Artist description Solo performer who teams up with other performers (notably those into extreme-electronic production) from time to time, and regularly does various pubs and clubs around the Sheffield area.

Music Style synthetic folk fusion

Musical Influences trad, roots, d&b, techno, baroque, pink floyd, genesis (pre 1975), led zep, june tabor

Similar Artists Syd Barrett, Philip Glass, Genesis (pre 1975), J.S. Bach on an off day

Artist History Started composing c. 1978, but only got into serious electronic media and attempting to fuse synthetic and trad forms in about 1983/4. Well received early collections, especially "Monsters from the Id" (1989). In 1993 I released the album "Deconstruction", a collection which is now regarded in some circles as launching the so-called "synthetic folk" genre.It's a collection of tunes that I'm still proud of. More recently, I've been teaming up with internet friends to generate music with far-distant collaborators. Have just finished writing a series of sketches of web-radio pirates, not to mention a distressing number of tin-whistle duets for folk-musician friends of mine.

Group Members Mike Stannett

Instruments Synthesizers (normally manually operated), human voice, direct MIDI composition, 4-track mixing techniques, sound manipulation, and anything that can be adapted to make a useful or interesting noise

Albums Exit Variations (1984), Threefold Tao of Living (1989), Monsters from the Id (1989) Deconstruction (1993) Pirates (2001)

Location Sheffield, South Yorkshire - United Kingdom

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