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ANT BIOGRAPHY
Click on the ANT LOGO or SLEEPY GIRL to return Click on each RECORD COVER for LYRICS MP3S etc
Extraordinarily fragile songs - THE FLY. Sweet charming piquant pop gems - RECORD COLLECTOR. A boy and his guitar - JOHN PEEL. For winter evenings by the fire - SCENE ONE. Weeping beauty - LOSING TODAY MAGAZINE. Glittering with promise - SOUNDONSOUND.
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2009
A SOFT PLACE.
A limited edition split 7" single on which I am reunited with Darren Hayman (Hefner). Released on Black Kitten Records of Italy in June 2009. This single is a little bit different to a normal split 7" as both Darren and I sing and play on each other's songs. Both tracks were recorded at home in London and Malmö by Darren and Ant, mixed by Darren. |
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2009
WHEN THE MORNING ARRIVES When The Morning Arrives (unreleased song)/T
A limited edition 25 track MP3 album of previously unreleased recordings released by ANT in June 2009. The album features demos, out-takes, rejected songs and a cover version. It is only available as a data disc with lyrics, photos, art and Mp3s from Ant's webshop. |
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2009 THESE LONG DARK COUNTRY ROADS TIME I WAS GONE/THESE LONG DARK COUNTRY ROADS/COME TO THE PHONE/SMILE YOUR BEST SMILE/MAGPIES/WHEREVER YOU GO.
A six song mini album CD on Acuarela Discos of Madrid, Spain, released in February 2009. The CD features mixes and appearances from Darren Hayman and Jack Hayter (Hefner) and Tjinder Singh and James Milne (Cornershop) as well as 3 tracks performed and mixed by me on my own. Jack's son James Hayter also performs on the CD.
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2008 LONELY BOY & OTHER TRAGEDIES DECONSTRUCTION (OF POETRY)/GIRLS AND LOVE/BETWEEN THE LINES/LONELY BOY/KJODELIG FRIHET/SEASIDE SORROW/WORLD'S RESUME/DECONSTRUCTION (REPRISE).
The 8 song mini album was licensed and re-released (in its original form but with slightly different artwork) in the USA in June 2008 by Series Two Records. |
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2007 LONELY BOY & OTHER TRAGEDIES DECONSTRUCTION (OF POETRY)/GIRLS AND LOVE/BETWEEN THE LINES/LONELY BOY/KJODELIG FRIHET/SEASIDE SORROW/WORLD'S RESUME/DECONSTRUCTION (REPRISE).
An 8 song mini album CD on Filthy Little Angels (Angel 11) released in February 2007. A low key collaboration where I wrote music for some poems written by Norwegian poet Eivind Kirkeby and recorded and performed the pieces at home on digital 8 track. |
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2007. In March 2007 I did a live radio interview plus 2 live songs SLIPPED AWAY and UP STICKS AND GO in Brescia, Italy for Jean Luc at Radio Onda D'urto. Mp3 of interview (& 2 live acoustic songs) with Jean Luc at Radio Onda D'urto in Brescia Italy, 22/03/07. |
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2006
I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE DREAM.
A limited edition split 7" single this time on Black Candy Records of Italy with Italian band Pecksniff. It was released late summer 2006 and features a new song recorded at home on digital eight track. |
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2006. In April 2006 I did my third live radio session for Giovanni Gandolfi at Radio Citta Del Capo in Bologna, Italy. Five songs: CHANGE WITH THE SEASON, THOSE MEMORIES, HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO, I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE DREAM and YOUR HEART GOT BORED. |
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2006
WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES) (acoustic demo version).
