One More Grain

One More Grain
Origin	London, England, UK
Genres	Alternative rock Experimental music Spoken word Drone music Fusion (music) Modal jazz
Years active	2006–2008, 2014-present
Labels	Victory Garden White Heat Records
Associated acts	Daniel Patrick Quinn Blowpipe Gyratory System
Website	Official Website
Members	Daniel Patrick Quinn Andrew Blick Merek Cooper Laurie Waller
Past members	Dudu Froment Gal Moore

One More Grain is an experimental British rock band. The band is fronted by singer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Patrick Quinn, who is sometimes compared to Fall frontman Mark E. Smith.

Born in Lancaster, England, Quinn attended the town's Royal Grammar School but left after taking his GCSEs (completing his A-levels at the local college). He went on to study Philosophy at university in London. After completing university, Quinn moved to Edinburgh. While there, he worked in the Scottish National Gallery and set up Suilven Recordings, an independent label which released ambient music. Quinn's time in Scotland lasted for around three years and culminated in the release of the record Ridin' the Stang, which was released to plaudits from a number of critics and was subsequently toured with a group of local musicians called The Rough Ensemble.Stewart Lee featured Quinn's track "The Burryman" on his Topography of Chance CD.

Ridin' the Stang did not meet with commercial success. This prompted Quinn's return to London, where he took up residence in a former pub - The Milton Arms - in the east of the city. He immediately set about recruiting musicians for a new musical project. His new recruits were Andrew Blick (a trumpeter, author and former session musician who'd also been half of the jazz/techno duo Blowpipe), a French stand-up bass player called DuDu Fremont and Israeli drummer Gal Moore. In the manner of the XX Teens (some of whom lived at the same address), the quartet began to rehearse in the old pub's cellar and quickly amassed enough material to record an album.

The band subsequently reached an agreement with Victory Garden Records (who also released early material by Hot Chip and Trencher) to release their album. This period also saw the departures of Fremont and Moore, and the arrival of their replacements Merek Cooper and Laurie Waller (on bass and drums respectively). Their record Pigeon English (featuring the original One More Grain lineup) was released in April, 2007 garnering a review in the Sunday Times (1/4/2007), which described the band as "Great English talent".

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