Dylan O. Bates

Violinist, composer, arranger, bandleader (Waiting On Dwarfs; Penge Triangle). Has worked w Billy Jenkins, Crass, Comus, Doctors of Madness…

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Changed my mind about it.

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Well, it’s a start… (The probable opening chord of my unforthcoming début album.)

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Maybe this is enough!

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@Gavin_Bryars What ho! How would you sum up Goole?

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I’d never seen this. Nice—especially the octet bit towards the end. Good old Stan!
https://t.co/1aVMaelALV

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My favourite incarnation of Human Chain…
https://t.co/dYc5GUaoYu

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Even my simplest pieces have to undergo a baptism of ink. This is my most magical tune, which came to me on a train in ‘97. It’s had a few titles, all unsatisfactory. Whatever it ends up being called, it will be the last tune on my unforthcoming album…

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One from 30 years ago: Shore Beautiful. https://t.co/V6Uki6fMfG

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Hot, buttered arrangement.

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My mum would’ve been 89 today.

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Nice old photo by Dave Sinclair.

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It’s taken me 35 years, but I’ve finally finished my tune Clahuchu & His Bride! Last time I played it live was in October 1992, when drummer John Stevens was in the audience and singled out this particular tune as being Dolphy-ish.

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Spotted in a charity shop, my codebreaker uncle.

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22 yrs ago with the Fleapit Orchestra at the 12 Club—don’t we all look young! L to R, Mary Morrison, John Edwards, Nigel Burch, me, Andrew Ranken.
https://t.co/0isOsrCorR

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Tomorrow I’ll be at the piano. I will get some violin in somewhere or other. And there will be bombarde and donkey’s jawbone for the real weirdos.

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Music from the Penge side of the Hayes Line.

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@Stanley_Bad Lol.

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Gigging with Penge Triangle in July!!

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@RolandBates12 @paulfoot In the red light district?

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@StrangeRichard Now and then, hither and yon.

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@StrangeRichard Same old, same old… Reading all the books and watching all the films. Pretty good, come to think of it! Hope all’s well at Strange End. x

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@StrangeRichard Wotcher, Richard! :)