A limited edition split 7" vinyl with Swede The Odd Fiddler on the flipside. The single was released by Let's Expect Art Records (Sweden) in April 2006 and limited to just 100 copies. Featuring the acoustic demo of the leading song from the Footprints Through The Snow album. |
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2006. In March 2006 I recorded a 4 song session this time for BBC6 Music's Tom Robinson Show. I did HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO, THOSE MEMORIES, CHANGE WITH THE SEASON and WE DIDN'T MOVE A MUSCLE, which were to be broadcast at a later date. |
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2006. In March 2006 along with Darren Hayman I did a live session for Resonance FM and The Glass Shrimp Show. I performed 4 songs: WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES), IN YOUR DREAMS, HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO and UP STICKS AND GO. |
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2006
FOOTPRINTS THROUGH THE SNOW WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES)/IN YOUR DREAMS/SLIPPED AWAY/SHE'LL BE HOME SOON/SPENT TOO LONG WALKING WITH NO HEART TO FOLLOW/THIS GOODBYE KISS/LOOK HOW TIME FLIES/THOSE MEMORIES/CHANGE WITH THE SEASON/UP STICKS AND GO/HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO?/WE DIDN'T MOVE A MUSCLE/HEADING HOME.
A 13 song full length album and first proper studio album on Homesleep Records released in Italy in January 2006. Recorded in the Alpha Airbase studios in Bologna Italy in August/September 2004. Giacomo Fiorenza recorded and mixed it, with additional help from Francesco Donadello, and Matteo Agostinelli (Yuppie Flu) mastered it in May 2005. |
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2004. In October in 2004 in the student town of Lund in Sweden I did an interview plus a live version of HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYWHERE LEFT YOU CAN RUN TO? for Tandem Pop Radio with Krister Bladh. |
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2004. In May 2004 I did another live radio session for Citta Del Capo Radio and Giovani Gandolfi. This time I did WHEN YOUR HEART BREAKS (INTO MANY LITTLE PIECES), BLAME IT ON THE LANGUAGE and A LONG WAY TO BLOW A KISS. |
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2004
SAD TO SEE IT'S MORNING WHERE HAPPINESS BEGINS/YOUR HEART GOT BORED/I HOPE YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THERE/THE QUEUE TO YOUR HEART/I ALWAYS HURT THE ONE THAT I LOVE (THE MACHINES REMIX)/BREATHE MY NAME/THE TRICK, EASY/NOT SLEEPING THE SAME WAY/THAT SHINING SMILE/MOUNTAINS/PATHWAY (previously unreleased)/YOU'VE LOST YOUR APPEAL (LIVE).
A 13 song compilation CD released in October 2004 on Fortune and Glory Records (FORCD114). A collection of the three singles to date with all the b-sides and all the compilation tracks released to date, plus an exclusive remix, a previously unreleased song and an exclusive live track. |
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2003
IMPRINTS OF EMOTION EP MOUNTAINS/BREATHE MY NAME.
A limited edition split 7" vinyl EP released by small two Swedish labels Zenith Recordings and Smudgey Records (ZEN 04/SMUDGE 01) in November 2003. Featuring two old songs, both newly recorded at home on digital 8 track. This EP was split with Swedish singer Airliner & also split between 2 labels, Gothenberg's Zenith run by Arnar & Malmö's Smudgey run by Åse. It was later licensed in England by Hendricks' Fortune and Glory Records as a very limited autographed edition. |
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2003. In May 2003 I did a live radio session in Bologna for Radio Citta Del Capo with Giovanni Gandolfi. 8 songs: YOU'VE LOST YOUR APPEAL, CRY YOUR LITTLE EYES OUT, THE QUEUE TO YOUR HEART, THE SILENCE HAS BROKEN, I ALWAYS HURT THE ONE THAT I LOVE, NOT SLEEPING THE SAME WAY, THE CURE FOR BROKEN HEARTS and ANY GIRL CAN MAKE ME SMILE. Giovanni is the Italian John Peel you know! |
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2003
FLOATING ON THE BREEZE THE SILENCE HAS BROKEN/FLOATING ON THEBREEZE/CRY YOUR LITTLE EYES OUT/THERE ARE GREY CLOUDS IN THIS SKY TOO/WHITE SWANS ON THE WATER/BLAME IT ON THE LANGUAGE.
A 6 song mini album CD on Homesleep Records (HOMESLEEP REC 2015) of Bologna Italy, March 2003. The 6 songs were all recorded at home on digital eight track. This time I made good use of the Hefner drum kit (which stood in the corner of my front room) and I tried my hand at playing the violin for the first time. |
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2002. I returned in 2002 to the Emmaboda Festival and this time I played the big stage in the field. I was interviewed by Anna from P3Live and I played a song live called EVERY DROP OF RAIN. |
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2002. On the 7th of May I did an interview with Dan on Tandem Pop Radio, in the student town of Lund, in Sweden.
