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Author Archives: fredthom
Barnaby Keen
Fred Thomas and Barnaby Keen have collaborated since 2009. In 2022 their duo EP ‘At Sands Films’ was released on October House Records. The Barnaby Keen band is: Barnaby Keen – vocals, guitar Lianne La … Continued
Ayahuasca Tango
Fred arranges traditional tangos for Madrid-based Tango Orchestra, Ayahuasca Tango. www.ayahuascatango.org [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_a2eCcU8w&feature=related[/youtube] Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown … Continued
Music for Film
Stevie Parle’s Dock Kitchen: music by Fred Thomas [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT_sJfTQuBU[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmU5tpzU-Ic[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JOSwgfh-Tk[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtyGWV7genk[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqjT0zUi1k8[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0_6SfruFyg[/youtube] Nicolas Sarkozy: music by Fly Agaric [youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1Cda8wN40&feature=plcp[/youtube] Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and … Continued
The Memory Band
2013 marks the tenth anniversary of Stephen Cracknell’s project The Memory Band whose first EPs were released on his own Hungry Hill label in 2003, run in conjunction with Spinney Records. Cracknell’s intention from the outset was for the band … Continued
Kadialy Kouyate
Born into the great line of Kouyate Griots in southern Senegal, Kadialy plays original songs inspired by his traditional repertoire. Old friends, Kadialy and Fred have been playing together for over 10 years. “Senegalese kora virtuoso/singer Kadialy Kouyate showcases … Continued
El Ultimo Tango
El Ultimo Tango is a quintet created by Eduardo Vassallo, Principal Cello of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in 2002. The ensemble consists of flute, sax, cello, bass and piano and it specializes on Argentinian music with particular emphasis on … Continued
The Irreverents
The Irreverents is a 5-piece instrumental party funk band, an organic groove factory, providing hard hitting funk, sweet riffs & bouncy tunes for ass-shaking occasions. Some of the music is composed by Francesc Marco; some of it is left unplanned. … Continued
Sister Mary & the Choir Boys
Fred Thomas formed this band with singer Emine Pirhasen back in 2006. Band members included Alexis Nuñez, Ben Moorhouse, Jiri Slavik, Johnny Brierley, Nat Keen & Jim Hart. … Continued
Mor Karbasi
Fred Thomas was Musical Director for Mor Karbasi between 2008 & 2011. He wrote the arrangements for Mor’s album “Daughter of the Spring”, released on Harmonia Mundi, as well as playing piano, bass, percussion and cello on the record and … Continued
Fly Agaric
FLY AGARIC draw their inspiration from the Kingdom Fungi, also known as the Mushroom World: these curious growths which appear within a very short space of time, pushing their way up through the undergrowth with great force, containing the heavy … Continued
Slavik/Thomas Duo
Since its foundation in 2007, the Jiri Slavik/Fred Thomas Duo has been exploring the common ground between improvised and contemporary classical music. Much of this ensemble’s soundworld is produced by experimenting with instrumental techniques, always within an acoustic setting. Their … Continued
Thomas/Marshall Duo
The Fred Thomas/Oren Marshall Duo, a London-based F-IRE Collective project, draw on their deep experience in classical, jazz and improv to conceive a music at times highly structured and composed, at others boundless and playful. Their performances employ an abundance … Continued
The Magic Lantern
Jamie Doe and Fred Thomas have been making music together since they were 11 years old. The Magic Lantern is the musical moniker of British Australian singer-songwriter and composer Jamie Doe, an artist dedicated to examining the limitless depth … Continued
The Beguilers
Fred Thomas’ album ‘The Beguilers’ weaves crafted song-writing into the narratives of poems by William Blake, Emily Brontë, William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Walter Savage Landor and Thomas Carew. Drawing on a wonderfully strange repository of musical influences – English folk, … Continued