Richard Formby

Richard Formby is a British musician, engineer and producer.^[1] As well as releasing his own solo music, he has been a member of various bands. Formby produced the albums Two Dancers (2009) and Smother (2011) by Wild Beasts, as well as Some Say I So I Say Light (2013) by Ghostpoet and News from Nowhere (2013) by Darkstar.^[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Formby has released his own solo electronic experimental music as well as being a member of The Jazz Butcher and In Embrace.^[6][7] He was part of Peter Kember's post-Spaceman 3 project Spectrum, for the album Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) (1992).^[8][9]

He owns a studio in Leeds.^[6]

Discography

Solo albums by Formby

• Outside the Angular Colony (Glass, 1981)
• The Machine Room (Bruton, 1999)
• I Was a Sleep But Now I Am a Wake (Golden Lab, 2005)
• Volume One (Mind Expansion, 2007)
• Sine (Preserved Sound, 2013)

Albums produced by Formby

• Taste (1989) by The Telescopes
• When in Rome, Kill Me (1989) by Cud
• Word of Mouth (2004) by The Blueskins
• Not on Top (2005) by Herman Dune
• Two Dancers (2009) by Wild Beasts^[10] – nominated for the Mercury Prize^[11]
• Smother (2011) by Wild Beasts^[12][13]
• The Shallows (2012) by I Like Trains^[14][15]
• Some Say I So I Say Light (2013) by Ghostpoet^[16][17]
• News from Nowhere (2013) by Darkstar^[18][19]
• Moondust for My Diamond (2021) by Hayden Thorpe^[20]