Biography
A song writer, singer and keyboard player, he uses digital and analogue synths. His favourite analogue synth is the classic VCS3.
He set up Whisk Records as a platform to release some of his own eclectic musings and those musicians he collaborates with.
Mixup is a photobooth artist, starting way back in the late 1970's. He organised the first International Photobooth Convention in 1999 and has been a catalyst for many events worldwide working not only as a street artist but also bringing those idea's to a workshop environment including the Victoria & Albert museum.
Mixup is also a music historian specialising in the history of music from the Nottinghamshire region from the 1950's to the 1980's. Visit the nottsmusicarchive.
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Recent Whisk Discography (All uploaded to streaming platforms)
2026 May 25th: New Science - A Monger Amongst Us
2026 April 9th: The Blackmarket Sound - Whistling Frogs
2026 April 9th: Cycling Envelope - Standing Wave Oscillations (Live at EMOM 27th Feb 2026)
2025 Dec 18th: Cycling Envelope - No Signal From The Angels (Live at The Chapel 3rd Oct 2025)
2025 Dec 18th: RattKing - The Last 120 Days
2025 Dec 18th: The Barons Boys - Means More
2025 Sept 29th: The Blackmarket Sound - Business
2025 Sept 29th: RattKing - Duodenum
2025 Sept 29th: Cycling Envelope - Astral Xenolithic Chorus (Live at Gainsborough XC4)
2025 April 1st: Stevie Steve and the Spanners - Lady Bay
2025 April 1st: RattKing - Minotaur's Chase
2025 Mar 28th: Cycling Envelope - Unknown Destination Explorations
2024 Nov 5th: Sharp Thorns - Finally Laid To Rest
2024 Nov 4th: RattKing - Hexen
2024 Aug 19th: RattKing - Sorcerer
2024 Aug 16th: Sharp Thorns - Dreams of the Forest
2024 Aug 15th: Sharp Thorns - Live at Church Of Sound *91
2024 May 8th: The Blackmarket Sound - Travel Companion
2024 May 6th: The Blackmarket Sound - Goonsteppa
2024 May 2nd: The Blackmarket Sound - Primitive Man
2023 Aug 28th: Instant Whip - No Escape
2022 Dec 19th: Sharp Thorns - Sharp Thorns
2021 Oct 8th: Stevie Steve and the Spanners - Call me Old Fashioned but ....
2021 Jan 6th: Instant Whip - Midlife Crisis
2020 July 7th: Howard Foster Esquire - A Quirk Of Nature (Vinyl album)
2019 Jan 20th: Tunnel Vision - Tunnel Vision
2017 Aug 29th: The Barons Boys - Self Fulfilling Prophecy
2013 Aug 8th: Steve Mixup - Small Talk (Vinyl album)
2013 Feb 28th: Steve Mixup - I Think That's What She Said (4 Tracks) (Two 7" vinyl singles)