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CV

2005

Commisions

Festival

2005

Composition

Composing and recording score all music for feature film written and directed by Annie Griffin. This project involved flying the Drambue Pipe Band to Spain to record music written for the film to be recorded with an Eighty piece Semana Santa bugle and drum band. I also wrote a new gaelic song for the film recorded by Alyth McCormack and the (seventy piece) Glasgow Islay Choir.

Young Pirate Productions
(Pathe distribution)

Performance / Collaboration

Columba sessions

2005

Performing on various instruments in collaboration with the cream of Scottish and Irish musicians and singers for a new TV series by Pelicula films

2004

Commision

Into the Dark

2004

Composition

Composing and recording - score for teen horror touring theatre production

Vissible Fictions

Totally Dance School

2004

Composition

Composing and recording - music for TV documentary series

Saltire films for BBC

Foighidinn / The Scarlet Primrose

2004

Composition

Composing and recording score for Short Gaelic film. Incorporating medieval instruments such as Sac butts and triple pipes into the score as well as writing music for a new gaelic song to be sung by Christine Primrose for the production.

Young Films

Cold Weather Dancing

2004

The Arches, Glasgow, Showcase Scotland, supported by The SAC and the British Council.

Commissioned performance and composition of twelve new songs.
..one of the most thrillingly cutting-edge performances Celtic Connections has ever seen. Comprising a suite of radiantly melodic, groove-driven songs, delivered by a Norwegian and a Swedish/Malawian vocalist, together with a nine-piece Scottish band, it took place behind a translucent gauze screen, which carried a live video mix of pre-recorded film footage. Awash with luscious vocal harmonies, and incorporating liberal elements of hip hop, R&B, funk and soul, it was both a visual and an aural feast Sue Wilson, Scottish Sunday Herald.

Commissioned by Celtic Connections Festival

The Bridge

2004

Composition

Music for Large-scale out door touring theatre production

Boilerhouse

 

Record production

Cold Weather Dancing

2004

Recording

Jan - may recording Cold Weather Dancing with assistance from the Arts council

Kinky studio

Aberfeldy

2004

Recording/Production

April successful licensing of Aberfeldy album Young forever to Rough trade records

Pandrop Music

Collaboration

Tollbooth

collaboration

2004

Commissioned to lead a successful collaboration between a group of Scottish professional musicians and the Hungarian band Musicas. The collaboration lasted for three days and culminated in a performance in the tollbooth Stirling.

2003

Commisions

Sister/Sister

2003

SAC and SAC lottery funded Touring Theatre Production

Paul Pinson and
Roxana Pope

Boilerhouse

The Real Tartan Army - 2nd series

2003

Documentary

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld

BBC Scotland

Faeries

2003

Documentary

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld

BBC Scotland

Cold Weather Dancing

2003

Writing material to be

performed in January 2004

Celtic Connections

Festival. Glasgow



Blue Heaven

2003

Documentary 6 part series

Saltyre films

BBC 1

Record production

Heart Mind and Soul

2003

Mae Shaw and Tony Mitchell

Produced cd to be used as a learning tool.

National Institution of Adult Continuing Education

Aberfeldy

2003

Aberfeldy

see artist development 2002 Album completed. In discussion with labels about licencing.

Crackletone

2003

Crackletone


AKA Jim Sutherland

Wrote and produced -

New darkly ambient electronic album released on

Iris Light records

2002

Commissions

Ealtainn

2002

music for gaelic arts series

various directors

Mac TV BBC2 Scotland

Sun Worshipers

2002

music for Docu/drama

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld / BBC2

Taggart Fire Burn


2002

music for two hour Special Drama

Mike Alexander

SMG/ITV1 Network - Sells to Forty Countries

The Real Tartan Army

2002

music for documentary series

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld/BBC2

Record Production

Agua de la vida

2002

Salsa Celtica

produced cross cultural big band recordings combining Scottish music with salsa


Greentrax Records

Sae will we yet

2002

Tony Cuffe

Posthumous production of the songs and music of Tony Cuffe. (Ossian, Jock Tamson's bairns). Tony had been working in Boston on his new solo album just before his death Much of the material was extracted from Tony's hard drive after his death and pieced together mixed and mastered for release

Greentrax Records

Artist development

Song writing master class

2002

Engaged by New deal for musicians to lead song writing and

Structure master class for talented emerging song writers

Riley Briggs/Aberfeldy

2002

Working with emerging artist Riley helping to put a band (Aberfeldy) together and working with the band to create a sound and recording process that would work for the band and the material.

