Andrew Poppy
Andrew Poppy (born May 29, 1954 in Kent , England ) is a British composer , pianist and music producer .
He studied music 1974-1979 at the Royal Holloway College and at the Goldsmiths College of the University of London . In 1981 he was one of the founding members of The Lost Jockey , which created and performed compositions in the style of Philip Glass , Steve Reich and Louis Andriessen . In 1982 he contributed the orchestral arrangements for the debut album Force The Hand of Chance by the industrial band Psychic TV . He later also made arrangements for Erasure , The The , The House of Love , Strawberry Switchblade and Nitzer Ebb .
His debut album as a solo performer was The Beating of Wings , which was released by ZTT in 1985 and on which he could both be heard on the piano and conduct a larger ensemble at the performance of one of his orchestral compositions. Since then he has released several albums, including the 2005 album Another Language with Claudia Brücken (ex- propaganda ).
Poppy teaches composition at Trinity College of Music in Greenwich , London .
Discography
- The Lost Jockey (with The Lost Jockey), 1982
- Professor Slack EP (with The Lost Jockey), 1982
- The Beating of Wings , 1985
- Alphabed , 1987
- Recordings , 1992
- Ophelia / Ophelia , 1995
- Rude Bloom , 1995
- Time at Rest Devouring Its Secret , 2000
- Another Language (with Claudia Brücken), 2005
- Andrew Poppy on Zang Tuum Tumb , 2005
Web links
- Marc Issue: Poppy art Blitz, December 1986
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SURNAME | Poppy, Andrew |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer, pianist and music producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kent , England |