CROOKS AND CLARIDGE

Biography

FORMED IN HUDDERSFIELD 2011.

PAT ALLISON AND BEN ISAACS. BOTH HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.

DUO, TRIO (WITH CHRIS RUFFONI), QUARTET (WITH HAYLEY MASON) AND 20-PIECE ENSEMBLE (WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEGUES FROM WITHIN WEST YORKSHIRE AND BEYOND)

MAIN INFLUENCES INCLUDE COLDPLAY, OASIS, EMINEM, PETER ABLINGER, FARAH ABRAHAM, PUNK, SUPERSILENT, PETER EVANS, SND, CHRIS NEWMAN, FOOTBALL, WANDELWEISER, LATE-ROMANTIC IDEALS, PETER BROTZMANN, AUTECHRE, TIM PARKINSON, RADIOHEAD, CHRIS FOX, THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, DELEUZE AND GUATTARI, RICHARD DAWSON, BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH, MELT BANANA, DAS RACIST, ARNOLD SCHOENBERG, DJ SHITMAT, THE MOLDY PEACHES,  MICHAEL FINNISSY, AND MY BLOODY VALENTINE, AMONGST OTHERS.

THE CURRENT ALBUM RECORDING COUNT IS 47 (AS OF MAY 2021).

STYLES ASSESSED INCLUDE BOSSA-NOVA, NO-WAVE, YOUTUBE RECORDINGS AND MANIPULATIONS, TRUMPET AND SOLO PIANO PIECES, JOY-POP ORCHESTRATION, 12-TONE COMPOSITION, CHRISTMAS CAROLS, TEXT BASED WORK, SOUND BASED WORK, FREE IMPROV, ROCK MUSIC, POP MUSIC, ELECTRONIC MANIPULATIONS OF LIVE RECORDINGS, DANCE MUSIC, AND TOY PIANO PIECES.

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