Photo live in Gutersloh, Germany
Dark, moody and uplifting electronic sounds from the North of
England....
Way back in 1995, musician Adrian Collier was playing bass in his band ‘The
Fokker Pilots’ when he was offered a live residency gig at Quasimodo’s in
Barnsley town centre. It was just a free beer affair so grabbing his Atari ST and
a few other Pilots (Lee Harston (vox) & Simon Wren (guitar) the first carnation of
Auto-Pilot was born
The regular Wednesday night residency soon blossomed into regular nights
across the UK . Many gigs were played and one album (Ocearina) was
recorded until the project shelved in 1997.
Re-emerging in 2007 two full albums were released, ‘Ocearina’ & ‘Out Here’
(Holophon), 2 EP's soon followed, ‘Lights Across the Street’ (Broque, 2008) & ‘A
Fractured Echo’ (51beats, 2009). The release of ‘The Atlantic Machine’ (9 Volt,
2012) lead to performing live again including an appearance at the Electronic
Circus in Germany supporting kraftwerk's founder member Michael Rother.
In 2014 ‘Auto-Pilot returned to Germany to attend the Schallwelle Music Awards
having been nominated for both the best international album and international
electronic act.
Adrian signed to Flicknife records and released the early 80’s electronic
throwback album ‘8-Zero’ in 2015. This was followed by a period of music
writing that was used in TV shows and much time was spent with experimental
work including a growing interest in meditation, mind travel and self searching
into mind, body and spirit.
The next full blown album arrived dropping the Auto-Pilot tag in favour of his
own name. In late 2018 ‘Lost In Fractal Forest’ by Adrian Collier was released
signed to ambient relaxation label Medwyn Goodall Music.
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