Alex Templeton-Ward is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 musician, poet, artist, writer and film maker. Having worked for several publications including Vice magazine, Horse and Hound, The Field

The Field

The Field is a play written by John B. Keane, first performed in 1965. It tells the story of the hardened farmer "Bull" McCabe and his love for the land he rents. The play debuted at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 1965, with Ray McAnally as "The Bull" and Eamon Keane as "The Bird" O'Donnell. The play...

and Country Life

Country Life (magazine)

Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...

, he is currently the editor of Livemusic.fm. Templeton-Ward was the key writer and visionary behind psychedelic rock outfit The Beat Maras, an English group active from 2006-2010. He was a one time member of Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences

Paul Hawkins (musician)

Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who grew up near Bristol and has been a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas and Dot Allison guitarist Ian Button and a 6-piece band under the name of Paul Hawkins & The Awkward...

 where he provided vocals, bass, sampling, synthesizers and has writing credits.

The Beat Maras released The Huaraz EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 on 14 April 2008, through Jezus Factory Records. Room Thirteen said the EP "Sounds like Morrissey and Elvis Costello jamming at Elliott Smith's wake" Losing Today called it "Ultra f**king cool - expect Artrocker and NME arse kissing in say August."

The Beat Maras followed this with their debut album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, Bat and The Astral Phoenix. Subculture magazine called the album 'a piece of work that manages to be both dark and evocative and blithe and light, no mean feat. 4/5'

Both these releases were produced by Ian Button

Ian Button

Ian Button is an English guitarist best known for being in the band Death in Vegas and The Thrashing Doves . Though Death in Vegas' main creative force Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes are often regarded as the only 2 permanent members of the band, Button's contribution was significant throughout...

 (Death in Vegas

Death in Vegas

Death in Vegas are a psychedelic rock and electronic rock band from the United Kingdom, comprising two permanent members: Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes...

, Thrashing Doves

Thrashing Doves

Thrashing Doves were a London based rock band. Their line up consisted of Ken Foreman with Brian Foreman , Ian Button and Kevin Sargent . The original bass player was Hari Sajan. Subsequent bass players were James Eller, Claire Kenny and Gail Ann Dorsey...

, Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty is an English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist. He is best known musically for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he reformed with Carl Barât in 2010. His other musical project is indie band Babyshambles...

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Templeton-Ward's work with Paul Hawkins

Paul Hawkins

Robert Paul Hawkins was an Australian motor racing driver. The son of a racing motorcyclist-turned-church minister, Hawkins was a capable single-seater driver but really made his mark as an outstanding sports car competitor driving Ford GT40s and Lola T70s...

 saw him contribute towards six singles and two albums.

Templeton-Ward's poetry has been performed in support of members from bands such as Ian Dury

Ian Dury

Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...

 and the Noisettes

Noisettes

Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...

Templeton-Ward has appeared on radio numerous times including a BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 live session with Huw Stephens

Huw Stephens

Huw Stephens is a radio presenter currently broadcasting shows on BBC Radio 1.-Early life and career:Stephens was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of the author and literary journalist Meic Stephens...

 and multiple appearances on BBC Radio 6.

As a practicing fine artist Templeton-Ward's work involves multi-media, and the appliance of computer software to create imaginative landscapes. His work has featured as part of the SEVENTEEN

SEVENTEEN

SEVENTEEN is a British contemporary art gallery started in 2005, on east London's Kingsland Road and shows emerging and established contemporary artists. This gallery's artists are:*Susan Collis*Richard Cuerden*Paul B. Davis*Graham Dolphin*Bill Drummond...

 collections.

Templeton-Ward's films have featured artists such as Miles Kane

Miles Kane

Miles Peter Kane is an English musician originally from Meols on the Wirral near Liverpool, best known as the co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals...

, Saul Williams

Saul Williams

Saul Stacey Williams is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his leading role in the 1998 independent film Slam.-Biography:...

, Dark Dark Dark

Dark Dark Dark

Dark Dark Dark is an American chamber folk band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Formed in 2006, the band has toured extensively in the United States and Europe and is known for their blend of New Orleans jazz, Americana, Eastern European folk and pop sensibilities.In 2008 Dark Dark Dark...

