Ben Tunnicliffe

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North Wales - We're Coming For You!

I'm over the moon that the tail end of this run of dates with my new project Nowhere Ensemble is coming to a close on my own home turf. For those of you who didn't see us when we were in Holyhead or Conwy, this is your last chance! For those of you who have already seen us, come along anyway and you can meet our new frontline member in flautist Ray Brook! There's still tickets available for our last three dates so reserve a slot and give us a shout online if you're coming along! April 20th - Cadwaladers, Criccieth - Event Page - Telephone for Tickets April 21st - CellB, Blaenau Ffestiniog - Event Page - Tickets April 22nd - The Swellies, Y Felinheli - Event Page - Tickets See you out there!

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Roland GAIA with Antelope at Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, 2015

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Moving through my composition 'To Think Of Jupiter'

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Exploring A Tune of Mine - Theme 5

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I've landed in a regular Hotel gig close to home that comes complete with a punchy Markbass/Bergantino backline.

All I do is show up, plug in, sight read the charts and + call it a night!

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Improv Over An Old Welsh Folk Tune

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'Stuck In The Middle With You' Live from Bristol

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Acoustic Cover of Corinne Bailey Rae's 'Put Your Records On'

Full video feat. Bronte Shande + John Cordy Available On Youtube HERE.

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Gnarls Barkley's Crazy Live from Bristol

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Drunk In Love - Acoustic Beyoncé Cover

Noire cover recorded by a trio that never came to fruition. I recently found the footage so here it is.

Vocals - Bronte Shande Guitar - John Cordy

Ben Tunnicliffe - Double Bass, Arrangement, Audio Engineer, Mix, Master, Video Edit

Written by: Beyoncé Knowles, Noel Fisher, Shawn Carter, Andre Eric Proctor, Rasool Diaz, Brian Soko, Timothey Mosley, Jerome Harmon

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ANNOUNCEMENT: 2023 Tour

I have a new project and I'm thrilled to use this run of dates to explore new music from outer space in independent venues around the UK.

Bass Clarinet: Maria Lamburn Drums: Laurie Agnew Keys: Ross Hicks

Shout out to all the venues and to Jack Tyson Charles + Big Hogg for gifting the support slots, Andy Garside for the graphics and Tom for the photography.

16/02 - Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead 17/02 - The Blue Bell, Conwy 09/03 - The Rum Shack, Glasgow 27/03 - The Bell Inn, Bath 20/04 - Cadwaladers, Criccieth 21/04 - Cellb, Blaenau Ffestiniog 22/04 - The Swellies, Caernarfon

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The bow is a textural inspiration!

I do what I can to channel my inner Cachao when I play this Márcio Faraco tune 'Cajueiro' with Jochen Eisentraut

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The Mountain (Abdullah Ibrahim) live at The Swellies 15/10/22

Jochen Eisentraut (keys) introduced me to this South African gem by Abdullah Ibrahim + to this day it is one of my all time favourite tunes.

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I've been really fortunate in the collaborations I've had as a session musician since 2005.

Here are bass guitar highlights from publicly available CD releases. Get in touch if you need any remote recording!

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My Youtube Video hit 10,000 views today!

Moving to Bristol in 2k13 was an unplanned blur but I had a great time and played LOADS.

James Paton - Drums Dorian Childs-Prophet - Keys

Not bad for a rehearsal clip!

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Rainy Piece In A Rainy Place

Jochen’s home has been a place I’ve headed to play music most of my adult life and it’s a real joy to return and play totally acoustic!

Jochen Eisentraut - ‘Rain, Rain, Rain’

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Antelope | Bar Bloc | Glasgow | 26/11/15

Archive footage of Chris Young being badass on the Antelope UK Tour including bass synth action from my corner.

Unreleased tune called ‘Glass’ 🔊