Artist description Mark (madfiddler) Knight is regarded as one of the top electric violinists in the U.K.

Music Style Acoustic and Electronic Fusion Folk

Musical Influences Tricks Upon Travellers, Levellers, Martyn Bennett, Shooglenifty, William Orbit, Eat Static

Similar Artists Martyn Bennett, William Orbit, Headspace, Shooglenifty

Artist History I started classical violin training aged 6, gave up at 18 until discovering the electric violin at 21. Joined a folk punk band, and the rest is history. At the moment I am only doing sessions with other bands while I workd on my solo album. Full time, I work in video games audio, firstly as a composer/sound designer and now as an audio lead on racing games.

Group Members Mark Knight

Instruments 4, 5 and Octave Electric Violins, Korg Trinity, Kurzweil K2500r, Novation Supernova, Yamaha RM50, Steinburg LM4

Albums Where the Skeletons Dance - The Last Fish Supper - Live and Acoustic (Tricks Upon Travellers), Born Again (K-Passa).

Press Reviews Let's think about fiddle players. There was Fairport Convention's Dave Swarbrick. There was David Lindley, who was on every Asylum album in the 70s. There was Daryl Way, who was one of the first to go electric with Curved Air. There was that bloke out of the Charlie Daniels Band - he was good ... and there was Tobermory, or was it Omsk, on 'Remember You're A Womble' ... Well, now there's Mark Knight, and he bears favourable comparison with any of them. Watch out for Mark Knight - you will hear of him again. Even if he has to change his motley for a mini-skirt and do Vanessa Mae impressions, I predict that this boy will make it.

Location Brighton, Sussex - United Kingdom

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