Philip Clemo
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Philip Clemo, Glasgow 2012 by Colin Gray
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Philip James Clemo |
| Born |
3 August 1964 Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Genres | Classical, jazz, atmospheric, ambient, electronic, experimental rock |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, film maker, artist |
| Instruments | Voice, guitar, piano, keyboards |
| Years active | Music: 1997–present Film: 1989–present |
| Labels | All Colours Arts, Metier |
| Associated acts | Ysanne Spevack, Arve Henriksen, B J Cole, Byron Wallen, Evi Vine, Cleveland Watkiss, Henry Lowther |
| Website | www |
Philip Clemo is a British composer, musician, record producer, sound artist, filmmaker and visual artist, described as one of contemporary music's most innovative artists.
Philip James Clemo was born on 3 August 1964 in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the youngest child of the head of the local veterinary practice. His paternal grandfather was George Roger Clemo, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Newcastle University. Clemo attended Insch Primary School and Inverurie Academy, and later went on to study Electronics and Communications Engineering at the Universities of North London and North East London.
As a child he built his own music and lighting system and began running music nights for school friends at his home. As well as contemporary acts he was influenced by the musical collection of his six-year older brother, particularity the later works of The Beatles, including Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Blue Album. As a teenager he began taking acoustic guitar lessons from local singer-songwriter Iain MacDonald, who had brought out a couple of albums in the 1980s and has recently returned to recording and performing. MacDonald brought folk music influences into his life, and the works of Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, Van Morrison, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, through which he began playing in local folk clubs.
Moving to London in 1982, influenced by the works of Robin Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins and Tom Verlaine of Television, Clemo moved into multitrack recording. Now living in Hackney, East London, he put together a short-lived experimental music band Box in the Sun, but left to explore his musical freedom. Inspired mainly by the works of David Sylvian of Japan, the Cocteau Twins, late-period Talk Talk, Television and Brian Eno, he was also influenced by diverse engagement across artists from Debussy, Arvo Pärt, David Toop, Gavin Bryars, Holger Czukay and Steve Reich to Patti Smith.
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