Just me for the moment, tho I enjoy collaborating with other people.
Influences
Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, Nitin Sawhney, Steve Reich, UNKLE, Nick Drake, Fatboy Slim, Breakbeat, Smashing Pumpkins, Suede, Beethoven, Thomas Tallis, Vaughan-Williams, Satie, Poulenc, Bill Hicks, Richard Dawkins, Ghandi, The Buddha.
Sounds Like
Instrumentals in the region of Michael Nyman/Ludovico Einaudi/Keith Jarrett and songs influenced by Brian Wilson/Paul Simon/Nick Drake.
"his music displays amazing beauty in repetition and minimalism. Definitely a performer to keep your eyes on." Evening Mail
"Each piece brimmed with an inherent sense of poignancy ... Batsford created a spectral ambience which made him stand out from other composers. Utterly spell-binding." Birmingham Post
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I'm currently performing sets featuring my instrumental piano music, original songs and the occasional Brian Wilson number.
You can currently download a whole album of my music including the instrumentals on this profile by visiting my website, but not for long as I will be re-recording this album shortly for a commercial release in the Autumn
I'm also available for hire as a pianist playing mellow contemporary, classical and neo-classical music for corporate events, restaurants and the like.
I'm also available for session work and I teach piano in a contemporary, but structured style.
As co-founder and core member of the creative network Project X Presents, joining with up to 100 other creative individuals, I co-design and produce our unique "omnimedia experiences" in which I also coordinate the music and perform a solo piano spot collaborating with other forces as diverse as Einstellung (post-rock instrumental guitar band), a string quartet, solo cello, live drums and bass, triggered electonic sounds and samples (specially recorded by Howard Marks), dancers and visual artists.
Im heavily involved in the world of stand up comedy, booking acts for the Comedy Central comedy club in Liverpool and the Hare & Hounds in Birmingham and other venues across the country.
In the past Ive played and sung with Indie guitar bands, professional Beach Boys covers bands and the CBSO.
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Hey thanks, you were awesome, I'm surprised that's the first time I've seen you play!
Thanks for the nice blog post too, I think if I seemed nervous it was probably because my dad was there and he's never been to one of my gigs before! xx
Hi Rich, Thanks for inviting us to be part of Project X last night. We really enjoyed ourselves; from our end it seemed to go really well. Cheers, The Lazy Lizards
Hello Rich, thanks for being a friend of Tantrika, and I'm glad you enjoyed the gig last night - hope to see you again some time, if you're around these parts!
If you are looking for a show, bands or acoustic, or have another enquiry please message us or email acousticstage@hotmail.com We're not booking bands until next year, but have a handful acoustic slots available for the rest of 2008.
Hey Rich thanks very much for the add, have been listening to your myspace, instrumentals sound ace :) Look forward to meeting you at the Yardbird, hope all's cool with you :) x
Looooooooovely compositions, Rich! And I love your touch. It's sensitive, thoughtful and raw. Thanks so much for your friendship, and also the bit of encouragement about my site. :)
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