It was during 1982 that I first met David Bickley. He had formed a
jazz-funk unit called Klat Pans Tac which included the guitarist
Steve Edwards who I had worked with in the Unusual Tree Arrangement
collective, and it was he who invited me to a session with David's
band.
I continued to write and record with David during my time with Sheep
In Fog and we also gigged together with Dolphin Lust. Another
Dolphin Lust member, Andy Sliwa, also joined us at the end of the
year to play in the New Rays of Radiance band.
In the early part of 1983 I did a number of recording sessions with
David, producing music to accompany an exhibition of photographic
images of the island of Malta, that were |
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publicly
displayed at the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, London in
March.
I also contributed to the sound-track of a video that David wrote
and produced, The Rite of Rain, which won a Sony Award when shown at
the National Film Theatre at London's South Bank Centre in October
1983.
In 1984 I did (an intended) one-off gig with David Bickley, Erik
Moore and Simon Godfrey as Spearing Fish.
We spent two months working on a short 'EP length' set, featuring
David and Erik's interplay (synths/clarinet and electric guitar),
dancing over a repetitive, looping rhythm
section, with myself on rhythm guitar and Simon's percussion, mixed
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Strangely tribal and more than a little trancy and laid back, it was
based on one of David's artistic concepts - "this should only
be heard once and not repeated".
David later moved to south-east London and with Simon Godfrey,
started the Synchroma studio and music library for the film and
advertising industry.
At the end of 1984 I moved from Hampshire to West Cornwall.
website link
Erik Moore / Highest Altar
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