Biography
A song writer, singer and keyboard player, he uses digital and analogue synths. His favourite analogue synth is the classic VCS3.
He set up Whisk Records as a platform to release some of his own eclectic musings and those musicians he collaborates with.
Mixup is a vinyl DJ going under the banner of "The Baron". With an 5,000 plus vinyl selection to choose from he has no problem moving from genre to genre but currently specialises in, fuzz soul groover's, funk rock movers, mod psych dancers and bespoke pop chancers.
Mixup is a photobooth artist, starting way back in the late 1970's. He organised the first International Photobooth Convention in 1999 and has been a catalyst for many events worldwide working not only as a street artist but also bringing those idea's to a workshop environment including the Victoria & Albert museum.
Mixup is also a music historian specialising in the history of music from the Nottinghamshire region from the 1950's to the 1980's. Visit the nottsmusicarchive.
My YouTube channel (I don't do much)
Recent Whisk Discography
November 2024: Sharp Thorns - Finally Laid To Rest
November 2024: RattKing - Hexen
August 2024: RattKing - Sorcerer
Aug 2024: Sharp Thorns - Dreams of the Forest
Aug 2024: Sharp Thorns - Live at Church Of Sound *91
May 2024: The Blackmarket Sound - Travel Companion
May 2024: The Blackmarket Sound - Goonsteppa
May 2024: The Blackmarket Sound - Primitive Man
May 2024: Pangtangle - Now I Think it's Time
Aug 2023: Instant Whip - No Escape
Dec 2022: Sharp Thorns - Sharp Thorns
Oct 2021: Stevie Steve and the Spanners - Call me Old Fashioned but ....
Jan 2021: Instant Whip - Midlife Crisis
July 2020: Howard Foster Esquire - A Quirk Of Nature (Vinyl album)
Jan 2019: Tunnel Vision - Tunnel Vision
Aug 2017: The Barons Boys - Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Aug 2013: Steve Mixup - Small Talk (Vinyl album)
Feb 2013: Steve Mixup - I Think That's What She Said (4 Tracks) (Two 7" vinyl singles)