basenik coalitie

with Bas van Waard on cello, a free improvisation project. we are currently working on a CD:

more audio can be found here:

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past band involvement

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final academy



Final Academy a popular band from the London live scene in the Eighties.

 Formed in 1983 by ex Playthings, John Cusack and Steve Greenland keyboards and drums repectively, Grev Parker on bass, Neil Newman on guitar and vocalist Colin Wade.

Taking their name from a film about William Burroughs and influenced by contemporaries such as Ultravox, Talk Talk, Japan and Simple Minds the band started writing and recording their own material.

An early demo was heard by music publishers Carlin and with their imput a single Night Cafe / The Collector was released in 1984. Although the single received national and local airplay it troubled only the lower reaches of the top 100 in the music charts, but to this day remains highly collectable ( with original sleeve design by artist Duncan Gutteridge ) especially in Europe.

 With new management the band then embarked on a series of ever popular live shows at such established London venues as The Rock Garden, Le Beat Route and The Embassy Club and a cult following soon developed.

 After a show at The Rock Garden the band were invited to record some tracks for the mighty EMI records. Tracks from these sessions 'We Can Relax' and 'Impossible Shores' are available here for the first time.

Neil Newman departed to work in Hong Kong and was replaced by Grev's younger brother Michael Parker, a talented and gifted songwriter in his own right. The band continued recording and playing in London and countrywide for the next couple of years their fanbase ever growing as demand for their exciting live shows continued. The band played it's final show in 1987

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ink1



"Peter Dahl-Collins’ ink1 is based in London but he continues to work with an international host of vocalists. Current ink1 collaborators include artists from the UK, Canada, Holland and the United States. Using electronics, guitars and spoken vocals, ink1 create 'movie of the mind' atmospheres ... Brilliant." www.1sound.com

• "Haunting, evocative, energetic, addicting ... this is a concept and a group that is redefining musical/emotional creativity. Can't get enough."

• "This is beautiful, tense and chilling music..."

• "insider" is just the kind of high-end, aural iconoclasm that I've come to expect from ink1. With pretty/scary spoken word vox from co-conspirator Poppy Gonzalez (ex-Dreamfield), ink1 has created a lush - and very well produced - dark vision that can be explored in under five minutes. But it stays with you longer than that. Like a powerful dream that disturbs you in ways you can't describe, insider remains long after the bass and vox have abandoned you to create surreal visions in someone else's head. I've never liked star ratings, but if intergalactic push came to shove, I'd give this one an entire horsehead nebula."

• "Very cool and I highly recommend it. If you're doubtful about listening to spoken word, go for it anyway. A couple of these tracks really kick it (including the "important guitars"!). Plus the vocalists deliver in a way that allows you to hear the whole piece as music if that's where your ears and head want to go. Tracks that are as worthwhile to listen to as they are to think about. "

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