Dave Randall is a British musician and writer. He is best known for his work as guitarist with

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and for his own band, Slovo. His playing credits include

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and

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. He is author of the book ''Sound System – The Political Power of Music'' ( Pluto Press 2017). He previously lives in

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, South London, however now lives in

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Musical biography

Randall played guitar with

from 1996–1999 and 2004–2011. He is also founder of the South London based music collective Slovo, who have released three albums: ''nommo'' (2002), ''TodoCambia'' (2007), and ''Bread & Butterflies'' (2020). A largely acoustic and instrumental solo album, ''Eight Stories'', was released under the artist name Randall in 2004. He joined vocalist Mike Ladd, percussionist Dirk Rothbrust and clarinettist Carol Robinson in the Paris-based experimental band Sleeping In Vilna. The band released the largely improvised album ''Why Waste Time'' in 2012. He has also recorded and toured with

and others. He currently performs with

Roland Gift Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

( Fine Young Cannibals). Randall has composed music for stage and screen including scores for two feature-length documentary films: ''Rebuilding Hope'' (2009) and ''Witness Bahrain'' (2014).

Political activism and writing

Randall has been associated with a number of leftwing campaigns and organisations. He was a member of the Socialist Workers Party (Britain) from 2004 until 2013 and has performed for the Stop The War Coalition, Love Music Hate Racism and the

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. He is also a patron of the

Palestine Solidarity Campaign The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) is an activist organisation in England and Wales. It was incorporated in the UK in 2004 as Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd. They officially support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement ...

. His book about music and politics, ''Sound System: The Political Power of Music'', was published by Pluto Press in 2017 and he has subsequently given guest lectures on the subject at a number of universities and conferences in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada and South Africa. He has also written for ''The Guardian'' and is a regular contributor to the ''Brixton Blog'' and ''Counterfire''.

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