Tom Skinner
Tom Skinner is an English drummer, percussionist, composer and producer based in London, where he has worked in the jazz and experimental scene for around twenty years. He was an original member of Sons of Kemet, the band led by Shabaka Hutchings, and co-founded the Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood in 2021. Skinner first recorded under the name Hello Skinny, with a self-titled album in 2012 and Watermelon Sun on Brownswood in 2017.
Kaleidoscopic Visions
Kaleidoscopic Visions showcases Tom Skinner drawing together the many threads of his career as one of the UK’s most versatile and free-thinking contemporary musicians. Performing and recording with Sons of Kemet, The Smile, David Byrne, Meshell Ndege…
Voices of Bishara Live at "Mu"
In January 2023, Tom Skinner and his ensemble performed material from his recently-released album 'Voices of Bishara' (Brownswood, IARC & Nonesuch, 2022) at London club “mu”— a venue founded by the curators at Brilliant Corners and named after the se…
Voices of Bishara
The title of Tom Skinner’s first release under his own name is a reference to cellist Abdul Wadud’s ultra-rare 1978 solo album ‘By Myself’, which Skinner listened to repeatedly during lockdown. Wadud’s album was privately pressed on his own label, Bi…
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Undone: Live At The Crypt
Double LP by Dave Okumu, Tom Herbert and Tom Skinner, recorded live at The Crypt in Camberwell, London, on 15 June 2018: covers of Abercrombie, Björk, A.K. Paul and Miles Davis alongside originals.