, Man Like Me, Hurts

Hurts

Hurts are a British synthpop duo formed in 2009, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft and synthesist Adam Anderson . Their debut album Happiness, which was released in September 2010, has reached the Top 10 in 12 European countries, and has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide...

, Akron/Family

Akron/Family

Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002, and its members currently live in Portland, Oregon , Tucson, Arizona and New York City, New York.-Music and history:...

, Babeshadow, Emmy The Great

Emmy the Great

Emma-Lee Moss , known by her stage name Emmy the Great, is a London-based singer-songwriter. She has released two albums, First Love and Virtue.-Early life:Moss was born in Hong Kong to an English father and a Chinese mother...

, Listener, Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis is an American singer/songwriter and comic book artist.-Early life:Lewis attended State University of New York at Purchase and graduated in 1997 with a degree in Literature...

, Rival Sons

Rival Sons

Rival Sons is an American blues-rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band has digitally self-released one album and also digitally released a self-titled EP through Earache Records before marking their full label debut on the label with Pressure & Time in June 2011.- Before the Fire :Formed...

, British Sea Power

British Sea Power

British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...

, Metronomy

Metronomy

Metronomy are an electronic music group formed by Joseph Mount in Totnes, Devon, England in 1999. The current band consists of Joseph Mount , Anna Prior , Oscar Cash and Gbenga Adelekan...

, The Ruby Suns

The Ruby Suns

The Ruby Suns are an indie/pop group from New Zealand. They formed in 2004 when Californian Ryan McPhun moved to Auckland and started playing in several bands such as The Brunettes and The Tokey Tones.-Biography:...

 and Themselves

Themselves

Themselves is an Oakland-based hip hop group, made up of rapper Doseone and producer Jel . Dax Pierson, from the affiliated group Subtle, has played keyboards for the group, though he is not considered an official member. To date, the group has released three full-length albums and two singles...

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Templeton-Ward has interviewed many musical artists including E.M.A., CREEP, Yoni Wolf, Band Of Skulls

Band of Skulls

Band of Skulls is an alternative rock band from Southampton, England, consisting of Russell Marsden , Emma Richardson , and Matt Hayward...

 and CSS

CSS

-Computing:*Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development*Central Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code...

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Templeton-Ward is currently working on a project with film producer Jade Fitton and Ian Button

Ian Button

Ian Button is an English guitarist best known for being in the band Death in Vegas and The Thrashing Doves . Though Death in Vegas' main creative force Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes are often regarded as the only 2 permanent members of the band, Button's contribution was significant throughout...

 called The Associated Shades. Various lo-fi videos have appeared on YouTube featuring Templeton-Ward's songs. It takes its name from Alan Moore

Alan Moore

Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...

's Promethea

Promethea

Promethea is a comic book series created by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III and Mick Gray, published by America's Best Comics/WildStorm....

 which in turn takes its influence from John Kendrick Bangs'

John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs was an American author, editor and satirist.-Biography:He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father was a lawyer in New York City....

 A House-Boat on the Styx

A House-Boat on the Styx

A House-Boat on the Styx is a book written by John Kendrick Bangs and published in 1895.-Plot summary:The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died has gone to Styx, the river that circles the underworld.The book begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx being...

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Templeton-Ward is set to release debut novel Freeze, Wait - Reanimate in 2011. In some part it is thought to follow the formation of the moon, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Cryopreservation

Cryopreservation

Cryopreservation is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero temperatures, such as 77 K or −196 °C . At these low temperatures, any biological activity, including the biochemical reactions that would lead to cell death, is effectively stopped...

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Singles

The Beat Maras:

• The Huaraz EP

Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences:

• "The Evil Thoughts" (Split 7" with L'il Lost Lou) (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
• "The Bigger Bone" (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
• "I Believe in Karma" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• "Don't Blind Me With Science" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• "You Can't Make Somebody Love You" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• "The Battle Is Not Yet Over" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008

Albums

The Beat Maras:

• Bat and The Astral Phoenix

Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences:

• We Are Not Other People (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• Apologies to the Enlightenment (Jezus Factory Records - 2010)