Artist description Just me -- I'm a multi-instrumentalist and do my own composing and recording

Music Style Soft Celtic instrumental with African elements

Musical Influences Donal Lunny, Matt Molloy, Davy Spillane

Similar Artists Donal Lunny, Matt Molloy, Davy Spillane

Artist History I have been playing Irish, Eastern Mediterranean, North African and Central African music most of my life. I am of Celtic descent, was born in Egypt and grew up in East Africa.

Group Members Dirk Campbell

Instruments Irish flute, uilleann pipes, kora, guitar, percussion, keyboards

Albums The Pleasure of Giving

Press Reviews For my album Music From a Round Tower, released by ESD in 1997:Ranked fifth in the 1997 Green Dolphin International Critics and Musicians Poll'This charming CD of oddly orchestrated instrumentals...objectively speaking, it's wonderful. Every minute or two a new vista unfolds'Jim Aikin, Keyboard, USA (Music From a Round Tower is one of Jim Aikin's top 5 albums of 1997)'The best CD I've heard all year, and probably next year too' Ken Egbert, Tone Clusters, USA'An uniquely subtle melange of rhythm and chordal progression. Fresh-sounding, compelling and energising' Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, UK'A masterpiece of complex world-flavoured music that stimulates the senses with cinematic overtones...breathtaking music that challenges every sense and frees the imagination' Peter Thelen, Exposé, USA'Very highly recommended and certain to make the top ten list for the year' Jeff Melton, Exposé, USA'Dirk Campbell has succeeded in all areas. This complex yet accessible and enjoyable music deserves to be heard' Steve Yarwood, Facelift, UK'As many timbral variations as there are dewdrops...Campbell is a composer determined to tackle the extraordinary with stamina, conviction and imagination. Uncommon work by an uncommon artist.' Bill Bruford, drummer/composer'Some of the best music I have heard in 25 years. Dirk Campbell proves that contemporary composition can be both challenging and entertaining.' Dave Stewart, keyboardist/composer, UK'At a time when "world fusion" is a genre rapidly stagnating under the weight of more and more clichés while simultaneously taking up more and more space in the stores, Music From a Round Tower manages to avoid them all and give us something fresh.' Brent Wilcox, Strange Attractors, USA'Music for the millennium.' Gerald Seligman, EMI, UK

Location Heathfield, East Sussex - United Kingdom

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