I co-founded Kamel Nitrate in 2000 with international DJ Nelson Dilation. We did a series of remixes for artists including The Baghdaddies, The Bollywood Brass Band, Transglobal Underground, James Asher, Bushmen of the Kalahari, Shiva Nova and Oojami. We soon realized we had a sound, and decided to record an album then form a band to perform it. The album was called "Lost in Spice" and was well received by the global music community, being hailed as "the future of world music" by Radio 1 dj Andy Kershaw. We toured and performed all over the UK and Europe between 2002 and 2004. A collected remixes album and 2nd album are in the pipeline.
I am a programmer, producer, mixer and multi-instrumentalist, and have worked in a wide variety of music, from baroque to bhangra. My work is split evenly between live and studio.
In the studio I use Logic and Ableton Live (which I also present and teach at the Apple Store in Regent Street, London).
In performance I play bass guitar (20 years experience in all major styles, also teach), hand percussion, guitar, keyboard and saxophone.
After playing in different band incarnations with Tom for years, I worked with him again when he got his first record deal. I produced, programmed and played on a number of tracks from his first, eponymously titled album (nominated for the Mercury Best Album Award, 2001) and toured both the first and second album all over Europe. Some personal highlights of that time included playing the Other stage at Glastonbury and the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.
"Tom McRae" - bass, keys, production, programming. Touring (bass, keys, percussion).
"Just Like Blood" - touring (bass, keys, percussion).
After doing a remix for them, including appearing in an educational music program for BBC1, I was asked to program and mix their 2002 double album "Moonlighting/Flying To The Sun". I then edited and mixed their 2003 live album "Seventh Heaven".
"Moonlighting/Flying to The Sun" - co-production, programming, mixing.
"Seventh Heaven" - editing, mixing.
After remixing some of their tracks I joined the band and began playing bass with them. I played on a couple of tracks on their second and third album, and toured both albums all over Europe and Turkey. Highlights included performing to 10,000 + people headlining the Colours of Ostrava festival, and supporting Sezen Aksu at the Royal Albert Hall in 2007.
"Urban Dervish" - bass,touring.
"Boom Shing A Ling" - bass,touring.
Transferred sessions from Pro-Tools to Logic and prepared backing tracks for the 2004 European tour promoting his album "Espoir". Played keys on the tour.
Played keys on the European tour she shared with Ali Slimani.
Full-on bhangra-style good vibe merchants, I deputized on bass for a number of their European gigs in 2005.
I did post-production, mixing and mastering for their 2007 debut album, "We Did Not Draw The Line" (which is now available for free download from the link below!)
A series of 10 records celebrating the best balafon players in the world, I recorded and mixed the album featuring Kebba Maneh and mastered the entire series. I also did the artwork (see Visual section).
One of my collaborators in Kamel Nitrate, I produced, programmed and mixed tracks from her forthcoming album "Labyrinth of Visions". Also played bass, keys, guitar and percussion and did backing vocals.

My first solo music project, cinematic, electric and eccentric, this is what happened when i bought my very first sampler. Link coming soon.

These are my own songs in traditional singer/songwriter mode with a twist. Link coming soon.









