Rick Tomlinson is an English,

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based musician, best known for one of his projects, Voice of the Seven Woods, with Chris Walmsley and Pete Hedley. Tomlinson is most commonly associated with the

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alternative music scene, and is regularly associated with the B-Music collective; a

based DJ, music and arts collaboration that includes DJ Andy Votel,

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's frontman

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and various other DJs and artists.

Biography

Rick Tomlinson began his association with Twisted Nerve Records, when he played

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alongside Dave Tyack. on various releases. Tomlinson's debut album was released on 6 August 2007 under the moniker Voice of the Seven Woods. Eponymously titled, it was released on both CD and

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vinyl. The US version, distributed by B-Music, contained two bonus tracks. It is one of his few unlimited releases to date. He has played several notable festivals including

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in 2005, 2006 and 2007, Supersonic Festival in Birmingham, again in 2006 and 2007, and the Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham. After a period of performing solo, the live band during the tour of the ''Voice of the Seven Woods'' album and the ''Voice Of The Seven Thunders'' albums, consisted of a trio of Tomlinson, Chris Walmsley on drums and Pete Hedley on bass. In 2010, under the moniker "Voice Of The Seven Thunders" he released a new album with the same name. In 2017, he released the album ''Phases of Daylight'' as Rick Tomlinson, initially as an exclusive LP, but later also as an online download on Bandcamp. In 2018, under the moniker "En Dag" he released a new album with the same name, limited to 300 vinyl LPs. En Dag is the previously unreleased collaboration between Rick Tomlinson, Chris Walmsley and Pete Hedley. The album was recorded one day at Konst & Ramar studio in Stockholm, while touring the'' Voice of the Seven Woods'' album in January 2007.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Voice of the Seven Woods'' - CD / LP (

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, 2007), as Voice Of The Seven Woods *'' Voice Of The Seven Thunders'' - CD / LP (Tchantinler Recordings, 2010), as Voice Of The Seven Thunders *'' Phases of Daylight'' - LP / MP3 (Voix Records, 2017), as Rick Tomlinson *''En Dag'' - LP (Voix Records, 2018), as En Dag

EPs

*''Voice of the Seven Woods'' - CDR EP (Self-released, 2006) *''The Withering of the Boughs'' - 3" CDR (First Person, 2006) *''Tchantinler EP'' - CDR (Tchantinler, 2006) *''Unitarian Chapel'' 3" CDR (Tchantinler, 2007) - Audience member-limited edition of 47. *''

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'' - CD EP (Self-released, 2006 - reissued on Kning Disk, 2008) *''The Far Golden Peak Part One'' CDR (Blackest Rainbow Records, 2007) Limited to 333 copies on cd, 33 copies of cassette. *''Seventh Step'' - Tour CDR (Self-released, 2007) *''Black Morning'' - Cass, S/Sided (Sloow Tapes, 2007) Limited to 100 copies. *''The Holy Harbour'' - 10" EP (Twisted Nerve, 2007) *''VVIIW'' - CDR (Self-released, 2008)

Live albums

*''Solo Guitar Recordings'' - US Tour CDR (Self-released, 2006) *''Night time recordings from Göteborg'' CD (Kning Disk, 2008), as Rick Tomlinson

Singles

*"An Hour Before Dawn" - 7" Single (Twisted Nerve, 2006) *"The Firefly Dusk" - 7" Single (Twisted Nerve, 2006) *"Kafamdaki Yangin" - 7" Single (Twisted Nerve, 2007) Limited to 500 copies.

Splits

*"Svarka" (Rick Tomlinson w/ Chris Walmsley) - Split 7" Single (Twisted Nerve, 2003) *"Gone On The Way To Know" - Split 7" with

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(Great Pop Supplement, 2007)

Appearances on compilation albums

*''A Kind of Awe And Reverence and Wonder'' - CD on Twisted Nerve *''Ihmettelenpä Sanoi Kampela Jos Lahana On Pliisu'' - CDR on 267 Lattajjaa records (Limited to 100 copies) *''Now Is The Winter Of Our Discount Tents'' - CD on Twisted Nerve