THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Alternative / Electro / House / Pop

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The English Channel was born and raised in Greater Manchester and now lives in London, England. He makes music by programming stuff on his (not so) trusty old Roland 505 and then singing over the top. Sometimes he plays the melodica and harmonica as well. Using just one or two chords (“..it’s not laziness, it just forces me to be more imaginative with my voice”) his songs possess a cyclical, hypnotic quality more associated with dance music than traditional pop and rock. People say he sings like Barny Sumner or S.W Ryder, (“I’m from round that way so that’s just how it comes out”), unafraid to use the odd bit of Lancashire dialect to scuff-up the digital sheen of the music.
Sonically he is attempting to create EnglishChannelMusik, a multiple-personality disorder of acid-house, prog-rock, digital-dub, European electro, and avant-dreampop.
He’ll tell you he likes listening to music by Arthur Russell, Neu!, Marshall Jefferson, Battles, and Steve Reich; but he also enjoys The Move. This explains both his pop-savvy melodies and the fact that some songs are a bit long.
Music Week described his track ‘Forty Days Forty Nights ‘ as ”the spirit of Screamadelica with the clarity of New Order”. ‘Nobody’s Going Hungry’ was recently chosen as Single Of the Week by BuffetLibre, Barcelona ( Feb 2007 ), and playlisted by Studio Brussels, Belgium ( March 2007 ).
Recent gigs have included Cargo (London), Plan B (Brixton), King Tut’s (Glasgow) and The Faversham (Leeds). He was also short-listed for the 2006 Diesel –U-Music award, in the category for best electronic artist.





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