Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970
) drums with
Teenage Fanclub. He makes music for filmmakers and TV and manages
Camera Obscura
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The Vaselines
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On 30 March 2015, he released ''Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste'', described by Classic FM as "sublime, minimalist classical music".
It debuted at Number 12 in the Official Classical Artists Album Chart and ad Number 3 in the Official Specialist Classical Chart.
The album was recorded at Mogwai's Castle Of Doom Studios in Glasgow and features a quartet from the Scottish Ensemble.
Career
Macdonald recorded a solo album called ''Sauchiehall & Hope - A Pop Opera'' under the pseudonym "Nice Man" and ''The Art of Hanging Out'' as "Nice Man and the Bad Boys". In 2011, he recorded two digital albums of instrumental music - ''Maculate Conceptions'' and ''Maculate Conceptions Volume 2'' on Garageband on his Mac computer during a Teenage Fanclub tour of Europe.
All of these albums are available online.
He runs Shoeshine Records / Spit & Polish in Glasgow. He has co-produced albums by Aaron Wright, Attic Lights and Aaron Fyfe.
Other artists with whom he has worked include:
Kevin Ayers
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Kim Fowley,
Robert Forster
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Dan Penn
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Alex Chilton
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Chip Taylor
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Ben Vaughn,
Laura Cantrell
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Kate Rusby
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Belle & Sebastian, Looper,
Future Pilot A.K.A., The Hermit Crabs,
The Pastels
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, Radio Sweethearts,
Michael Shelley, Cheeky Monkey, Frank Blake, Speeder, Astro Chimp,
BMX Bandits, Attic Lights and
Harry Pye
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Early life
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References
Scottish rock drummers
British male drummers
1970 births
Living people
Teenage Fanclub members
21st-century drummers
21st-century British male musicians
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