Adam Leonard (singer-songwriter)
Adam Leonard is an English singer-songwriter working mainly in the folk, psychedelic and electronic music fields. His style is often described as lo-fi and the subject matter of his songs somewhat unconventional. Since his debut album 'How Music Sounds' in 2003, he has released many EPs, albums and mini-albums on various small labels. Live performances, which have so far been limited to the UK (Manchester, London and Northern Ireland) are as intriguing as they are rare. In 2008 he opened for British folk legend Steve Ashley. He regularly collaborates with other musicians, most notably Pat Gubler (P.G. Six), Ashley Cooke (Pulco), Gareth Davies, and Steven Collins of The Owl Service, a band for which Leonard provided vocals for their 2010 album 'The View From A Hill'. At the close of 2010, a limited edition album entitled 'Nature Recordings' was released on vinyl only by the London label The Great Pop Supplement. In 2011 Leonard provided the soundtrack to Claudia Heindel's award-winning independent film Lucky Seven. In 2012, Nature Recordings was issued on CD by Manchester-based label The Northwestern Series.
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 Adam Leonard (centre) playing with Invaderband in 2017. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Genres | Electronic music Folk music Art rock Ambient music |
| Instruments | Vocals Acoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Mandolin Dulcimer Harmonium Synthesizer Keyboards Percussion |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Real Wood Apport Bottled Music The Great Pop Supplement |
| Associated acts | Gareth Davies P.G. Six Pulco The Owl Service |
In 2013 Leonard formed Invaderband, a 4-piece "Artrock/Garagerock/Krautrock" group and began gigging locally around Northern Ireland, including a slot at Other Voices in 2014. Occasional solo gigs still took place, including opening for Nick Harper.
Leonard was the winner of UK City of Culture 2013 Resonate Award for Best Song ("My Love") Full story
In 2014 he embarked on the Octopus Project releasing 8 albums over an 8-month period. In 2015 Invaderband released 2 singles ('The Implausible Man' & 'Attack of the Pod People'), the latter making the BBC 6 Music Recommends playlist in Dec 2015. Invaderband's debut album was released January 2017.
In Sept 2017 the Invaderband album was shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Music Prize.
In 2018 Leonard released a solo 7" single 'Entkommen' on the esteemed Polytechnic Youth label, and also collaborated with Irish/French/New York "broken beat" combo Warriors Of The Dystotheque on the 'I Know You'll Never Die' EP released by Dublin's Reckless Records. The 2 main tracks were remixed by Le Galaxie and Richard March of Bentley Rhythm Ace.
Selected discography
- How Music Sounds album, 2003 (Real Wood)
- How Real Is Real? mini-album, 2004 (Apport)
- Sgt. Pepper remake, 2005 (joint release by Real Wood/Bottled Music).
- Leonardism album, 2007 (RW021) (Real Wood)
- It Happened on a Day EP, 2007 (Great Pop Supplement)
- Dan & Headless Bill – REDLIP mini-album, 2008 (Real Wood) --> reissued by Folkwit Records, 2011
- To Give Up You Have To Bloody Start Live EP, 2008 (Real Wood)
- Nature Recordings vinyl LP, 2010 (Great Pop Supplement)
- Nature Recordings CD album, 2012 (The Northwestern Series)
- Sightings EP, as A Farewell To Hexes, 2013 (Tectona Grandis)
- Click Click Drone EP (by Echoes In Rows), 2013 (Tectona Grandis)
- Octopus Part 1 download album, 2014 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Octopus Part 2 download album, 2014 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Octopus Part 3 download album, 2014 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Octopus Part 4 download album, 2014 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Octopus Part 5 download album, 2014 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Octopus Part 6 download album, 2015 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Octopus Part 7 download album, 2015 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Octopus Part 8 download album, 2015 (self-release via bandcamp)
- Invaderband The Implausible Man 2 track CD single, 2015
- Invaderband Attack of the Pod People 3 track CD single, 2015
- Invaderband Invaderband – self-titled debut album (LP/CD) (Tectona Grandis, TEAK005), 2017
- Entkommen 7" single (Polytechnic Youth), 2018
- Octopus Part 9 download album, 2018 (self-release via bandcamp)
- I Know You'll Never Die EP with Warriors Of The Dystotheque (Reckless Records), 2018
- Things In The Shadows EP with Warriors Of The Dystotheque (Glasstone Records), 2019
- Rooms album from United Bible Studies, 2019 (currently unreleased)
- It's Another Christmas single, 2019
- The Isolation Tapes V/A compilation (Castles In Space), 2020
For further information see Adam Leonard at Discogs & Invaderband at Discogs
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