2001

Super Star

2001

Composed music for Documentary

Sonali Fernando

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld CH4

King Jamie and the Angel

2001

Composed music for Historical Drama

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld CH4

Record production

Sugarcane

2001

Shine

Production of this vocal/harp trio for Chocolate Records

Song writing/Artist Development

Electronic music Club

2000 - 2001

initiated and developed the electronic music club in Oxygen, Edinburgh. This popular club was set up to, to informally stimulate networking and encourage collaboration between musicians working in electronic music. Musicians mixed with singers, rappers, boffins and the general public every Tuesday evening for six months. The evening was set up in the model of folk music sessions with musicians sitting around tables jamming and discussing ideas except the idea was to do this with synthesisers, Theremins and the like. Musicians, who were encouraged to come along and plug in often could not get through the door it was so jammed with people who had come to see/hear the spectacle


 

2000

Commissions

Chosen People

2000

music for feature length documentary

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld, BBC 2

Interrogation of a Highland Lass/An Ceasnachadh

2000

music for Tv drama

Mike Alexander

Pelicula Films, BBC 2

Record Production

Solar Shears

2000

Shooglenifty

Production, programming, arrangement and performance for this my third production for, Scottish musical ambassadors, Shooglenifty.

Vertical Records

An Lomall / The Edge

2000

Alyth McCormack

Production, programming and performance and arrangement for this Electro acoustic CD combining Gaelic song with cutting edge contemporary beats and sounds.

Vertical Records

The Great
Latin Adventure

2000

Salsa Celtica

Production of cross over, salsa meets Celtic, big band CD involving musicians from Scotland and Latin America.


Greentrax Records

Performance

Alyth McCormack

2000

Live performance playing electronic percussion with Alyth McCormack to promote the album An Lomall (see above)


 

Super Star

2001

Composed music for Documentary

Sonali Fernando

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld CH4

King Jamie and the Angel

2001

Composed music for Historical Drama

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld CH4

Record production

Sugarcane

2001

Shine

Production of this vocal/harp trio for Chocolate Records

Song writing/Artist Development

Electronic music Club

2000 - 2001

initiated and developed the electronic music club in Oxygen, Edinburgh. This popular club was set up to, to informally stimulate networking and encourage collaboration between musicians working in electronic music. Musicians mixed with singers, rappers, boffins and the general public every Tuesday evening for six months. The evening was set up in the model of folk music sessions with musicians sitting around tables jamming and discussing ideas except the idea was to do this with synthesisers, Theremins and the like. Musicians, who were encouraged to come along and plug in often could not get through the door it was so jammed with people who had come to see/hear the spectacle


 

1999

Performance / project development

The Lanterns

1999

Toured extensively.1999 saw the release of 3 singles including the critically acclaimed, Top Forty placed, High Rise Town with a video directed by David Mackenzie. A Todd Terry remix of Jim's song Winter in my heart reached No 2 in the UK club charts. That year, in July, The Lanterns were the subject of a CH4 documentary directed by Nicola Black.. In Aug 1999 The Lanterns album Illuminate Yer Heid was released to great acclaim.

Record production

Celtic Harpistry

1999

Sileas

Produced tracks on album of harp music for US label Imaginary Road

Field of Bells

1999

Nusa

(Rory Campbell and Malcolm Stitt )

electronic programming and production for album of folk duo.

KRL

Gaelic Women

1999

Mairi Morrison

Produced tracks for Greentrax release Gaelic women

The Glitter is Every Where

1999

Buddha Crush

Produced single of young punk band.

