Andy Moor

andy moor guitarist(not to be confused with andy moor the DJ who is reachable at http://www.myspace.com/andymoor ).

andy moor



Born in London England 1962 Andy began his musical life in Edinburgh, Scotland playing guitar with the band Dog Faced Hermans, a multi faceted eclectic group that mixed energetic post punk energy with traditional tunes and improvisations

In 1990 he moved to the Netherlands after an invitation to join Dutch band

The Ex and continues to be a full time member of this bandthe openess

and versatility of the musicians in this group has brought them into

contact with many musicians from different scenes and backgroundsincluding Tom Cora(cello), Han Bennink(drums), Wolter Wierbos(trombone), Djibril Diabate (kora), John Butcher (sax) and Anne james Chaton (sound poet).



In ‘95 he performed his first series of completely improvised concerts as

a duet with Terrie Ex, and later released a video of the best performances.

In 1996 he began another group with Tony Buck (Necks), Joe Williamson and

Leonid Soybelman (Ne Zhdali) called Kletka Red.fusing traditional

Klezmer, Greek and Russian songs with their own frantic styles of

playing



In more recent years Andy has involved himself more with the Amsterdam

improvisation scene and has worked alongside electronic musicians such as Kaffe Matthews, Yannis Kyriakides, Thomas Lehn, Colin Mclean and DJ/Rupture as well as composing soundtracks for films and performing regularily with dancers such as Magpie music and Dance Company with Katie Duck .



In the summer of 2000 he composed along with Anna McMichael (New Ensemble) a short soundtrack for a film called EPIC by artist Marion Coutts (Dog Faced Hermans).

The following year he composed another soundtrack for her film No Evil Star.



2001 he launched a new CD label along with composer and electronic musician Yannis Kyriakides and Isabelle Vigier called Unsounds…



2002 Was the year he made his first trip with The Ex to Ethiopia and has since returned several times to perform in both the capital Addis Abeba and other towns in the surrounding country



2003 he worked with THERMAL ( John Butcher and Thomas lehn) and recorded their debut CD and further with MAGPIE Music and Dance Company and sound poet Anne james Chaton.



2004 The Ex celebrated their 25th anniversary with a giant two day party at Paradiso and a week long convoy tour through France with dozens of musicians .

He also began to work with experimental filmaker Jem Cohen and has since provided music for several of his short films.



2005 saw collaborations with dancer and choreographer Nora Heilmann with a piece called “Skunk” and with the The Ex and D’Electrique (a dutch theatre group established 25 years ago ) doing a performance of Anthony Burgess s “A Clockwork Orange “



2006 The year the Ex becomes a 4 piece again after 20 years ….terrie and andy both use baritone guitars to replace the bass….It is also the year the begin to work with legendary ethiopian saxaphonist Getatchew Mekuria form Addis Abeba

Andy also began performing with brooklyn based DJ and released two unofficial cds of their live improvisations

He also performed with musicians Steve Heather, Yannis Kyriakides and Joe Williamson …. providing a live improvised soundtrack to a film he manipulated of the 1929 Rene Clair film called The Crazy Ray

He also began to work with Banafsheh Khoshnoudi a Texan Iranian filmaker providing a soundtrack for her film Transit …and continues to work with her.

2006 saw the online only release of “Rembetika” a collection of songs performed by Moor and Kyriakides using tradition greek rembetika songs as source material …

September 2006 Andy composed music for a Toneel Theatre Group Amsterdam (pronounced ‘toenail’) who performed a version of Wim wenders “Wings of Desire” in Amsterdam and Boston



2007 saw The Ex release their first cd with Getatchew Mekuria and toured extensively throughout Europe with him. He also released his first solo guitar CD Marker on unsounds …



2008 began in Ethiopia performing a duo with Terrie Ex and later in the spring touring in Europe with a new quartet called Lean Left featuring Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen Love and Terrie Ex.

The Ex and Getatchew Mekuria made their debut appearance in the USA their final two concerts in the Millenium Park in Chicago and to thousands of New Yorkers and Ethiopians in the Lincoln Centre.

In July he went to Berlin to record with Asi Foecker a singer songer writer and Tony Buck and Clayton Thomas …

The year will end with his first trip to Japan to perform with Anne James Chaton a sound poet from France who he has been performing with the last three years mostly in France .



Selected Discography



Dog Faced Hermans (Colin, Marion, Wilf, Andy)

1988 Humans Fly/EverydayTimebomb"

1991 Mental Blocks For All Ages"

1993 Hum Of life (all Konkurrent)

1994 Those Deep buds

1995 Bump and Swing



The Ex/Tom Cora (G.W Sok, Terrie, Kat, Luc, Andy, Tom Cora)

1992 Scrabbling At The Lock (Ex)

1993 And The Weatherman.(Ex)



The Ex (Terrie, Luc, Kat, Andy, G.W.Sok)

1994 Mudbird Shivers (EX)

1995 Instant(Ex)

1998 Starters and Alternators (EX/Touch n GO)

1999 The Ex and Tortoise (Fishtank/Konkurrent)

2000 Dizzy Spells(EX/Touch N GO)

2003 Beautiful Frenzy DVD(EX/Touch N GO)



The Ex (Terrie, Rozemarie, Kat, Andy, G.W.Sok)



2004 Turn(EX/Touch N GO)

2005 In The Event with Anne James Chaton (Dante)

2007 The Ex and Getatchew Mekuria ….Moa Ambessa (Terp)



Kletka Red (Tony Buck, Joe Williamson, Leonid Soybelman, Andy Moor)

1996 Hijackin (Tzadik)

2000 Hybrid (Red Note)



Other Projects

July 1998 Tony Buck, Stevie Wishart, Andy Moor , Joe Williamson

Music Of The Little Red Spiders

feb 2002 Kaffe Matthews /Andy Moor …Locks (Unsounds)

may 2003 Thomas Lehn-John Butcher – Andy Moor….Thermal (Unsounds)

may 2004 Yannis Kyriakides – Andy Moor – red V green….(Unsounds)

feb 2005 Corkestra - Cor Fuhler (Data Records)

july 2006 duo with Yannis Kyriakides – Rembetika (7hings)

july 2007 Solo guitar - Marker(Unsounds)

sep 2008 duo with dj rupture Patches (Unsuitable)

Oct 2008 duo with anne james chaton Le Journaliste (Unsounds)



Future releases



a duo cd with long time collaborator Colin Mclean , a cd with Asi Foecker, Tony Buck and Clayton Thomas and release on Cd of Rembetika with yannis Kyriakides.



FILM



Soundtrack s for



“Epic” Marion Coutts 2000 short film

“No Evil Star “Marion Coutts 2003 short film

“Transit” Banafsheh Khoshnoudi with yannis Kyriakides 2004 short film

“Blessed Are the Dreams Of men “ Jem Cohen 2005 short film

“Moving Pictures” jem Cohen 2007 4 -1 minute films

“Why No Colour?” Jem Cohen 2007 with Mia Clarke

“People of The Shadows” Banafsheh Khoshnoudi with yannis kyriakides 2008 doc.