Clive Painter

Clive Painter
Background information
Birth name	Clive Painter
Origin	London, England
Genres	Experimental rock, ambient, electronic, art rock, indie rock, post rock.
Occupation(s)	Producer, musician, cinematographer, mastering engineer
Instruments	Guitar, bass, drums, keyboards,
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Big Cat Records, Kitty Kitty, Piao!, Tongue Master, PIAS Recordings, British Film Institute, Snowstorm, Cherry Red Records
Associated acts	The 99 Call, Broken Dog, Tram, The Real Tuesday Weld, Monograph, Isadora Beech.
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Clive Painter is a musician, record producer and mastering engineer based in London.

Since the mid-1990s, Painter has been known primarily as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in both Broken Dog and Tram, and he is currently active as a guitarist in The 99 Call and The Real Tuesday Weld. In 2001, he released an instrumental album Rocket Science on the Showstorm label under the name of Wolf. Described in the press as similar in style to an Ennio Morricone score and compared to Sigur Rós and Godspeed You Black Emperor.

The first commercial release featuring Clive Painter was a 12" single called "Falling" by a duo he formed in 1990 with Joanne Taylor called Isadora Beech. The single was released in 1991 on the Cherry Red subsidiary label MFF.

In 1994 Clive Painter formed the cult band Broken Dog with Martine Roberts and the following year they were signed to Big Cat Records and released their first album in 1996. John Peel became a fan of Broken Dog and over the next eight years they were invited by him to record four peel sessions and made numerous other appearances on his Radio 1 show. Broken Dog have release five albums and a handful of singles/EPs.

In 1997 Clive Painter began working on the production of the first Tram (band) singles and their debut album Heavy Black Frame. On which he played guitar, bass, harmonium, percussion and clarinet. He co-produced the album with the guitarist and singer Paul Anderson and played live with Tram until 1999. He also appears on Tram's first session for John Peel recorded in 1998. In 2009 Clive Painter and Paul Anderson formed a new band called The 99 Call.

At the same time as working on Heavy Black Frame Clive Painter was working on recordings by Monograph (band) which were released on Shinkansen Recordings. He also produced several singles for the London-based Piao! Label by artists such as Girlfrendo and Miss Mend.

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