Intro
Since 1992 Duncan has released many albums, singles and EP's under many aliases Including Spooky, Animated, Toon Raiders and The Blondini Gang.
Apart from his own solo work Duncan has been collaborating with Jonathan Hill and has recently done remixes for Mr G, Imbecilles and Hailey Ross and continues to write as half of Spooky as well as his projects with Lol Hammond both on film soundtracks and their project through !K7 - please see the music for film and Sparkle Jar sections.
Duncan's has also worked as a producer and co-writer alongside UK DJ Sasha setting up a label, Emifire, to release their material and co-producing the hugely successful album Invol2ver.
The Early Days
From his initial job as label manager at Brainiak records and having been offered a job running the marketing department for Acid Jazz, Duncan decided to pursue his own musical career again.
Teaming up with Charlie May again their music caught the attention of Dick O'Dell and William Orbit who signed them to their label Guerilla records in 1992.
An early pioneer of Electronic Dance Music
Spooky were part of a group of UK acts on the early 90's who alongside Orbital, Underworld, Leftfield and Aphex Twin helped define a sound and create the live electronic music scene that we have today. Spooky’s debut album Gargantuan was a huge global success and saw them tour the world with banks of synthesisers and drum machines and became a classic of it's time.
Their 1996 album "Found Sound" caught the attention of Radiohead who often used Spooky's experimental film companion to the album "Found Sound" made by Grant Gee instead of a support act on their "OK Computer" tour.
Gee went on to make a film "Meeting People is easy" following the tour. The film was also screened on a continuous loop at the entrances of Paris's George Pompidou Centre when it reopened after a massive refurbishment.
The Beat goes on
Since 2020 Duncan has been releasing music on his 49North Records imprint. Releasing a string of EP’s and his own solo album Return Of The Strobelight Kid on vinyl and digital.
Together with Lol Hammond Duncan has released two albums ‘Days Without End’ and ‘Who Will Stop The Robots’ on their new imprint called Sparkle Jar through !K7 Records.
A new Spooky EP - ‘Bells OF Fury’ was also released on 49North as well as his collaborations with Mr. G on the album ‘All Under One Moon’ and ‘Cosmic One’ EP.
Duncan also released a couple of EP’s on Phoenix G, reworking some of Mr. G’s tracks and together they released the ‘Time To Dip’ EP on Enzo Siragusa’s Fuse London imprint.
A collaboration with violinist Jonathan Hill produced an album called ‘Awake In The Dreamtime’ which was released in the summer of 2025, also on 49North.
Summer 2025 also saw the release of ‘Orange Coloured Liquid’ in collaboration with Alex Kassian on Test Pressing Records.
Recently Charlie and Duncan have been back in the studio again together and a new Spooky album ‘Lucent’ will be released in 2026.
A new collaborative project with Adam Freeland will see the light of day in 2026.
Duncan also writes music for film on his own and with Lol Hammond. - please see the music for film and Sparkle Jar sections.
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