Francis MacDonald
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Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970[1]) is a Scottish drummer, composer, and manager. He is the drummer with Teenage Fanclub,[2] and the manager of Camera Obscura and The Vaselines. He also composes music for film and television, and released an album of minimalist classical music in 2015.
Career
[edit]Macdonald recorded a solo album called Sauchiehall & Hope - A Pop Opera under the pseudonym "Nice Man" and The Art of Hanging Out as "Nice Man and the Bad Boys". In 2011, he recorded two digital albums of instrumental music: Maculate Conceptions and Maculate Conceptions Volume 2 on Garageband on his personal computer during a Teenage Fanclub tour of Europe.[3]
On 30 March 2015, he released Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste. The album was recorded at Mogwai's Castle Of Doom Studios in Glasgow and features a quartet from the Scottish Ensemble. It was described by Classic FM as "sublime, minimalist classical music".[3] The album debuted at Number 12 in the Classical Artist Albums Chart and at Number 3 in the Specialist Classical Albums Chart.[4]
Macdonald runs Shoeshine Records / Spit & Polish in Glasgow. He has co-produced albums by Aaron Wright, Attic Lights and Aaron Fyfe.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Strong, Martin (2002). The Great Scots Musicography. Mercat Press. p. 238. ISBN 1-84183-041-0.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Teenage Fanclub". AMG. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Classic FM". Classic FM. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Francis MacDonald Releases "Music For String Quartet, Piano & Celeste"". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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