- James Gardner (musician)
James Gardner is a British-born musician and composer (born
Liverpool ,1962 ), now resident inNew Zealand .Schoolfriend of
Noko andHoward Gray , with whom he later formed the bandApollo 440 , Gardner spent much of the 1980s in London playing and programming keyboards and synthesizers for a variety of artists. During this time he also formed the short-lived bandThe Umbrella (which included Noko), where the lifelong John Barry fixation can be seen. Later, Gardner was involved withLuxuria , the band formed by Noko andHoward Devoto . In 1990, he co-foundedApollo 440 , a band and remixing team.In 1993, Gardner left Apollo 440 in order to concentrate on composition, which had always been a parallel interest, and he moved to New Zealand in 1994, becoming a citizen of the country in 2001. In 1996, he set up the contemporary music ensemble
175 East , of which he is currently director and occasional conductor, and his compositions have been played and broadcast throughout the world.Gardner is also a broadcaster on music on the New Zealand radio station
Radio New Zealand Concert . He writes and presents shows covering contemporary music with shows on characters as diverse asJohn Cage ,Frank Zappa and theJames Bond soundtracks of John Barry.External references
* [http://www.175east.co.nz/james.htm Bio on the 175 East site]
* [http://www.elision.org.au/composers/gardner.html Bio on the Elision site]
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