Sugid Recordings

Infinite Blue

1999

The Poozies

Produced album of this eclectic folk group

featuring the singing of Kate Rusby

Pure Records

1998

Record production

Illuminate yer Heid

1998

The Lanterns

Produced tracks on pop music album illuminate yer heid for Sony Music

The Lanterns recorded their album between Peter Vittessi's studio in Epsom and my Studio in Edinburgh through the first half 1998. I spent the second half of the year working on remixes and B-sides in Edinburgh. Leading style magazine Dazed and Confused featured the band on the cover of the December issue.

Play on Light

1998

Sileas

Produced album of duo Sileas performing songs in Gaelic and english as well as intricate instrumental performances on two harps.(pioneers in the use of the electro harp in traditional/folk music)

Dominic Waxing Lyrical

1998

Dominic Waxing Lyrical

Produced and performed on tracks of art punk band Dominic Waxing Lyrical for their album

Neptunes

Performance

Gerry O'Connor

1998

Performed on album of Irish banjo legend Gerry O'Connor

Tony McManus

1998

Performed on album Scottish guitar player Tony McManus.

Porquoi Quebec Greentrax  

1997

Songwriting

The Lanterns

1997

In 1997 Blair MacDonald signed Jim to Sony Music as a songwriter.

Jim wrote songs for and performed with his artist project, The Lanterns, featuring vocalists Sylvia and Gina Rae.

High Rise went on to become Mark and Lard's Radio One record of the week and achieved a Top Forty placing. It was also made record of the week on London's XFM and also in various publications including The Tip Sheet. The Lanterns were signed to Columbia Records this year

Record Production

The Gathering

1997

Kathryn Tickell

Production of cd for Park Records of Northumbrian piper and fiddle player Kathryn Tickell with her band.

The Circular Breath

1997

Gordon Duncan

programming performance and Production on cd for Greentrax records of Scottish piper Gordon Duncan.

 

1996

Record production

Folk n' Hell

1996

Jim Sutherland +Shooglenifty

EMI Hemisphere

A Whisky Kiss

1996

Shooglenifty

Greentrax Records

A Wanton Fling

1996

The WhistleBinkies

Greentrax

Bannal
Waulking Songs

1996

Bannal

Greentrax

Pipes Goat Skin and Bones

1996

Hamish Henderson

Grampian TV Records

Commisions

Mairi Mhor

1996

Composer/aranger for Music lead, Gaelic language Feature Film

Mike Alexander

Freeway Films
Ch 4 Cinema release

The Strange Show

1996

Music for documentary Series

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld, STV

The Old Course

1996

Theme and incidental music for TV Drama

Bill Pride

BBC

Performance

Tacsi

1996

Performed on several programs Gaelic TV series  

Karen Matheson

1996

Performed on album Dreaming Sea Survival Records  

Togaidh Sinn fonn

1996

Performed live on several programmes of Media Nan Eilean TV series Togaidh Sinn fonn  

Folk in Hell

1996

Performed my own composition Flick it up and catch it on EMI Hemisphere album Folk in Hell  

Fishut

1996

Toured with live band including Andy Cutting, Ian Carr and Neil Harland  

 

1995

Peformance/Commision

Celtic Dreaming (Australia) ABC TV

1995

Worked in Australia with developing and performing on a music/dance project in collaboration with piper Dougie Pincock and Aboriginal musicians and dancer. The piece was performed as part of the Adelaide Tattoo and broadcast network by ABC TV  

Commissions

The Pulse

1995

Titles and incidental music for current affairs Series

Commissioning editor-

Sarah Ramsden

Diverse Productions for CH4

The Scottish Malt Whisky Society

1995

music for corporate Film

Mike Alexander

Skyline

 

Somotherland

1995

Initiated and lead crossover band Somotherland which would eventually spawn The Lanterns (see 1997).

Much of 1995 was spent writing music for and performing with somotherland. The idea behind the band was to develop collaborations between folk music and Jazz. somotherland was a ten piece band featuring some of the best jazz and folk musicians around scotland at the time including: Phil, Tom and Sophie Bancroft, Sylvia and Gina Rae, Ian McLeod, Ian Nesbit, James Mackintosh, Simon Thoumire and Simon Bradley and myself.

Performed around Scotland including at Celtic Connections festival.


