Biography

Peter Buxton was raised in a musical household and classically trained in piano, violin and clarinet. At school he joined a rock band playing piano and bass guitar; they toured in East Anglia. At college he played keyboards with a local student band. In the 1980's he was surrounded by musicians, some introduced by his cousin, the blues singer Dana Gillespie. He developed an ambient and filmic style on the piano, playing periodically with Dana Gillespie and Sam Gopal, a guitarist and tabla player, who had toured with Jimmy Hendrix and Jeff Beck.

Peter expanded his musical influences with extensive travel in South America, Africa and India. He produced music compilations and was a DJ at private parties. In the 1990s he joined the Limen Company, an innovative percussion-based group. The Limen Company never played the same thing twice, favouring energetic improvisation - a sort of musical shamanic journey. The music ranged from full-on tribal drumming to psychedelic rock, acappela chanting, ambient and ethnic styles. With the Limen Company, Peter's skills expanded; they were intoxicating years of experimentation, studio recording, live events, workshops. The Limen Company also lead workshops and did a successful series of performances at the 2001 Healing Sounds Festival in Brighton. Peter developed a lively vocal ability and played keyboards as well as African drums, percussion, recorder, kalimba (African thumb-piano) and didgeridoo.

In 2000 he started writing and recording his own music at the London studio of fellow Limen member, Jon Hall and his partner George Stewart, both from the 1980's sensation Kissing the Pink. World travel, house music and William Orbit are obvious influences in the first songs which he wrote. Peter then built his own studio in the country, working with DJ and producer Richard Kondal, with whom he completed his first album Passion for Life. The musical style of the debut album encompasses dance, trance, funk, blues, dub and ambient. Peter invited a variety of musicians to perform on particular songs, including the singer Dana Gillespie, Asian master-percussionist Pandit Dinesh (ex - Osibisa), and sax player, Bernie Greenwood, who had toured with Eric Clapton in the 1960's.

While promoting 'Passion for Life', Peter Buxton is recording songs for the next album. He recently completed a 15 minute pilot film based on his own musical experiences for a TV series profiling the influence of technology on music and the creative process. Threading music between business and family commitments, he continues to experiment with short films to annotate his songs and to play with professional musician friends. He sometimes performs at private events.