A Scholar and A Physician

Essentially a production duo, A Scholar (b. Oliver Horton, 4 Apr 1981, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, Britain; synthesiser/percussion/vocals) and YOUR PHYSICIAN (b. Steve Dawson, 16 Feb 1979, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Britain; synthesiser/percussion/vocals) were component of an underground, Oxfordshire-based, DIY electro pop community that blossomed on the web in the first area of the twenty-first hundred years. Between 2000 and 2005 they finished six limited release, download-only seasonal mixtape compilations as the ASAP Team. With titles like the All Content material No Meaning Xmas Album and THE VERY BEST General Midi Recording In The Globe Ever, Horton and Dawson lay out their stall with an obvious playfulness, welcoming many likeminded close friends such as for example Lunar Resistance, Anxious Testpilot and Binster to lead tracks. Also presented on these produces was Brand, a Pickup truck Records signed music group that Horton experienced formed along with his cousin Stuart Meads in 1995, and A Specialist (b. Ash Verjee, 1 Might 1979, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Britain; electronics/vocals) who frequently join A Scholar And YOUR PHYSICIAN go on stage during this time period. Horton occasionally added brooding and sublime, experimental single compositions that could take the advantage from the wackiness that always dominated these selections. For example, 2002’s ‘Doctor’s Xmas’ and 2004’s ‘It By no means Got Produced’ recalled the mature, about-turn created by Blur on the 1999 launch 13. Horton and Dawson’s 1st live appearance was in the Pickup truck Event in 2003. Beneath the ASAP Team moniker, the duo managed an Apple Mac pc laptop computer each and was became a member of by seven key pad players to be able to replicate their cut-and-paste studio room sound. Often influenced by 80s pc generated music, their audio had the required vintage kitsch to attract kooky vocalist songwriters such as for example Piney Gir and Anat Ben-David who respectively recruited the duo to create 2004’s Peakahokahoo and 2006’s Will 2 Power.