I have been performing as Spunkle since 1997, when I was offered a one-off record contract by Oxford based independent label Shifty Disco. They had heard a tape I’d sent them of my attempt at making music from just one old Amiga computer and liked it so much they made it the August release of their acclaimed singles club (each year, for five years from 1997 to 2001 they released 1000 copies only of a single, pre-ordered by fans via a six or twelve monthly subscription; the Spunkle single, along with a later release by Cody were also rudimentary CD Roms).
From the name onwards Spunkle was always about provocation and experimentation and perversely proved to be a very popular vehicle for my creative output, both in Oxford and the national press. Live performances and further recordings followed whilst I tried to work out what it was all about. I had a lot of fun but after a while I got bored with the limited promise of limitless extemporisation and the problems of performing things in a rock environment.
Releases
Live performances
* August 1997: The Point, Oxford
* September 1997: The Point, Oxford
* November 1997: The Point Oxford
* December 1997: The Garage, London
* May 1998: Residency, Morals Bar, Oxford
* July 1998: The Point, Oxford
* August 1998: The Point, Oxford
* September 1998: The Bullingdon Arms, Oxford
* November 1998: The Point, Oxford
* January 1999: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
* December 1999: The Point, Oxford
* February 2000: Notting Hill Arts Club, London
* April 2000: The Zodiac,Oxford
* May 2000: The Point, Oxford
* October 2001: The Cellar, Oxford
* August 2002: The Zodiac, Oxford
Recordings
* May 1997: Spunkle #1, Spunkle Studios Oxford (tape)
* August 1997: Lubetune/A Tiny Shoe, Shifty Disco Records (CD Single)
* January 1998: Play Loud, Spunkle Studios (tape)
* February 1998: It’s a Shifty Disco Thing, Volume One (compilation track), Shifty Disco Records
* May 1998: Formless Musical Excursions Without Titles Or Scripts, Spunkle Studios (tape)
* August 1998: The Buzzer, Spunkle Studios (tape)
* December 1998: Where will you be this Christmas ?, Shifty Disco Records (CD Single)
* February 1999: It’s a Shifty Disco Thing, Volume Two (compilation track), Shifty Disco Records
* September 1999: Spunkle Autumn Tape, (tape)
* October 1999: Prepared Vinyl Project, (7″ single)
* October 2000: Tinysongs, Tracker EP
* April 2001: Tinysongs 2, Tracker EP
* June 2001: TNO, Track
* April 2003: Music for Dxing, (LP)
* July 2008: The Autumn Tapes (remastered CD release of “The Buzzer” and “Spunkle Autumn Tape”)
* April 2009: Live!
