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Ed Harcourt, born on August 14, 1977, is a British singer-songwriter from Lewes, East Sussex. Before he went solo, he played the bass and keyboards in a band called Snug. Signed to Heavenly Recordings, he debuted in 2000 with the 6-track EP Maplewood. His full length effort, Here Be Monsters followed in 2001. He has since released From Every Sphere (2003), Strangers (2004), The Beautiful Lie (2006, his last for Heavenly), Lustre (2010), Back Into The Woods (2013), Time Of Dust (2014), and Furnaces (2016). His first instrument is the piano, but he also uses several less common keyboard instruments...

James Harcourt is chiefly a producer, but more recently the founder of Twisted Frequency recordings and an occasional DJ too. Born in Hitchin, James has always been intensely passionate about music and as a youngster was happiest making voyages to the local record shops to buy music. Inspired constantly by alternative music shows such as The Tube and the Old Grey Whistle Test James was also taught music from a young age. Classical tuition inevitably gave way to rock'n'roll as James went on to spend a few years playing lead guitar in local bands in Hitchin, always favouring the recording...