Philip Clemo is a British composer, musician, producer, sound artist, performer, filmmaker and visual artist, described by Propermusic.
15 Facts About Philip Clemo
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Philip James Clemo was born on 3 August 1964 in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Whilst Philip Clemo was listening to the likes of Patti Smith, Television and Talking Heads, MacDonald introduced him to a different generation of artists including Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, Van Morrison and Jimi Hendrix.
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Philip Clemo began performing in North East Scotland folk clubs mainly accompanying singers with acoustic guitar.
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Philip Clemo developed a complex and multi-layered approach, creating music which always sounds fresh to the listener.
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Philip Clemo toured the work post the album's release, which was well reviewed and received.
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In October 2008, Philip Clemo released his fourth album The Rooms.
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Philip Clemo credited legendary sound engineer Phill Brown, who has worked with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley among others, for his invaluable contribution to the recording process of The Rooms.
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The album was the first on which Philip Clemo added his own voice, using multi-layering to create harmonies.
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Philip Clemo finally added additional recorded sounds from places which have great significance to him, including: the river and woods at the end of his childhood garden; his first school; Aberdeen railway station; Redwood National Park in northern California; and Plum Village Zen Buddhist monastery in France.
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Philip Clemo discussed the making of Dream Maps on the BBC Radio 3 programme Jazz Now on 24 October 2016.
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Philip Clemo has since travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and Australasia, with both film camera and sound recording equipment.
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In late 2013, Philip Clemo developed The Breath Project, encompassing film and art installation, produced by perfectmotion and Animal Monday.
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Philip Clemo has presented TEDX and TED talks about his work on Breath.
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Philip Clemo is currently working with Dr Thomas Moors and the charity Shout at Cancer on 'From Silence Into Song' which honours the legacy of the survivor trees of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hooking them up to sensors exactly 75 years after the bombs were dropped, and an extraordinary choir of cancer survivors who have learnt how to sing after the removal of their voiceboxes.