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David Elliott

About Me

The Vinyl Gibbon (aka David Elliott) is a Brighton based musician who creates jazz with a twist. He has been producing music for over 10 years using a mix of real piano and synthesizers blended with world instruments and percussion. Influenced by Jazz and World Music he creates a smooth down-tempo sound with a diverse experimental approach. Inspired by his many journeys around the world, he brings a subtle ambience into the music, such as the sounds of Bali and jungle noises from the Costa Rican rainforest.

Since David was a small child he has always had a fascination with the piano, and was originally inspired by watching his grandfather play jazz. Improvising and experimenting from an early age he developed his style from playing by ear, and never really had any interest in piano theory. Whilst at college, alongside Photography and Fine Art, one of his projects was to produce a music video, so he decided to create the sound track to go with it. Since then music production has been his main focus. Much of his time is spent in solitude in the studio, which is the key to how he produces his sound. After returning from travelling he can spend days on his own, putting his inspiration into a solid form.

One summer in his early twenties he met Jonathan Taberner, a jazz pianist from New Zealand, and began to take lessons from him. As David was still somewhat rebellious with learning to read sheet music, most of the time was spent listening over Jonos shoulder, and memorising the shape of the chords and scales he was playing. This was a big influence on his motivation, and he developed a passion to compose by ear and be inventive with production. The Vinyl Gibbon recently won “Best lounge single of the year“at the Los Angeles Music Awards and is currently receiving worldwide airplay on numerous stations including BBC Radio 2 (The Courtney Pine Jazz Show) Ison Radio Network (Australia), Sky Jazz, Jazzy Lounge, KRUA 88.1 FM, KFSR 90.7 FM, CKCU 93.1 FM, Pulse Rated Radio, WPRK 91.5 FM, PBS 106.7 FM, Groovera.com, Matchbox Radio 24 and many more.