1994

Commissions

The Time Quines

1994

Documentary series

Les Wilson

Caledonia Sterne and Wyld, STV

Walk Me Home

1994

Feature Film

Tim Neat/ John Berger

Aalarts, CH 4
Cinema release

Golden Charter

1994

Advert


Wee Gem

Record production

Mairi Mohr

1994

Cathy Anne McPhee

Performed on and produced album for Greentrax/ Freeway Films

Just for Seamus

1994

Gordon Duncan

Greentrax

Scottish Rhythm and swing

1994

The Easy Club

REL Records

Moorsong

1994

Savourna Stevenson

Performed on and produced album forEclectic Records

Venus in Tweeds

1994

Shooglenifty

Greentrax Records

Collaboration/Performance

Transatlantic Sessions

1994

Performed live with a variety of artists including Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, John Martin and The Mcgarrigles for Pelicula TV series The Transatlantic sessions.  

Page and Plant

1994

Collaborated on folk/rock/world music project with Jimi Page and Robert Plant (Lead Zeplin) other collaborators on the project included Porl Thomson (the Cure) and Nigel Eaton ( Hurdy Gurdy)

I Performed on the No Quarter Album and made TV apearences performing with the project, including MTV Unplugged, Jools Holland Later and Top of the Pops.  

Talla a Bhaile

1994

Performed live on several programmes of Gaelic music TV series

1993

Commissions

The New Scots

1993

Music for documentary series

David Peat

Skyline
STV

The Vision

1993

Music for Short Gaelic Film

Douglas McKinnon

Crash Films
CH 4

Close to Home

1993

Music for programmes in  Documentary series

Murdoch Rogers

Barony Films
CH4

Dispatches

1992 to 1993

Music for programmes in current affairs series

Murdoch Rogers

Barony Films
CH 4

As an Eilean/ From the Island

1993

Theme and incidental music for Gaelic language Feature Film

Mike Alexander

Pelicula Films
CH4

Hop Scotch

1993

Wrote music and performed live on several programmes

Gerda Stevenson

BBC Radio series

Record Production

Tragicosmicas

1993

Carlos Arredondo (Chile)

 

Out of Nowhere

1993

Ian Rankin

Greentrax

Cutting The Chord

1993

Savourna Stevenson

Eclectic Records

1992

Commissions

European Social Fund

1992

Corporate Film

Murdoch Rogers

Barony Films

Kwik Fit Weather Map

1992

Presentation stings for Weather Map


In Video
STV

BBC Presentation Music

1992

Composed generic ident music for BBC Scotland presentation

Commissioned by Peter Gourd

BBC Scotland

Record Production

Fair Hills of Ireland

1992

Boys of the Lough

Worked in Seattle, USA producing an album

Music production

FinMcCoul

1992

Children's Film

Ken Hoin

Rabbit Ears USA
Sell Through

Performance

StrathBlair

1992

Performed on theme and incidental music for BBC Scotland StrathBlair series

1991

Commissions

Gordon's Gin

1991

Corporate Film

David Peat

SSK

Johnny Walkers Whisky

1991

corprate film


SSK

Glaschu

1991

Documentary series

Les Wilson

STV

Record production

I See Winter

1991

Cathy Anne McPhee

Greentrax

Performance

Mouth Music

1990 to 1992

Performed in live band and on Blue door Green Sea album

1990

Commisions

Reid about Scotland

1990

Current affairs Series

Les Wilson

STV

Land Of Europe

1990

Documentary Series

Mike Alexander

10 Country co/production Pelicula films CH 4 UK

Tanqueray in Perfect Shape

1990

Corporate Film

David Peat

SSK

Clyde Built

1990

Documentary series

David Peat

BBC

Scottish Eye

1989 to 1990

Programmes in current affairs series

John Gow

STV

Performance

Billy Bragg  

1990

Performed on album The Internationale (Utility)

1987 -1989

Record production

I must sing well

1989

Carlos Arredondo (Chile)

 

The Language of the Gail / Canan Nan Gaidheal

1987

Cathy Anne McPhee

Greentrax/ 7:84 Theatre Co.

