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PRESENTED BY TOM MILLETT
Nomadic multi-instrumentalist and electro-acoustic visionary" Justin Grounds is about to embark on a tour of must-see shows in Ireland and the UK to support the release of his stunning new album 'The Dissolving' which is due for release March 2010.
Grounds' own life has trodden a path as wildly adventurous and unconventional as his music. Born into a unconventional family his musical education was unorthodox and eclectic; studying baroque violin, foraging ideas from classical sonatas to jazz/funk grooves, touring with a drum'n'bass collective and completing a degree in electro-acoustic composition. Leaving home and packing his bags with a laptop, some mics and a handful of ideas, he made his debut record 'Francesco' on a long journey around the world, performing and recording in some of the most extraordinary places, from a Hawaiian monastery to a housing project in downtown Vancouver. The album was followed by the critically lauded, dark and broody 'Love is Strong as Death', recorded in Melbourne, Australia and released on the now sadly defunct Creative Vibes label.
In keeping with his endless sense of wanderlust, Grounds toured the world with these records, playing shows across the UK, Canada, the USA and Australia, all the while developing his own unique and experimental solo stage show, building and programming his own electronic live loop setup to weave loops and layers of laptop, analogue synth, and thumb piano as well as his beloved violin.
http://www.justingrounds.com
Tune in again tomorrow!!!
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