdown with the intention of exploring improvised noise with grindcore-like aggression. The duo have performed live on a number of occasions and are known for their volatile energy and dadaist edge,
Rejection Ops deliver sensory overload with intent. Visceral and playfully violent - whilst wearing flamboyant costumes!
