Joshua Blackmore

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Floating Points Maida Vale clips
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Noonian Soong
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Live at Con Fest....
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Tax Return Live
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Genre: Alternative / Hip Hop / Jazz
Location Camden, London and South East, UK
Profile Views: 35350
Last Login: 16/10/2011
Member Since 22/06/2006
Website joshuablackmore.com
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Joshua was born in London into a musical family on May 20th 1986. He was constantly surrounded by music and by the end of Primary school Joshua was studying Clarinet, Orchestral Percussion and teaching himself Drum Kit. Growing up in Derbyshire, Joshua attended County Youth Orchestras, Wind Bands and Jazz Bands throughout secondary school, with opportunities for European travel and the highlight of performing in Japan. Joshua was playing professionally by the age of 15 with his quartet ‘Midnight Blue’. These concerts provided opportunities to perform alongside headline acts from London. Joshua was able to hear and meet many of his future colleagues (Tom Cawley (Curios), Tom Herbert (Polar Bear, The Invisible), Dave O’Higgins (Kyle Eastwood Band), Gilad Atzmon (Sarah Gillespie band) and Gerard Presencer. Studying drum kit with Malcolm Garrett at Birmingham Conservatoire Junior School at aged 16 encouraged Joshua to set his sights high. He then attended Royal Academy of Music Junior Jazz department a year later under the guidance of Nick Smart. Joshua then won a place on the prestigious Jazz degree programme whereby only one Drummer is taken every year and studied drums with Martin France. Joshua graduated in 2008 from the Royal Academy of Music with BMus (1st Class Hons.) also gaining his L.R.A.M. and being awarded the Benjamin Doniger prize. In 2006 Joshua was an incipient member of the Piano Trio ‘Curios’ who won ‘BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line up Best Band’ at the Jazz awards 2008. They await the release, and Launch at South Bank Purcell Rooms, of their third album in March 2010, along with a 15 date UK/European tour. This will serve to widen their rapidly growing fan base already underpinned by events such as supporting Wayne Shorter Quartet at the Barbican in 2008 and extensively touring throughout UK and Europe including the North Sea, 12 points and London Jazz Festivals. “Curios are now poised to be launched to a worldwide audience. Intricate, witty and profoundly musical, Curios have become, within two albums, the most formidable piano trio in the UK” MOJO magazine. In 2007 Joshua co-founded ‘Troyka’ (“Ones to watch out for” Jazzwise ‘09) with fellow RAM students Chris Montague (James Taylor Quartet) and Kit Downes (Empirical). June ’09 saw the release of their debut album ‘Troyka’ on Edition Records, to rave reviews and a Jazzwise magazine full feature, August ’09. Recently cited as one of Jamie Cullum’s favourites they have been voted by Jazzwise readers as No.8 in the Top 100 CD’s of this year. Troyka have played at Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express, 606 and Vortex Jazz clubs and all around the UK. Having supported Polar Bear (Mercury Music Prize winners) at the Jazz Café to a sold out audience (Nov ’09) Edition records are now negotiating a substantial tour in 2010. “Troyka are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with; like King Crimson for the iPod generation”. Time Out In summer 2009 Joshua Joined forces with DJ Hip–Hop artist Floating Points to form the Floating Points Ensemble and recorded a BBC Radio 1 Gilles Peterson feature at Maida Vale studios. Floating points and the ensemble have had releases via Eglo, Planet mu, Ubiquity, XL and Brownswood records, some of which feature Joshua’s drum samples. They have had heavy support from Radio 1 DJs such as Gilles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Rob Da Bank and Benji B. In February 2010 Joshua will be appearing the Floating Points Ensemble at the World Wide Awards and at London’s Cargo club. Joshua recently finished a residency at the West End Leicester Square Theatre with American comedienne Sandra Burnhard. Joshua has recorded in USA, having won the funding in a competition, with saxophonist Seamus Blake. He has toured with Sarah Gillespie, Gerard Presencer, Martin Speake, Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, Dave O’Higgins (Hong Kong and Sri Lanka) and with Tim Ries, of Rolling Stones, at Ronnie Scotts and the London Astoria. Joshua is also committed to working in education and teaches regularly for Brent Council. Joshua is endorsed by Sonor Drums, Bosphorus Cymbals and Roland UK. .. ............Myspace Layouts.. - ..Myspace Editor.. - ..Hot Comments.. - ..Image Hosting....
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