Dave Stitch
Dave Stitch (born 1979) is the recording pseudonym of UK-based electronic music artist David Brookes.
Electronic music and art[edit]
Stitch got his pseudonym in 1997 when he formed live electronic band Stitch.[citation needed]
In 1999, Stitch left Essex for London and joined the Headfuk Soundsystem.[1] Headfuk soundsystem put on regular free parties and raves in and around London and other UK cities, as well as in mainland Europe, featuring Stitch performing a Techno live-set.[2] Stitch's live-set at that time (1999–2005) consisted of an MC-303, a Boss DR-202 and a Novation Bass Station.[citation needed]
Influenced by Hakim Bey's Temporary Autonomous Zone concept and by DIY culture, Stitch was instrumental in the creation of the early Temporary Autonomous Art (TAA) exhibitions held in various squatted venues in London between 2001 and 2005 as part of the Random Artists collective.[3]
Since 2010 he has also been one half of TR-33N,[4] a live electronic music band with Louisa Yorke.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Brookes was born in Colchester, Essex in 1979. His twin, Peter Brookes, suffered from severe cerebral palsy due to complications at their birth.[6] Peter Brookes died in 2002, leaving Stitch a lone twin. In 2006 Stitch moved to rural Suffolk where he has a studio.
Discography[edit]
- Headfuk Records volumes FUK 003-006 (2001–2003)
- FAK 001-002 (2002)
- Bernard's Haircut 2 - Crack [as 'The Proppa Authorities'] (2003)
- Rave New World (2007)
- Clearly/Darkly EP (2007)
- Frisbee EP (2008)
- I Think Therefore I Can (2010)
- Sargassan EP (2011)
- Se Altera el Caso EP [as 'Coco Lantano'] (2011)
- Footwerk Makes One Free EP [as 'Del Vee Slakk'] (2012)
- Tigerforce 10 Album [as TR-33N] (2015)
References[edit]
- ^ "Headfuk Music Unkorporated". Headfuk.net. Archived from the original on 1 July 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ Macindoe, Molly (2011). Out of Order: A Photographic Celebration of the Free Party Scene. Bristol: Tangent Books. pp. 429–436. ISBN 978-190647743-1.
- ^ Barham, Nick (27 November 2004). "Dis/connected: edited extract from Disconnected: Why Our Kids Are Turning Their Backs On Everything We Thought We Knew, Ebury Press, 2005". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ "TR-33N". Tr-33n.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Seagal Hamilton, Rachel. "Will having kids ruin your creative career?". Ideastap. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Court gives 'profoundly disabled' twin £1.6m". Birmingham Post. Birmingham, England. 3 October 2001.