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Darrell Till
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
GenresAlternative rock, Britpop, alternative hip hop, world music
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, artist, writer, screenwriter
Instrument(s)Accordion, keyboard, vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, melodica, guitar, bass guitar
Years active1988–present
LabelsRabid Antelope
WebsiteMen From Earth
The Ohms

Darrell Till (born 1975 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, and author. His work as a composer to the soundtrack of Prism Award-winning short film Post Apocalyptic Bunny Makes Toast brought him to the attention of the public in 2003. His longest-running musical project is the band Men From Earth which has also produced many notable works including a tribute song to the late Douglas Adams titled "The Salmon of Doubt", which was reported in a Yahoo[1] poll to be among the most downloaded tracks of 2001, a cover of They Might Be Giants "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" that appeared on the tribute album We Might Be Giants Too, Two,[2][unreliable source?] and more recently the song "I Faked The Moon Landing"[3] which featured on the Craig Pilling Show on British radio station Rock FM. His other band The Ohms released one album Out There in 2004 which gained awards from music website GarageBand.com. The music video to The Ohms "Sell Out Story" won the "2004 Mill Award for new media Animation".[4]

He is also co-founder of the media production company Tiny Lapel. As well as co-writing and performing in many of the videos produced by Tiny Lapel, the videos invariably also feature his music.

Till is currently[when?] working on a second Men From Earth album to be titled 'New, Clear Ways to Land', an untitled comic book project, a soundtrack to the upcoming Randomers multimedia comic, and another unknown comedy script which he is known to be co-writing with fellow Tiny Lapel founder Russell Payne.[citation needed]

Discography

Throughout his career, he has released numerous studio albums, live albums, EPs, and singles. He has also collaborated on many other musical projects.

  • A Taste of Earwax EP (2000) Internet only
  • Men From Earth (2001)
  • Live in the Castle Gardens (2002)
  • Post Apocalyptic Bunny Makes Toast : Original Soundtrack (2003)
  • Out There EP (2004) Internet only
  • Out There (2004)
  • I Faked The Moon Landing (2006)

References

  1. ^ Yahoo User Poll 2001 – Ifakedthemoonlanding.mp3 3rd most downloaded 2001
  2. ^ "Covers - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base". Tmbw.net. 21 April 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Mill Award Winners issue 7 (December 2004); p. 4