Andy T Guitarist

I am a guitarist, composer and educator based in Bristol, UK. Here are some of my projects and collaborations, past and present.

Royal Shakespeare Company (As You Like It, 2023, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2023-25)

Music Director / performer, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, vocals

Musical Director and Guitarist in the RSC’s 2023 production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It (directed by Omar Elerian). The play was performed at the National Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon, UK. I had the pleasure of working alongside Composer Will Gregory (Goldfrapp), Music Associate Alex Lee (Adele, Placebo, Massive Attack), Guitarist Andy Davis (Stackridge, The Korgis, Tears for Fears, John Lennon), Drummer Martyn Barker (Shriekback, Marianne Faithfull, Robert Plant) and Bassist Nick Lee (RSC).

In late 2023 I returned to Stratford Upon Avon to perform in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by Eleanor Rhode, music composed by Will Gregory). A sold out run at the RST and subsequent transfer to the Barbican, London follows from December 2024 to late January 2025.

Minima – Original live soundtracks to silent era film.

Band member (since 2010) Composer, baritone and lead guitars, mandolin and analogue synth.

A four-piece ensemble creating dynamic accompaniment to silent era film classics and lesser known gems. Each member utilises multiple instruments during a performance (including Cello, Double Bass, Guitars, Mandolin, Autoharp, Analog Synths, Hammered Dulcimer and Drums). In 2012 we collaborated with Paul Ayres’ Queldryk Choral Ensemble to create an arrangement of our score to F.W. Murnau’s 1922 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror with a 40-piece choir. This was performed at Spitalfields Market in July 2012 and won that year’s Silent London poll for best live score. In 2014 we collaborated with Compass Presents to create the Caligari Experience, an expanded cinema event. For this, our rescore of Robert Wiene’s 1920 masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr Caligari was augmented with multi screen projection mapping, dance and acrobatic performance (we performed the Caligari Experience again at the 2022 Three Palaces Early Opera and Music Festival, Valetta). For Carl Theodore Dreyer’s 1932 horror Vampyr, we worked with fellow silent film accompanist and renown pianist Stephen Horne. Our rescore was performed at the Barbican, London in 2016. Other notable Minima performances have been staged at The Tate Britain Gallery, National Film Theatre/British Film Institute, Wellcome Trust, Glastonbury, Green Man, Latitude festivals, Edinburgh Fringe, Fort St Elmo, Malta (European Capital of Culture event), The Transylvania International Film Festival, Cluj. Nov 2024 sees the release of our new Nosferatu score to coincide with a UK tour.

Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers)

Guitarist, Lead and Baritone.

In 2006 I joined Nicky Wire’s Secret Society along with producer and drummer, Greg Haver and guitarist Loz Williams. The album I killed the Zeitgeist was released that year and summer festival shows followed, including Latitude Festival and the Hay Literary Festival. (Fun fact: in 2007 I created new interior decor for the bands legendary Cardiff studio, Faster (formally Stir Studios, see pic).

Greg Haver (producer: Manic Street Preachers, Mel C, John Cale, Super Furry Animals)

Electric and Acoustic, Bass and Baritone Guitar

I met Greg in Gaiman, Patagonia in 2006 when recorded MC Mabon’s award winning Welsh language Hip Hop album Jones Williams. Greg subsequently invited me to play with the Nicky Wire Secret Society. I have continued to play on Greg’s productions since then at UK recording studios including; Rockfield, Monnow Valley, Sain, StudiOwz, Faster/Stir, BBC Maida Vale, Modern World (including a live recording with Melanie C. Also Ocean Sound Recordings, Giske Island (Norway) and Quicksand Studios in New Zealand.

Most of my sessions with Greg have been engineered by Clint Murphy, (50 Cent, Enter Shikari) who also produced the chart topping albums Lone Survivor (2016) and Dead Man Walking (2018) by Czech rap/rock artist Marpo. On these albums I contributed lead and acoustic guitar, bass and mandolin. In 2024 I returned to Rockfield and Powerplay Studios, Zurich with Greg, Nick Nasmyth (Manic Street Preachers), Chris Childs (Thunder) and engineer, Scott Seabright for sessions including new recordings with NZ Country Artist, Miranda Easten.

