Bertie Fritsch(drum kit - percussion - electronics - production)
Will Harris(guitar) Martin Lee(bass)
Fletch(lead guitar)
Lewis Cook(sitar, guitar & harmonium)
Bertie -
session drums(pearl reference drum kit, ziljian cymbals, percussion, A~D triggers 80 Gigabytes of samples)
sound engineer(pro-tools, logic pro, 24 traks, 48-98Khz & surround sound)
sound designer(the feral choir - timeless)
record producer (new transmitters-2005)
recording and session drums with artists including:-
-Spinndizzy (drums)
-The Children (drums)
-Popcornfunk (drums)
-Future Sound of London (FSOL) (drums)
-Piano Circus (co-producer on transmission-2001)
-Robert Shields (producer/engineer)
-Max Richter (drum sessions)
-Electric Chicken Feathers (drum sessions)
-Ten Tonne Wasp (drums & producer)
Influences
Musicians and groups I've met & seen perform:
Buena Vista Social Club - Afro Celt Sound System -
Bob Dylan- Neil Peart - Paco De Lucia -
Stewart Copeland - Billy Cobham -
Trilok Gurtu - Al Di Meola - Alfredo Genovesi -
Roger Waters - Fairport Convention -
Lol Coxhill - Yo La Tango - Heidi Berry -
Pete Erskine - Django Bates - Mark Mondesir -
Zakir Hussain - Jay z - Max Richter Band -
Radiohead - Gil Evans - Future Sound of London -
Yes - Dave Maric - Paul Weller - Frank Zappa -
Ray Davies - Ian Dury & the Blockheads -
Miles Davis - Nitin Sawney - Steve Smith -
Acme Sewage Co. - Piano Circus -
Rob Fletcher - Bill Bruford - Orphy Robinson -
Pink Floyd - Talvin Sing - Buena Vista Social Club -
U2 - The Police - Marque Gilmore - Ten Tonne Wasp -
Queen - The Beatles - Wishbone Ash -
Sir George Martin - Aswad - Pharoah Sanders -
Kronos Quartet - Ornette Coleman - Electric Chicken Feathers -
Herbie Hancock - Dave Holland - David Byrne -
Michael Brecker - Bob Marley - Jethro Tull -
Skye Sound Studio
Sounds Like
Pearl Reference Series - 10, 12, 14, 16, 22 + reference brass snare + Ziljian Cymbals
Ten Tonne Wasp New Live Photos by Avviko 2008
Bertie - drums, records & produces music soundtracks -
Bertie is currently playing with Ten Tonne Wasp, working on his first solo music project and playing sessions.
Bertie engineered and co-produced Piano Circus’s critically acclaimed CD 'Transmission' in 2003. As CMDO with DGAA he recorded and produced the 'New Transmitters' CD a compilation of talented youth musicians from the region. He also plays drums, doing recording sessions for artists such as Future Sound of London (The Isness) and Max Richter, and performs live with national and international musicians. He has worked as a freelance acoustic consultant; projects include the specification and design of the music writing studio for Mercury Prize winning composer Thomas Adés, studio acoustics for Overtones Ltd and for the famous Premises studios in London. He made specifications and installed the studio at the British Academy of New Music opened by Sir George Martin. Bertie graduated in engineering product design and designed some revolutionary innovative electronic MIDI drum sticks. As a qualified engineer he specialised in noise and vibration gaining a national prize for his diploma project in acoustics.
Bertie also played drums and percussion on Play and Rockingham Street by the Children and co-directed the video Just deep! by Dynamix.
