Zone works with a combination of established composers and new raw talent. Below are biographies for some of the people who have contributed to the latest zone. We are always looking for new writers, so if you want to submit some music to us, please address a CDR to:
A & R
Zone Music
3 School House
Church Road
Hascombe
Surrey GU8 4JF
Or email: info@zonemusic.co.uk
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Bob Holroyd
Bob Holroyd is one of the UK's leading exponents of ambient/global fusion/chillout music. He has released 4 albums to date, including the critically acclaimed ' A Different Space ' and ' Without Within '. His work has been licensed extensively for TV, films, and numerous compilations, and been remixed by various DJs including Coldcut, Francois K, Romanthony, dZihan & Kamien and Loop Guru. For more information check out www.myspace.com/bobholroydmusic.
Peter Larsen
Peter recently recorded Kate Walsh who as an unsigned artist topped the iTunes album download chart in April 2007 ahead of Take That and the Kaiser Chiefs.
John Parricelli
John Parricelli began his professional guitar playing career in 1982 and is currently one of the UK’s top jazz guitarists. He was one of the founder members of Loose Tubes in the 80's and since then he has worked with jazz artists such as Kenny Wheeler, Andy Sheppard, Iain Ballamy, Norma Winstone, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Julian Arguelles, Tim Whitehead, Eddie Parker, WDR Band with Peter Erskine and Vince Mendoza, Mark Lockheart, Martin Speake, Annie Whitehead, Stacey Kent and Gerard Presencer.
John is currently working with Andy Sheppard, Mark Lockheart's Scratch Band, Norma Winstone/Iain Ballamy Trio, Stan Sulzmann/Kenny Wheeler Trio, Gerard Presencer, Colin Towns Quintet and Mask Orchestra, Martin Speake Quartet and The Eddie Parker Group.
Alongside this, John also works in other areas of music, having recorded with M People, Judy Tzuke, Shara Nelson and Mike Oldfield. He has also played on the scores of numerous features films and television dramas for Mike Figgis, George Fenton, Stephen Warbeck, Colin Towns, Trevor Jones, Adrian Johnston, Gabriel Yared, Zbigniew Preisner, Patrick Doyle and Rachel Portman. For more information check out www.johnparricelli.com.
Gary Crockett
Having been the bass player with The James Taylor Quartet for many years, Gary is now a member of the legendary deep funk super group the Sound Stylistics which features members of Jamiroquai, the Brand New Heavies and Galliano as well as DJ Snowboy. Gary has also worked with The New Jersey Kings, The Karminsky Experience, Citrus Sun, Incognito and Tom Jones..
Dominic Glover
Dominic has toured and recorded extensively with artists such as the Brand New Heavies, Beverley Knight, Orbital, Future Sound Of London, the Mavericks, US3, Incognito, Moloko, Ocean Colour Scene, Carleen Anderson, Groove Armada, Gorillaz, Terry Callier and Katie Melua. He’s also a DJ and has more funk tracks on his ipod than pretty much everyone else of the planet!
David Newton
Having been the guitarist and song-smith in UK combos such as the Wild Flowers, Mighty Lemondrops and Blue Aeroplanes, Dave relocated to California and is now a producer and engineer for many hip LA combos including the Blood Arm, Kissing Tigers and the Little Ones. For more info visit www.myspace.com/davidnewtonmusic He also has a radio show called the Garden Fence of Sound on www.littleradio.com.
Steve Pearce
Steve Pearce is one of the most renowned bass guitar players in the world and has performed and recorded with an extraordinary number of people. These include Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Van Morrison, Elton John, George Michael, Bryan Ferry, Tom Jones, Al Jarreau, Mark Knopfler, Everything But The Girl, Annie Lennox, Sting and Diana Krall. For more information check out www.myspace.com/stevepearcebass.
Paul Emanuel
Paul Emanuel, alongside production partner Seamus Haji, is one of the most in demand re-mixers in dance music. Their trademark Haji & Emanuel electro-funk sound has spawned many an imitator and made club hits the world over. Their own productions ‘Weekend’ (a cover of the Class Action classic sampled and made famous by Todd Terry in the mid 80s) and ‘Take Me Away’ (an Ibiza classic) have been benchmark records.
Their most recent release is a 2007 remix of the classic ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’ which is being championed by top UK radio DJ Pete Tong as the next big thing. For more information check out www.myspace.com/paulemanuel.
Ralph Salmins
Ralph Salmins is one of the UK's most in-demand pop, jazz and film score drummers. He has worked with the likes of the Count Basie Band, Van Morrison, Wynton Marsalis, Madonna, Bjork, Macy Gray and Alanis Morrisette. He has also worked on the film socres for several James Bond films, ‘102 Dalmatians’ and ‘Gosford Park’. Ralph was the drummer on Robbie Williams's seven-times Platinum recording, ‘Swing When You're Winning’. For more information check out www.myspace.com/ralphsalmins.
Anthony Kerr
Twice winner of British Jazz Awards, Anthony is regarded by many as the most exciting vibraphone player in jazz today. Originally from Belfast he has worked extensively as a jazz musician in New York and throughout Europe and the UK. Artists he has worked with include Elvis Costello, George Shearing, Robbie Williams, Georgie Fame, Claire Martin and Norma Winstone. He has recorded three solo albums ‘The End Game’, ‘Too Marvelous for Words’ and ‘Now Hear This’ which was recorded live at London’s famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. For more information check out www.anthonykerr.com.
Mike Trim
Having worked extensively in the folk and jazz scenes for many years with artists such as June Tabor, Show Of Hands, Capercaillie, Jacqui Dankworth and Perfect Houseplants, Mike now works with the boundary pushing folk act The Fingersmiths. For more information check out www.miketrim.com.
Tim Short
UK based percussionist Tim has had to develop a wide range of styles - as he says, 'you can't get by playing one rhythm as you might in Cuba'. As a result, in any one week Tim will play North African styles on a darabuka with the Moroccan artist Hassan Errajji, live Drum 'n' Bass with BBC Radio One DJ Fabio and Soukous with Cameroonian Achille Mondo.