STEVE DINSDALE

Steve Dinsdale is one of the 3 members of Radio Massacre International he plays there Keyboards, Electronics and Drums.
Since 1993 they have been building a catalogue of epic electronic improvisations, distilled into permanent records by the wonders of digital editing.
And Steve has also released great music material with titles like

"New Church" and "On the Other side".

His presence on stage with R.M.I. is always energetic and full off vibrance.

This will be Steve's very first solo life performance!!
We are excited to have him on stage!

Here is a special that Paul Rijkens did with Steve who talks about his upcomming E-Day performance

E-DAY 2012: STEVE DINSDALE

Steve talks about his concert at E-Day.

“E-Day has presented me with a most unexpected opportunity to showcase my solo work. As many will know, I have always worked in a collaborative role, most enduringly with Radio Massacre International. I am not really “true to type” for an electronic musician in that I don’t collect stacks of vintage keyboards, or have an elaborate studio set-up. I prefer through my own technical limitations to get the absolute most out of the limited tools I choose to have at my disposal (I guess it’s more of a Brian Eno philosophy) I am a great believer in doing things quickly, almost without thinking in fact. It is this approach which is behind most of my solo work. I hesitate to even think of myself as a composer because that suggests some kind of pre-meditation. The fact is that if the gear is switched on then music will be made quickly and without too much thought!

It took me several years from having a multi-track at home to even get around to learning how to use it. When I did, it was so much fun, “New Church 1” was the first piece I did and became the start of a pretty much unintended solo career. My motto is “a day spent making music is a day well spent”, and I grew to enjoy making pieces for my own fun.

Most of my solo albums consist of pieces, which were begun from nothing, developed, overdubbed and mixed that same day. That way the music just happens almost outside of the analytical thought processes, which can hamper the creative process.  There is no grand concept behind my solo music, it just tumbles out if I poke around a little inside the keyboard and sequencer, until something good presents itself and I run with it.

This is of course very different to working with RMI, where improvisation and interaction is very much to the forefront. With my solo work, I like to work in short bursts of a piece per day until I have a collection of tracks, and begin to see how they might fit together as a listening experience. They also represent a kind of `audio diary’ and rather than just record for my own amusement, it’s nicer to get it out into the world in the form of cd’s every now and then.

“New Church” was a very enjoyable experience, and it enjoyed some good airplay in the USA and elsewhere. My favourite story is that John Diliberto played “Gone Mission” (from “New Church”) on the late night syndicated “Echoes” radio show in the US, which not only woke a very close friend up when it came on, but made her wait until three or four other tracks had been played until it was back announced to find out who this piece was by. She was shocked to find out it was by me! 

“On The Other Side” reflected a massive life change for me (a new relationship with the same person I just mentioned, coincidentally!).

I am now releasing my third solo album “The Vast Key” at E-Day.

As to what to expect musically at E-Day, I intend to present a new combination of the music from my albums (3 including the new one), arranged differently, mixed differently and am currently in the process of knitting a set together and going through all the multi-track recordings looking at different ways of combining pieces into an enjoyable, varied set.

I will be travelling light. ONE keyboard, everything I need is in there. There WILL be Mellotron, but courtesy of Duncan’s excellent bespoke samples, not the real thing (there’s none of the real thing on the albums either) There will also be `Dinsotron’, (I have samples of my own voice singing every note of the scales), and my wonderful lady friend was kind enough to buy me some V-Drums for Christmas, so they’ll coming along too I think!”

Discography Steve Dinsdale solo

-          New Church: 2009

-         On The Other Side: 2010