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Trunk. Basil Kirchin (8 August 1927 – 18 June 2005) was an English drummer and composer. His career spanned from playing drums in his father's big band at the age of 13, through scoring films, to electronic music featuring tape manipulation of the sounds of birds, animals, insects and children. [1]
Feb 15, 2017 · Basil Kirchin was a maverick musician and pioneering composer who is credited as a founding father of ambient music. Yet despite being hailed by acts such as Brian Eno and St Etienne, he remains ...
Basil Kirchin (1927–2005) Kirchin was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, the son of dance band leader Ivor Kirchin, He made his debut as a drummer, aged 13, in his father’s band. Later he joined a succession of other dance orchestras including those of Harry Roy, Teddy Foster, Jack Nathan and Ted Heath, and won the Melody Maker poll as a top ...
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When I hear the music of Hull’s most famous sons and daughters — Michael Chapman, David Whitfield, the Beautiful South, Mick Ronson and the Watersons — I don’t hear the flat panorama of ...
Nov 7, 2020 · The water wagtail was very important in Ainu creation myth. The Ainu creation myth emerged from Ainu peoples of Japan. In this myth, time can be broken down into three parts – “mosir noskekehe” (“the world’s center”); “Mosir sikah ohta” (“a time when the universe was born”); and “mosir kes” (“end of the world”).
One of our biggest projects for Hull City of Culture 2017 was to play a pivotal role in the rediscovery of the ‘lost’ composer Basil Kirchin who died penniless and largely forgotten in Hull in 2005. After pitching Basil’s story to the 2017 team in early 2014, we worked closely with promoters J-Night, Serious music […]
It could only be Basil Kirchin, Worlds Within Worlds (Part I and II) being one of his earliest, rarest and probably most far-out releases. This Record Store Day reissue is the latest step in Trunk Records’ admirable quest to ensure that Basil’s singular artistic vision is given the recognition it deserves. It also serves to stick a big ol ...
