From child actor to teenage pop idol, self-confessed “extreme sound freak” to acclaimed solo recording artist, Simon Fisher Turner’s career has been nothing if not varied. After releasing his first solo album in 1969, Turner followed an often eccentric, sometimes outlandish musical path. He operated on the fringes of punk, performed briefly with The The and released two albums as one half of a fictional duo known as Deux Filles. But through all this, Turner was developing a deep and abiding interest in the stuff of sound, accumulating a vast library of collected sounds from daily life. It is this interest which forms the basis of his improvisatory, eclectic approach to music making, manifest on his most recent solo albums (on labels such as Mego Editions, Mute and A Colourful Storm). Turner cites Derek Jarman, for whom he composed the soundtracks for Caravaggio, The Last of England, Edward II, The Garden and Blue, as a continuing influence on his life and work.