Skirlie Beat

1987

The Easy Club

REL Records

Commissions

Scottish Eye

1989 to 1990

Programmes in current affairs series

John Gow

STV

In Search of Tutankhamen

1989

Documentary

John Gow

BBC

Play Me Something

1989

Composed music for this europa prize winning feature film

Tim Neat/ John Berger

BFI, CH 4
Cinema release

About Gaelic

1988

Documentary Series

Les Wilson

STV

Out of the Elephants Bed

1988

Documentary

John Gow

First Picture Company
STV

Science Matters

1987

Documentary series

John Gow

STV

Collaborations/performance

Silly Sisters (June Tabor and Maddy Prior) 

1989  

Performed on Album NO More To The Dance and toured as part of live band

Andy Cronshaw

1988 to 1990

Performed live and toured with Andy Cronshaw  

Shine

1988

Performed on album A Far Distant Shore (RCA)  

McClusky Brothers

1988

Performed on single She Said To The Driver and live performances with band.  

Music Makers

1987

Took part along with Peter Cook, School of Scottish studies in a radio workshop on the history of the drum in Scottish music  

Commonwealth Arts Festival

1987

Engaged as host/compere/ performer for 2nd Commonwealth Arts Festival

Robert Matheson

1987

Performed on album Grace Notes (Lismor Records)  

78th Fraser Highlanders

1987

Performed on pipe band album (Lismor Records)  

Shotts and Dykeshead Pipe Band

1987

Performed my own compositions live and toured with pipe band

Silent Scream Antonine Films

1987

Performed on sound track of film

Community

Commonwealth arts festival

1987 - 89  

Engaged as a host for workshops and concerts

West Pilton/Muirhouse

1984 - 19888

Extensive community arts work for various organisations

1984 - 1986

Commissions

Odyssey-The Doos

1986

Documentary

Keith Alexander

BBC Scotland

Robert Burns A Journey

1986

Documentary

Keith Alexander

BBC Scotland

Odyssey-The Dogs

1985

Documentary

Keith Alexander

BBC Scotland

Collaborations/performance

Blood Red Roses/Freeway

1986

Performed on soundtrack of channel 4  series

Dick Gaughan

1986

Performed on album True And Bold (STUC Records)

Dick Gaughan

1985

Performed on album They Call It Freedom (Celtic Music)  

Ian MacDonald

1986

Performed on album Beneath Still Waters (Greentrax)  

Black Donald  

1985

Performed on album Dancing Hazards (Lismor Records)

Arthur Johnston

1985

Performed on album Generations of Change (Lismor Records)

Hamish Moore

1985

Performed on album Cauld Wind Pipes  

Billy Jackson

1985

Performed on album The Wellpark Suite (Iona Records) leading to live performances of album.  

The Easy Club

1984
1985
1987

Performed on and co- produced album Scottish Rhythm And Swing. (Abby Hill Records) subsequently toured extensively in Europe and USA over a period from 1984 1988 Performed on and co- produced album Chance or design (REL Records) Performed on and co- produced album Skirlie Beat REL Records First Easy Club Album Scottish Rhythm and Swing Re-released 01/04/01 on Greentrax

Gordon Tyrall

1984

Performed on album How Can I Live On Top Of a Mountain (Celtic Music)  

The Jacobites

1984

Performed on album Ye Jacobites by name (Lismor Records)

The Ideal Band  

1984

Performed on album A measure of freedom (Lismor Records)

Cilla Fisher  

1984

Performed on album Songs Of The Fishing

1982 - 1983

Collaborations/performance

Beach grove Garden

1983

Performed on TV Title music and single.  

Odyssey/Billy Kay        

1982

Performed theme and incidental music for several programmes in the Odyssey radio series including Famed and celebrated Alan, Crofters and quarrymen, Gallipoli and the TV documentary Knee Deep In Claret BBC Scotland

Mirk

1982

Re united with Mirk to perform on album Take A Dram Afore Ye Go (Springtime Records)

1974 - 1980

Double bass

1974

Trained with Marie Dare on Scottish Youth orchestra summer schools. Playing regularly in the school Orchestra and local strathspey and reel society also local jazz band

Mirk

1978-80

Became a member of local folk group Mirk. Toured in Scotland playing cittern, double bass and bodhran

 

 

   
 
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