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Basil Kirchin (8 August 1927 – 18 June 2005) was an English drummer and composer. His career spanned from playing drums in his father's big band at the age of 13, through scoring films, to electronic music featuring tape manipulation of the sounds of birds, animals, insects and children.
Feb 15, 2017 · Basil Kirchin was a maverick musician and pioneering composer who is credited as a founding father of ambient music. Yet despite being hailed by acts such as Brian Eno and St Etienne, he...
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Learn about the life and work of Basil Kirchin, a pioneer of electronic and experimental music who created his own musical language called Worlds Within Worlds. Discover his career as a drummer, band leader, film and TV composer, and his influential albums released by Trunk Records.
Nov 21, 2015 · Basil Kirchin (Inglaterra, 1967) - Don't Lose Your Cool (Full) Nicolás Guzmán. 97K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.7K. 56K views 8 years ago.
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Basil Kirchin was an English composer and drummer. He lived from 8 August 1927 to 18 June 2005. His career included playing drums with his father’s big band when he was 13, scoring films, and electronic music that uses tape manipulation to create sounds for birds, animals and autistic kids.
Basil Kirchin (8 August 1927 – 18 June 2005) was an English drummer and composer. His career spanned from playing drums in his father's big band at the age of 13, through scoring films, to electronic music featuring tape manipulation of the sounds of birds, animals, insects and children.
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Basil Kirchin first started playing the drums in December 1941 at The Paramount, Tottenham Court Road, London, where his father Ivor had the resident band. In those days life as a civilian was not an easy one, the family having to spend every night in the underground tube station as the German blitz raged overhead.
