Biography
Dai Watts is based in his own studio in North London, where he works as a songwriter, composer and producer. He has recently released the first of three albums depicting a journey by rail and sea through Europe and the Middle East, entitled Train Tracks and Travelogues Vol.1. Beginning in London & ending in Venice, the sixteen electro-acoustic tracks, relating to different places and landscapes en route, have been interwoven with audio samples and field recordings to create one "seamless" piece of music that mixes beat-based grooves, Middle-Eastern sounds, left-field melodies and arrangements, and piano/orchestral minimalism.
Dai studied Music at King's College, London where he wrote the music for two new musicals- "Dream Believer" and "BeBop The Ruler". He began his career as a Musical Director and Keyboard Player, working on shows ranging from "South Pacific" (Crucible, Sheffield), "From a Jack to a King" (Theatre Royal Plymouth and No.1 Tour) and "Leader of the Pack" (also No.I Tour) to "Five Guys Named Moe" (Lyric, West End) and "All You Need is Love" (Queen's, West End). His work as a keyboard player has seen him playing in bands whose styles have ranged from Ska, Soul and Blues to Country, Indie and Pop.He has done session work for Nellee Hooper (Bjork, Massive Attack) and Andy McKay (Roxy Music) and live work for Errol Kennedy (Imagination), The Brotherhood of Man and The Divine David, and most recently with the Cabaret artist Celine at the Royal Festival Hall and Dartmouth House, Mayfair.
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Dai Watts has had several songs published in America, including "Getting Dirty" , "High Wire" and "I Guess Well Never Know", all published by Original Source Music, and featuring Becky Amissah, Susie Webb and Daniel Pearce on vocals respectively. He is currently producing a new version of "Change in the Weather" with Dominic Harris and is due to release the single "Irreplaceable", featuring Jane Milligan, in November 2009.
Dai Watts has written music for several Production Music companies, including Syncmaster and Absolute Music Library, for whom he contributed eight tracks to their Work the Quirk Album earlier in the year, and instrumentals- including two minimalist piano works- for Production Music Online.
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