Aidan Moffat

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Aidan John Moffat (born April 10, 1973 in Falkirk ) is a Scottish musician and singer. He became known on the side of Malcolm Middleton as the singer of the band Arab Strap .

Career

Moffat grew up in Falkirk, Scotland . At the age of 17 he dropped out of school without a degree and worked in a record store from then on. From 1995 he began to make music together with Malcolm Middleton in the band Arab Strap . From 2002 he started a solo career and released his debut album Hypnogogia under the stage name Lucky Pierre . Since the second album appeared under the stage name L. Pierre . In 2007 he published the album I Can Hear Your Heart under his real name , which contains spoken erotic poems, which are underlaid by sound collages.

Moffat is particularly known for his abundant facial hair .

Moffat lives in the Hyndland district of Glasgow .

Discography

  • 2002: Hypnogogia
  • 2005: Touchpool
  • 2007: Dip Melodic
  • 2007: I Can Hear Your Heart
  • 2009: How To Get To Heaven From Scotland
  • 2011: Everything's Getting Older (with Bill Wells )
  • 2013: The Island Come True (as L. Pierre)
  • 2013: The Eternalist (as L. Pierre)
  • 2015: Vagrants_09_14
  • 2015: The Most Important Place in the World (with Bill Wells)
  • 2016 Where You're Meant To Be (Live Album)
  • 2018: Here Lies the Body (with RM Hubbert ) on Rock Action Records

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview in Amplifier Magazine (English) ( Memento of 7 July 2011 at the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Interview in The Skinny ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Moffat, Aidan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moffat, Aidan John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish musician and singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkirk