Andy Diagram

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Andy Diagram was a member of Manchester indie band James, best known for playing the trumpet. Andy left James in 1992, but made a special return for the bands farewell tour in 2001 at the MEN Arena.

Andy Diagram has been a unique voice on the trumpet for more than 18 years. He developed his own style over that time in a variety of very different projects. Creating large soundscapes of brass with the use of electronics, looping his trumpet in multiple echo machines, and with the ingenious use of harmonizers he builds not just luscious washes of sound but also pulsating and infectious rhythms. Spending much of the 1980s in Manchester, he recorded and toured with a range of bands on the rock, pop and jazz scenes, from Diagram Brothers and Dislocation Dance to James. Moving to London in 1992 he became a founder member of The Honkies which stormed the London improvised music scene of the early 90s. He now records and tours the world with his own, much acclaimed band The Spaceheads, where his unique sound and melodic sense are complimented by the emotive rhythms of drummer Richard Harrison. He has also been recording and touring with David Thomas as a regular member of the two pale boys for the last six years.

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Dislocation Dance Slip That Disc (New Hormones ORG10, `81). Midnight Shift (Rough Trade Rough 63, `83.)

Diagram Brothers Some Marvels Of Modern Science (New Hormones ORG17, `81).

Pale Fountains Pacific Street (Virgin Records V2274, `83).

James Gold Mother (Phonogram 846 189-1, `90). Seven (Phonogram 866 495-1, `92).

Honkies All My Screws Fell Out (Megaphone 006, `92). Who Eats? (Megaphone 015, `93).

Spaceheads Spaceheads (Dark Beloved Cloud DBC204 or Red Note REDNOTE3 `95). Round The Outside (Space Records SPACE01, `97). Ho! Fat Wallet (Dark Beloved Cloud DBC212, US, `98). Angel Station (Pandemonium PAN032 or Merge Records MRG157 `99).