National Theatre Scotland/Royal Shakespeare Company

Guitar, Mandolin.

In 2015 I joined the National Theatre of Scotland, touring the RSC’s Dunsinane across the USA. Playing electric guitar and mandolin. The play was written by David Greig with music was composed by Nick Powell.

Adrian Utley’s Guitar Orchestra, conducted by Charles Hazelwood

Electric guitar

In 2012 Adrian Utley (Portishead) brought together an orchestra of electric guitar players augmented with percussion, organ and clarinet to interpret Terry Riley’s 1964 minimalist composition ‘In C’. An album of our performance at Bristol St Georges Hall was released on Invada records in 2013.

Mail, Maps and Motion was commissioned as part of London 2012 Festival and took place in Bristol Temple Meads train station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Mapped projections surrounded the 2,500 people gathered. “A specially commissioned performance which combined Anti VJ’s breathtaking immersive visuals with a stunning score for fifteen guitars composed by Adrian Utley and conducted by Charles Hazlewood. In the performance, a wall of orchestral dissonance accompanied huge mapped projections, bringing a ghostlike vision of Bristol’s industrial past into the electric future.” – Watershed

Luke Jerram (Installation Artist, Sky Orchestra, Play Me I’m Yours)

Composer and Producer, Lead and Acoustic Guitars, Keys, Percussion.

In 2013 I was commissioned by Luke to produce a piece of music for his artwork Lullaby, which after debuting in Bristol, continued to tour internationally.

Asteroid Deluxe (psychedelic, ambient, soundscape, progressive rock)

Founder-member, Composer, Lead Guitarist.

A Bristol-based four-piece also featuring a long time musical collaborator, bassist and music technologist Gaz Williams (Karl Hyde, Charlotte Church’s Pop Dungeon, Sonic State). Along with Helen Stanley (keys) and James Phillips (drums/guitar), we re-scored Alejandro Jodderowsky’s 1973 cult classic film The Holy Mountain and then followed with French/Czech animated Sci-fi La Planet Sauvage (Fantastic Planet) debuting both at the Cinedrome, Green Man Festival in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Our debut vinyl album The Lawn was released in 2017. Our live shows feature video artist David Hopkinson.

In 2020 we contributed to Khol, the Bristol ARK charity compilation album raising funds for Covid 19 charities in the Bristol area.

MC Mabon (Welsh and English Language Folk/Rap/Rockabilly/Hip-Hop)

Lead and Bass guitar. Guitar contributions to 2001’s Hunt For Meaning (ANKST), Pryna (Boobytrap, 2003), Kerrdd Dant (Slacyr, 2004), Seshiwns Radio (Ankstmusik, 2006) and band member for Jones Williams (Copa, 2007) and Strict Meter (Tarw Du, 2011). Also live TV performances for S4C and BBC Wales during this period.

Cymbient / No Thee No Ess (Indie Rock)

Lead Guitar and Drums(!) Band member between 2002-2008 and collaborations since. Composing, performing and mixing two albums The Drive Home  (2005, Surk) and Out on the Waves (2007, Surk). Also contributed guitars to I Saw Energy (2013, Folkwit) and upcoming release, Distant Country. Cymbient performed on the main stage at Green Man Festival in 2005 and 2008, also performing live on Radio 6 in 2008.

The Rumble-O’s (60’s instrumental surf/soul/demented rock n’ roll)(Indie Rock)

Founder-member, Composer, reverberant guitars, the twang.

Surf, soul and delinquent rock n’ roll since 2012. In 2014 we performed our original rescore to the 1964 surfing documentary The Endless Summer in front of a packed Cinedrome at Green Man Festival, Wales. Other notable shows include regular appearances at Glastonbury Festival (2016 to 2024).

Echoic Audio (music and sound design for advertising, film and art)

Acoustic / electric Guitar and Bass

Commissions for guitar parts, from major brands to festival idents since 2012.

BIMM (British and Irish Institute of Modern Music)

I have been a freelance lecturer, assessor and presenter on the BA (Hons) Professional Musicianship / Songwriting course in Bristol since 2013.

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