Graham Sutton (born 1972) is an English musician and record producer based in Hackney, UK. He is best known as the leader and key figure of seminal post-rock band Bark Psychosis, as well as being a producer for alternative rock bands since the late 1990s.

Personal projects

Bark Psychosis

Sutton first came to attention as the main figure in the band Bark Psychosis in which he played guitar, sampler and assorted keyboards as well as handling lead vocals where necessary. Founded in 1986, Bark Psychosis developed a growing reputation in avant-garde rock circles culminating in the 21-minute ''Scum'' single in 1992 and the album '' Hex'' in 1994, following which the group split up. Secretly revived in 1999, Bark Psychosis formally returned in 2004 as a Sutton solo project with collaborators rather than a band, and released the new album '' ///Codename: Dustsucker''.

Boymerang

Sutton led the drum and bass dance music project

Boymerang Boymerang was the drum and bass project of the English post-rock musician Graham Sutton. Formation Following the release of the Bark Psychosis album ''Hex'' in 1994, Sutton became interested in drum and bass. He began buying Jungle records at t ...

from late 1994 until an unspecified date in the late 1990s. Initially working with Bark Psychosis keyboard player Daniel Gish, Sutton continued Boymerang as a solo project. Boymerang released one album – 1997's ''Balance of the Force'' – and several EPs.

Work as producer/mixer/engineer

Sutton has produced albums by artists including

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).Information from Graham Sutton producer page @ Rough Trade
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References

External links

Graham Sutton @ Myspace
(official)
Bark Psychosis @ Myspace
(unofficial) 1972 births Living people English dance musicians English rock guitarists English drum and bass musicians English rock keyboardists English record producers English songwriters Remixers Musicians from London 21st-century British guitarists {{England-musician-stub