- Joseph Mount
Joseph Patrick Kennith Mount, from
Totnes inDevon , born September 111982 [ [http://www.upmusicmagazine.com/08-upmag/08/zy79.php] Up Music interview] , is the creative force behind British bandMetronomy . He has been described on hisMyspace site as winning the NME Award for being the friendliest man in pop.In early 2008 Joseph was rumoured to dating Nicola from Girls Aloud [ [http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_feature.php?id=5334] subba-cultcha interview] .
Biography
Joseph started out as a rock and roll drummer, playing in various bands at school and then in his mid teens with The Upsides and The Customers. Joseph also taught drums to kids in his local area. His first forays into Electronic music started with him buying an old
G3 computer from his father. It was with this setup that he set about creating beats and discovered he knew a lot more about melody than he thought he did and he began to compose music under the Metronomy moniker.Joseph attended Brighton University, fellow alumni are Samuel Preston,
Good Shoes ,The Maccabees andDj Scotch Egg . [ [http://www.upmagazine.co.uk/magazine/up5/page12.html] Metronomy Interview] .Joseph now lives in London.
Production
Metronomy Foals Kate Nash Good Shoes Cocknbullkid Roots Manuva Sophie Ellis Bextor [ [http://www.ohhcrapp.net/2008/09/interview-metronomy_13.html] Metronomy Interview]References
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