Chlöe Herington // composer, performer, collaborator
From what originated as a solo project, performing mainly in art galleries, grew to include Elen Evans on harp. After moving from galleries back into music venues, my Chrome Hoof comrade, Emma Sullivan joined on bass, microkorg and vocals. Live, the music traverses the realms of noise and improv into songs, punctuated with found sounds and eases into spacey soundscapes.
"Absolutely beautiful." - John Doran
2014-present
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Tim Smith formed Cardiacs, with his brother, Jim, as a teenager in the late 1970s. Over the next forty years they would become one of the most distinctive and adored cult groups in the UK.
Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style, as well as their theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by bands as diverse as Blur, Faith No More, and Radiohead.
ATE Music put together a series of 'Sing To Tim' shows to celebrate Tim's life in 2024 with a band made up of Cardiacs family & friends. His already written but unfinished album, LSD, was finally completed and released in September 2025 and we toured it in March 2026.
alto sax/backing vocals 2024-present
I had the great pleasure of composing the score for 'The Archivist', which premiers at Sheffield Doc Fest in June 2026. The film was launched at NeoAncients in May 2026 as the first Weird Walk Live Podcast with Tim Plester & Alice Lowe and a live performance of excerpts from the score.
"David "Doc" Rowe has spent decades documenting Britain's vibrant folk traditions. Now, with time running short, he faces a race to preserve his legacy.
Rowe has devoted his life to documenting customs, songs and celebrations that few others thought worthy of attention, building an extraordinary archive along the way. As personal challenges mount and the collection's future grows uncertain, the urgency of his mission sharpens. With remarkable access, we get close to Rowe as he pushes forward, idiosyncratic and unflappable, navigating the fragile line between preserving memory and letting go. The Archivist is a story about one person's determination to celebrate the living traditions that connect us to where we come from and who we are, whatever the cost."
Dir. Tim Plester & Rob Curry (Fifth Column Films)
Swell Maps were an English experimental DIY, early punk and post-punk rock group active between 1972 and 1980. Influenced by bands such as T. Rex and German krautrock groups such as Can and Faust, they went on to be influential to many bands who defined the next quarter of a century of alternative music. Their influence is remarkable with Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Nirvana and Pavement all citing them as a major influences on their music. The band has reconvened as Swell Maps C21 over the last few years under the leadership of original member Jowe Head.
synths, radio, melodica 2021-present
