Joe Volk
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Volk is signed to Invada Records as a solo artist and released his debut album 'Derwent Waters Saint' in 2006. The album was recorded, engineered and produced by Adrian UtleyAdrian Utley
Adrian Francis Utley is an English musician and a member of the band Portishead.-Biography:Utley is self-taught on guitar, bass and keyboards, and played professionally from the age of 18 in working men's clubs, night clubs, holiday camps, and in cabaret, backing soul artists...
, guitarist with the band Portishead. Volk started recording a new album in January 2011, again working with Utley, as well as Emmy nominated composer Ben Salisbury.
His last solo performance in the UK was in 2009 at the Colston Hall, Bristol. He performed with the Bristol Ensemble chamber orchestra as part of the 'Invada Invasion' event curated by Geoff Barrow
Geoff Barrow
Geoffrey Paul Barrow is the producer, disc jockey, and instrumentalist for Portishead.Portishead—formed in 1991—was named after the small town near Bristol where Barrow grew up...
. Volk started playing live again in February 2011, playing a handful of shows in Finland.
He is the Great Grandson of electrical engineer and inventor Magnus Volk
Magnus Volk
Magnus Volk was a pioneer British electrical engineer. He is most notable for having built Volk's Electric Railway, the world's oldest extant electric railway. He also built the unique, but short lived, Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway, together with its unusual Daddy Long Legs...
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Bands
He was first signed to Invada Records as the singer with hard rock band GongaGonga (band)
Gonga is a heavy "stoner rock" band based in Bristol, UK. Formed in early 1998 by brothers George Elgie , Thomas Elgie and William Smalley as Octane Bud, they were later joined by Joe Volk in 2001 when the trio were offered their first gig at Shambala Festival. They signed to Invada Records in...
. Volk left the band in 2007, after writing and releasing two albums with the group.
Volk is also the singer and lyricist in Crippled Black Phoenix
Crippled Black Phoenix
Crippled Black Phoenix is a post-rock supergroup from the United Kingdom. Several musicians have contributed to Crippled Black Phoenix's albums and play with them during their live shows.-History:...
, a band founded by Justin Greaves in 2004. Together they are signed to the publishing division of Domino Records as the writers of the group.
Since releasing Derwent Waters Saint, Volk has released seven albums and four EP's with these bands.