Richard Formby

Formby has released his own solo electronic experimental music as well as being a member of The Jazz Butcher and In Embrace.{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Darkstar working with veteran producer Richard Formby and The Field|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/03/27/veteran-producer-richard-formby-working-on-darkstars-new-album/|date=27 March 2012|website=Fact Magazine|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815171516/https://www.factmag.com/2012/03/27/veteran-producer-richard-formby-working-on-darkstars-new-album/|url-status=live}}Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 323, 376, 381, 518 He was part of Peter Kember's post-Spaceman 3 project Spectrum, for the album Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) (1992).{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Vinilisssimo to reissue early Sonic Boom/Spectrum LPs|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/03/05/vinilisssimo-to-reissue-early-sonic-boomspectrum-lps/|date=5 March 2012|website=Fact Magazine|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815181356/https://www.factmag.com/2012/03/05/vinilisssimo-to-reissue-early-sonic-boomspectrum-lps/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16|title=Spectrum and Crystal Stilts|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/04/16/spectrum-and-crystal-stilts/|date=16 April 2011|website=The Village Voice|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816062224/https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/04/16/spectrum-and-crystal-stilts/|url-status=live}}

He owns a studio in Leeds.

• Outside the Angular Colony (Glass, 1981)
• The Machine Room (Bruton, 1999)
• I Was a Sleep But Now I Am a Wake (Golden Lab, 2005)
• Volume One (Mind Expansion, 2007)
• Sine (Preserved Sound, 2013)

• Taste (1989) by The Telescopes
• When in Rome, Kill Me (1989) by Cud
• Word of Mouth (2004) by The Blueskins
• Not on Top (2005) by Herman Dune
• Two Dancers (2009) by Wild Beasts{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Wild Beasts: Two Dancers|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/31/wild-beasts-two-dancers-review|date=30 July 2009|website=The Guardian|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815171741/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/31/wild-beasts-two-dancers-review|url-status=live}} – nominated for the Mercury Prize{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16|title=Wild Beasts - third album Smoother due out in May|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/wild-beasts-third-album-ismootheri-due-out-in-may-7517192|website=Hotpress|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816110237/https://www.hotpress.com/music/wild-beasts-third-album-ismootheri-due-out-in-may-7517192|url-status=live}}
• Smother (2011) by Wild Beasts{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16|title=Album: Wild Beasts, Smother (Domino)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-wild-beasts-smother-domino-2280742.html|date=23 October 2011|website=The Independent|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816072359/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-wild-beasts-smother-domino-2280742.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first1=Dan|last1=Cairns|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Daring to be different|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/daring-to-be-different-2v67wtt6vtj|issn=0140-0460|website=The Sunday Times|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815192023/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/daring-to-be-different-2v67wtt6vtj|url-status=live}}
• The Shallows (2012) by I Like Trains{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Reviews: I Like Trains|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/08761-i-like-trains-the-shallows-review|website=The Quietus}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Album Review: I Like Trains - The Shallows|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17012/reviews/4144950|website=DrownedInSound|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815171804/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/17012/reviews/4144950|url-status=dead}}
• Some Say I So I Say Light (2013) by Ghostpoet{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light – review|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/09/ghostpoet-some-say-i-review|date=9 May 2013|website=The Guardian|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815145153/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/09/ghostpoet-some-say-i-review|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16|title=Hip-hop star is no longer haunted by the past|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/hip-hop-star-no-longer-haunted-past-8633475.html|date=27 May 2013|website=The Independent|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816073121/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/hip-hop-star-no-longer-haunted-past-8633475.html|url-status=live}}
• News from Nowhere (2013) by Darkstar{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=Darkstar: A Good Year For The Roses|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/15577/1/darkstar-a-good-year-for-the-roses|date=8 February 2013|website=Dazed|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815171517/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/15577/1/darkstar-a-good-year-for-the-roses|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-15|title=News From Nowhere puts Darkstar on the map|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/23/darkstar-news-from-nowhere-interview|date=23 February 2013|website=The Guardian|archive-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103232056/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/23/darkstar-news-from-nowhere-interview|url-status=live}}
• Moondust for My Diamond (2021) by Hayden Thorpe{{cite web|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/my_firsts_hayden_thorpe_2021|title=My Firsts: Hayden Thorpe|website=Under the Radar|last=Redfern|first=Mark|date=15 October 2021|access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023051143/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/my_firsts_hayden_thorpe_2021|url-status=live}}

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• [https://www.motomusicmanagement.com/richardformby Formby's profile at Moto Music Management]
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