Daniel Patrick Quinn
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Daniel Patrick Quinn is best known as a British musician, composer, producer and performer. Founder of the experimental Edinburgh-based record label Suilven Recordings (2003 - early 2006) which released his own works and that of postminimalist ambient American composers DAC Crowell and Kurt Doles
, with whom he also collaborated. Quinn's work is difficult to pigeonhole, seemingly taking influence from many genres including European folk and folklore, pastoral ambient, punk and post-punk, minimalism
, classical, spoken-word, jazz, world and avant-garde. His 2005 composition The Burryman, which includes narration by Duncan Grahl regarding the Scottish custom of the Burryman was featured on the Sonic Arts Network
compilation curated by comedian and writer Stewart Lee
. More recently he founded the London-based group One More Grain
, whose second album, Isle of Grain, was released 28 January 2008 on White Heat Records to considerable critical acclaim including Sunday Times Album of the Week feature and airplay including BBC Radio 1
. Quinn contributed to trumpeter Andrew Blick's solo project Gyratory System
and was working on a new Afrobeat-inspired solo album Acting The Rubber Pig when he announced his retirement from music primarily as a result of lack of substantial industry funding for the group. A posthumous One More Grain
7" single of the traditional English song Scarborough Fair
was released via Static Caravan in 2008. Quinn then moved to Jakarta
, Indonesia
, and oversaw In Nem, a New York minimalist-inspired gamelan
recording project in Central Java
as well as writing liner notes for Trance Gamelan in Bali. He is now writer and editor for an Indonesian volcano website Gunung Bagging detailing all peaks in the country with 1000 metres topographic prominence
known as the Ribu
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Kurt Doles
Kurt Doles is an American composer and bass clarinetist. He is best known for his slow, quiet instrumental pieces which are frequently written for unusual groups of instruments...
, with whom he also collaborated. Quinn's work is difficult to pigeonhole, seemingly taking influence from many genres including European folk and folklore, pastoral ambient, punk and post-punk, minimalism
Minimalism
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts...
, classical, spoken-word, jazz, world and avant-garde. His 2005 composition The Burryman, which includes narration by Duncan Grahl regarding the Scottish custom of the Burryman was featured on the Sonic Arts Network
Sonic Arts Network
Sonic Arts Network was a UK-based organisation, established in 1979, that aimed to enable both audiences and practitioners to engage with the art of sound through a programme of festivals, events, commissions and education projects...
compilation curated by comedian and writer Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director known for being one half of the 1990s comedy duo Lee and Herring, and for co-writing and directing the critically acclaimed and controversial stage show Jerry Springer - The Opera...
. More recently he founded the London-based group One More Grain
One More Grain
One More Grain was a four piece band based in London.Fronted by Daniel Patrick Quinn, often compared to the Fall frontman, Mark E. Smith. Quinn hails from the small northern city of Lancaster, where he attended the Royal Grammar School...
, whose second album, Isle of Grain, was released 28 January 2008 on White Heat Records to considerable critical acclaim including Sunday Times Album of the Week feature and airplay including 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...
. Quinn contributed to trumpeter Andrew Blick's solo project Gyratory System
Gyratory System
Gyratory System is a three-piece music band based in London. It is fronted by producer/trumpet player Andrew Blick. Blick was a session musician in the 1990s and previously a member of One More Grain. His trumpet-playing style, which involves the heavy use of electronic treatments, has been likened...
and was working on a new Afrobeat-inspired solo album Acting The Rubber Pig when he announced his retirement from music primarily as a result of lack of substantial industry funding for the group. A posthumous One More Grain
One More Grain
One More Grain was a four piece band based in London.Fronted by Daniel Patrick Quinn, often compared to the Fall frontman, Mark E. Smith. Quinn hails from the small northern city of Lancaster, where he attended the Royal Grammar School...
7" single of the traditional English song Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Fair
"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...
was released via Static Caravan in 2008. Quinn then moved to Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, and oversaw In Nem, a New York minimalist-inspired gamelan
Gamelan
A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included....
recording project in Central Java
Central Java
Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...
as well as writing liner notes for Trance Gamelan in Bali. He is now writer and editor for an Indonesian volcano website Gunung Bagging detailing all peaks in the country with 1000 metres topographic prominence
Topographic prominence
In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...
known as the Ribu
Ribu
A Ribu is a mountain or volcano in Indonesia with a topographic prominence of or more . There are currently a total of 226 such peaks across the Indonesian archipelago. Some are popular hikes, such as Mount Rinjani, Mount Semeru, and Mount Kerinci, while others are much more obscure and some do...
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Solo
- The Winter Hills (Suilven Recordings) 2003
- Jura (Suilven Recordings) 2003
- Severed From The Land (Suilven Recordings) 2004
- SUILVEN007 (with Beano Jameson) (Suilven Recordings) 2004
- Ridin' The Stang (Suilven Recordings) 2005
- Don't Look Down (with DAC Crowell and Kurt DolesKurt DolesKurt Doles is an American composer and bass clarinetist. He is best known for his slow, quiet instrumental pieces which are frequently written for unusual groups of instruments...
) (Suilven Recordings) 2006 - West To The Irish Sea (Wee Black Skelf, 10" compilation) 2007
With One More Grain
- Pigeon English (album)Pigeon English (album)Pigeon English is the debut album by London-based experimental rock group One More Grain.-Track listing:All tracks written by One More Grain except "Northern" by Daniel Patrick Quinn#"A Shout In The Street" – 4:36#"Tropical Mother-in-Law" – 3:56...
(Victory Garden) 2007 - Live in Brighton (Victory Garden / Static Caravan, 3" cd) 2007
- Having A Ball (White Heat, 7" single) 2008
- Isle of Grain (White Heat) 2008
- Scarborough Fair b/w Giriama Wedding (Static Caravan, 7" single) 2008
Compilation appearances
- Nine Standards Rigg on cover cd, issue 13 of Is this music?Is this music?Is this music? is an alternative music magazine based in Scotland, with a focus on the Scottish alternative music scene. Its first issue appeared in late 2003, featuring news of Bob Fairfoull's split from Idlewild, but its best known 'exclusive' was the first ever interview with Glasgow-based pop...
magazine 2005 - TheFirstTen Suilven Recordings sampler (Suilven Recordings) 2005
- The Burryman on Sonic Arts NetworkSonic Arts NetworkSonic Arts Network was a UK-based organisation, established in 1979, that aimed to enable both audiences and practitioners to engage with the art of sound through a programme of festivals, events, commissions and education projects...
cd The Topography of Chance 2006 - Figure of Eight - instrumental demo on cover cd, issue 1 of Plus One Lung photozine 2006
- Tropical Mother-in-Law on free All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
cd 2007
External links
- The Times (London): Review of Ridin' The Stang by Pete Paphides
- Interview on Whisperin' and Hollerin' by Tim Peacock
- Interview on Mouvement Nouveau by Tobias Fischer
- Ambient Music: Suilven Recordings
- Playlouder: Review by Luke Turner of Ridin' The Stang
- Sunday Times (London): Review by Stewart Lee of Don't Look Down by Crowell, Doles and Quinn