For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by sound.
I grew up in a house where music was simply part of everyday life. My mother rehearsed Latin choral music throughout the house, my father filled it with jazz and classical records, and my brothers introduced me to everything from The Beatles and XTC to early electronic music. Long before I understood songwriting, I was captivated by how music felt—and by how sound itself could move people.
That fascination became an obsession. As a teenager I built my own mixers, speakers and equalisers, always chasing one simple idea: how good can recorded sound become?
Instead of university, I chose a small recording studio in Bristol.
Within a year I had become its chief engineer, recording bands almost every day during one of the city’s most creative musical periods. Working with limited equipment taught me lessons that have stayed with me ever since: great records are never about expensive gear—they’re about honesty, performances and emotion.
Those years eventually led to the formation of Alpha.
Originally signed to Massive Attack’s Melankolic label through Virgin Records, Alpha became part of Bristol’s pioneering trip hop movement. The records that followed allowed me to work in some of Britain’s finest studios alongside remarkable musicians, while developing a production style that has always favoured atmosphere over fashion.
When the music industry changed, I kept making music.
Life took me in unexpected directions. I built houses, moved my family to the French Pyrenees, created an entirely new business from the ground up, and spent years designing places where people could escape everyday life. Yet throughout every chapter, one thing never disappeared: the need to create music.
Alphaheaven Recordings represents the beginning of the next chapter.
Three decades after my first recordings, I finally have the freedom to make music entirely on my own terms. No trends to follow. No expectations to satisfy. Just the pursuit that has driven me since I was a child listening to records at home:
To create recordings that don’t just sound good—but make people feel something.
Emotion Over Fashion.
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