to new possibilities and gave me, as a guitarist, a greater
awareness and understanding of electronic music.
Paul Hyland and I began a period of more productive writing in early
1982 and were soon joined by Noel Taylor (clarinet and piano),
followed by Erik Moore (guitar, fretless bass guitar) and a french
horn player from Iceland named Polly. Once we had the ball rolling
and sufficient material, Oliver Cheesman joined us on drums and we
began to get the whole shape of the music into focus.
This became Sheep In Fog, the name chosen randomly from a book
of collected poems (one by Sylvia Plath) plucked from a bookcase. |
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The band varied in number - from five to a maximum of nine, playing
a vast assortment of instruments (see Gig List for details).
The style was different to other bands I have worked with - a mix of
jazz flavoured rock, which could break into bizarre spells of
discordant anarchy, or lock into cycles of rhythmic trance.
Full length Sheep In Fog tracks:
The Gobi Desert Yachting Club
on MySpace
We played many gigs in 1982, but decided collectively to dis-band
when Oliver moved to Scotland.
Caught In The Red |
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