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2002
A LONG WAY TO BLOW A KISS THE TRICK/MAYBE LOVE WILL RETURN/ANY GIRL CAN MAKE ME SMILE/HISTORY/WHEN I NEED YOU TO/WASTE THE DAYS AWAY/A LONG WAY TO BLOW A KISS/I ALWAYSHURT THE ONE THAT I LOVE/EVERY DROP OF RAIN/TODAY AS YESTERDAY/APRIL RAIN.
11 song CD album on Fortune and Glory Records (FORCDALB107) UK. 2001 must have been a very busy Hefner time as it wasn’t until April 2002 that my first full length album was finally released featuring 11 new songs, including new versions of the four used in the John Peel session. This time I recorded the songs at home, alone, on my new digital eight track, during 1999 and 2001, whenever I had a few days off from all things Hefner and mixed it late 2001. Once again John Morrison played perfect bass across the album (he came over and did all his parts in one afternoon) and I took my studio around to Suzanne Rhatigans, where she transformed the title track with her old, hissy Wurlitzer piano and her beautiful clear voice. |
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2000. In the summer of 2000 I played the small woodland stage at the Emmaboda Festival in Rasslebygd Sweden. My set was recorded by P3 Radio and the highlights were broadcast a couple of times over the next few months on national Swedish radio. I also did an interview in the carpark of the Hotel Amigo with Ika Johannesson for P3Pop. |
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2000. I was lucky enough to record my first solo session for the John Peel show on Radio 1 in June 2000. Having spent many teenage hours listening to his show and being inspired by the music he played, it was a huge thrill to be a very small part of it myself. The four songs; HISTORY, ANY GIRL CAN MAKE ME SMILE, MAYBE LOVE WILL RETURN and THE TRICK were broadcast on the 12th October 2000. The session was recorded in Maida Vale 4 by Simon Askew (in about four hours) on the 26th June 2000.
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2000
CURES FOR BROKEN HEARTS YOU’VE LOST YOUR APPEAL/TONGUES/THE CURE FOR BROKEN HEARTS/FLY ON YOUR WALL/SPOIL.
A 5 song mini album CD on Fortune and Glory Records (FORCD104), Moseley,
Birmingham. After a very busy time Hefnering, I got to release my first mini album in the summer of 2000, on my new friend
Hendricks’ label. The 5 songs were all taken from the first
few sessions I did with Suzanne Rhatigan and are still my favourite recordings. They too
featured Johnny Viola on violin and viola, John Morrison on bass guitar and Suzanne Rhatigan on Wurlitzer piano and
backing vocals. |
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1999
WHERE HAPPINESS BEGINS/THE QUEUE TO YOUR HEART/YOUR HEART GOT BORED.
A 3 song CD
single limited to 100 copies each with a numbered sleeve, on
Fabulous Friends Records Sweden(Friend 01). Released in November 1999 on the Swedish label of Roger and Anna (Nixon). I had met Roger when Hefner played the Emmaboda Festival in Sweden. The single featured three
slices of gentle acoustic pop, also taken from the Cushy sessions. This time with
Menlo Parks Johnny Viola Greswell ( violin and viola) joining Suzanne Rhatigan (drums,
Wurlitzer piano, keyboards and singing) and John Morrison (bass guitar). |
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1999
I HOPE YOU’LL ALWAYS BETHERE/NOT SLEEPING THE SAME WAY.
Double A sided 7” single on Evil World Records UK (SIN 1). I was lucky enough to have my own record released in 1999 on the label of Jen Denito (Linus) and Darren Hayman (Hefner). A catchy little disco number twinned with a more melancholic track. Both songs were from the Cushy sessions with Suzanne Rhatigan singing and playing Wurlitzer and John Morrison playing bass. |
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1988
I began writing my own songs way back in the summer of 1988 in my bedroom on the
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The kind of words you'd steal to melt girls hearts up and down the country - FRIENDS OF THE HEROES. |
