Dave Stitch
Dave Stitch is the recording pseudonym of UK-based electronic music artist David Brookes
Electronic Music and Art[edit]
Dave Stitch got his pseudonym in 1997 when he formed live electronic band Stitch.
In 1999 David left Essex for London and joined Headfuk Soundsystem.[1] The soundsystem put on regular free parties and raves in and around London and other UK cities, as well as in mainland Europe, featuring Dave Stitch performing a Techno live-set.[2] Dave's live-set at that time (1999–2005) consisted of an MC-303, a Boss DR-202 and a Novation Bass Station.
Influenced by Hakim Bey's Temporary Automous Zone concept and by DIY culture, David was instrumental in the creation of the early Temporary Autonomous Art (TAA) exhibitions held in various squatted venues in London between 2001-2005 as part of the Random Artists collective.[3]
Since 2010 he has also been one half of TReeN,[4] a live electronic music band with Louisa Yorke.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Brookes was born in Colchester, Essex in 1979. His twin, Peter Brookes, suffered from severe cerebral palsy due to complications at their birth.[6] The experience of growing up in the shadow of his twin brother's profound disabilities has given David his perspective on life, and has greatly influenced his heterodoxical musical style. Peter Brookes died in 2002, leaving David a lone twin.
In 2006 Brookes moved to rural Suffolk where he also has a studio.
Discography[edit]
- Headfuk Records volumes FUK 003-006 (2001–2003)
- FAK 001-002 (2002)
- Bernard's Haircut 2 - Crack [as 'The Proppa Authorities'] (2003)
- Rave New World (2007)
- Clearly/Darkly EP (2007)
- Frisbee EP (2008)
- I Think Therefore I Can (2010)
- Sargassan EP (2011)
- Se Altera el Caso EP [as 'Coco Lantano'] (2011)
- Footwerk Makes One Free EP [as 'Del Vee Slakk'] (2012)
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Headfuk Music Unkorporated". Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ Macindoe, Molly (2011). Out of Order: A Photographic Celebration of the Free Party Scene. Bristol: Tangent Books. pp. 429–436. ISBN 978-190647743-1.
- ^ Barham, Nick (27 November 2004). "Dis/connected: edited extract from Disconnected: Why Our Kids Are Turning Their Backs On Everything We Thought We Knew, Ebury Press, 2005". The Guardian Weekend. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ http://www.davestitch.com/Treen.htm
- ^ Seagal Hamilton, Rachel. "Will having kids ruin your creative career?". ideastap.com. Ideastap. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Court gives 'profoundly disabled' twin £1.6m". The Birmingham Post (England). October 3, 2001.
