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Jem Edwards

g, AU

Multi-intrumentalist currently based in Byron Bay, Australia. He was a roadie on Motorheads’ first tour with Hawkwind in 1976. From 1979 to 1981 he worked in London’s Wessex Sound Studios working alongside master engineer Jeremy Greene. He has also written solo, ensemble and orchestral pieces. A veteran of the music scene he has performed with or alongside early 80's post-punk band Paper House, with jazz percussionist Andy Leopard, Oxford Music Collectives, The Abstracts (Mark Gibbons), Void Litter with Simon Gilbert (Suede), Jerry Bewley (Oxo, Entropy, Kangaroo Moon, The Egg) and Chris Pinder (Oxo,Pinder), Ed Alleyne-Johnson (New Model Army), David Brown of Limit Mobile Audio. When Fela Kuti was jailed for 5 years in 1981 the band was left in London without a keyboard player, Jem stepped up on keys and the band Blue was born. From 1996 to 1999 he played keys with London R & B unit The Fireflies. Around 1990 he met John Thomson, the concert piano player and improviser and worked for two years on structured improvisations for two pianos/four hands. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1990's. In 2003 he formed the acoustic blues jam unit 6 O’clock Shadow with Richie Storry and Oli Bigland, playing with guest artists such as Greg Hicks (RSC) and Damien Kearney (The Wind that Shakes the Barley). He went on to become a freelance theatrical wire rigger for Ragdoll Children’s TV Productions. In 2007 he took a break to Byron Bay, Australia where he met Vasudha Harte and they formed the band Dinkhum Bohos. He continues to work on his solo projects, gigs, live improvisations with Daevid Allen as well as working with other Byron Bay artists.

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