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James Poke (born 1963 in
Dorking,
England) is a musician, primarily known as artistic director and co-founder of the ensemble
Icebreaker.
[1]
Poke studied music at the
University of York and composition with
Erich Urbanner at the
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in
Vienna. With
John Godfrey he founded Icebreaker in 1989. As well as running the group, he also plays
flutes,
pan-pipes,
keyboards and
WX11 wind synthesiser in the ensemble. He has arranged many pieces for Icebreaker and produced or co-produced several of Icebreaker's albums.
[2] He also works as a music copyist.
He also has a strong interest in politics and is currently chair of the
Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, chairs the West Surrey branch of the
Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and has twice stood for election as a councillor for the
Green Party in
Mole Valley.
Discography
Playing flutes, pan-pipes, wind synthesiser and keyboards:
- Icebreaker, Official Bootleg (ICC, 1991, live album, cassette only)
-
Graham Fitkin, Hook, Mesh, Stub, Cud (Argo, 1993) (with Icebreaker)
- Short Cuts – Breaking the sound Barrier – An Argo Sampler (Argo, 1994) (with Icebreaker)
- Icebreaker, Terminal Velocity (Argo, 1994)
[3]
- Icebreaker, Trance (Argo, 1996)
- Century XXI UK A–M (New Tone, 1996) (with Icebreaker)
-
Bang on a Can, Industry (Sony Classical, 1995)
- Icebreaker, Rogue's Gallery (New Tone, 1997)
- Icebreaker,
Diderik Wagenaar (Composers' Voice / Donemus, 2001) (also co-producer)
[4]
[5]
- Icebreaker, Extraction (between the lines, 2001) (also producer)
- Bang on a Can,
Louis Andriessen: Gigantic Dancing Human Machine (Cantaloupe, 2003)
[6]
- Icebreaker, Trance (Cantaloupe Music, 2004) (also producer)
[7]
- Icebreaker, Cranial Pavement (Cantaloupe Music, 2005) (also co-producer)
[8]
- Icebreaker, Terminal Velocity (Cantaloupe Music, 2005) (also producer)
[9]
- Icebreaker, Music with Changing Parts (Orange Mountain Music, 2007) (also producer)
[3]
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