Flicker

Progressive rock

Flicker is a name that was and is carried by several bands. (1) Flicker is a loose collective of session musicians who make instrumental pieces for film, TV, computer games and advertising. They are based in Exeter, England. The first Flicker album, 'At Least 1000 Words' was released in 2002 and received praise and accolades from the media at the time. Their subsequent albums, 'HappySad', 'The Snail Gauntlet' and 'The Frumperal Way' are awaiting release and distribution at present. Flicker was started by composer and guitarist George Davies as an outlet for his instrumental pieces that were not used by any of the bands he played with. Other musicians featuring on tracks by Flicker include Dave Danielli, Emma Williams, Lucy Wellsman, Amy McGill, Joe Ings and Tony Price. Flicker is signed to Wud Records and published by Explicit Music. http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker (2) The name is currently used by Gareth Cole and Paul Crowley. They've been producing music (House and Tech House) for several years now and have had several releases on various House labels. Their tracks have been championed by the likes of Terry Francis, John Digweed, Nathan Coles, Eddie Richards, Mazi, Jay Tripwire etc. Their first vinyl release was Flipwreck on Plastic City Suburbia in September 2001. Subsequent releases have been on EukaHouse, Gourmet Recordings and Random House. For information on this and all their subsequent relea...