Ian Masters (songwriter)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ian Masters


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Background = solo_singer
Born = Birth date and age|1964|01|04|mf=y
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England
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Genre = Experimental rock
Years_active = 1987–present
Label = 4AD, Guernica, Friendly Science Enregisterments
Associated_acts = Pale Saints, Spoonfed Hybrid, ESP Summer, Friendly Science Orchestra

Ian Masters (born January 4, 1964 in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England [http://www.fedge.net/kuchen] ) is a multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/producer. He had helped form the English indie pop band Pale Saints in 1987, and was their vocalist/bassist until his departure in 1992. Since then, he has since gone on to perform in other notable groups including Spoonfed Hybrid, ESP Summer, and Friendly Science Orchestra.

During Masters' tenure with the Pale Saints, the group released "The Conforts of Madness" and "In Ribbons" as well as several EPs. The recordings displayed a mix of Masters' choirboy-like vocals along with dark atmospheric and noisy pop tunes. Masters, who wasn't interested in touring [http://www.fedge.net/kuchen] , left the group to pursue music of a more experimental nature.

His first project after Pale Saints was Spoonfed Hybrid with Chris Trout. They relased their self-titled debut album in 1993, and their second album, "Hibernation Shock" was in 1996.

In 1994, Masters teamed up with His Name Is Alive auteur Warren Defever and they began to release music as ESP Summer.

In the fall of 1998, Ian released the "Miniature Album" 7" under Friendly Science Orchestra, which became an NME 'Single of the Week'. In 2000, Masters teamed up with The Montgolfier Brothers' songwriter Mark Tranmer to form Wing Disk. Their first EP, "Time is running out", which was recorded between Manchester, London, and Osaka saw release in 2002.

Since 2005, Masters has been living in Japan. In 2007, Masters co-wrote the song "Silver Kiss" on Luminous Orange's "Sakura Swirl" LP and sang and played the saw on "Half a Boy" from the same album.

External links

* [http://www.dfuse.com/spoons/ The Institute of Spoons (website run by Masters)]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=99100727 Friendly Science Orchestra MySpace Page]