Writer Spotlight
Lol Hammond
Born in Stoke Newington, North London, in 1969, Lol began making electronic dance music with renegade sound system Spiral Tribe in 1991. A year later he formed the seminal dance act, The Drum Club, with London-based DJ Charlie Hall. They also ran their own club, under the same name, which was voted the Club of the Nineties by the Big Issue.
Lol and Charlie went on to release three critically acclaimed albums and tour the world extensively with the likes of The Prodigy and Orbital. They created numerous club anthems, including U Make Me Feel So Good, Alchemy and Sound System, and later entered the mainstream charts. Hot producers, as well as a live act, they remixed many bands, including The Fall, Killing Joke, Lush, Chapter House, Curve, Jah Wobble and the Alabama 3.
Whilst hosting and running several club nights in the Brixton area in 2001, Lol was asked to perform a cameo in the film SW9, which was being filmed in the area by the director Richard Parry. It turned out that Richard was a huge fan of The Drum Club and in particular the track Alchemy. Lol rerecorded the song with vocalist Lindy Layton (who sang the Beats International No 1 single Dub Be Good To Me) and, happily for everyone, it worked in the film. Richard and Lol struck up a friendship which lasts to this day and Richard asked him to act as Music Supervisor on the film.
So began a career which has seen Lol go on to work on nearly 40 films to date, either in the capacity of Music Supervisor or as a composer, and often as both. Credits include: Football Factory, The Business, Bronson, The Sweeney, It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Monsters, The Firm, London to Brighton, The Escapist, Pusher, Street dance 1 & 2, Horrid Henry, All Stars, Dirty Sanchez and The Hatton Garden Job. Recently he has moved into television, working on the Bulletproof series for Sky.
The film Accident Man: A Hitman’s Holiday was released worldwide in November 2022. Lol was both composer and Music Supervisor. The lead track for the film, Biff Bang Pow!, was written and performed by the band Are We Super Heroes?, of which Lol is a member. It was released as a single at the same time and there will be an EP coming shortly.
Lol has also recorded an album with Alabama 3 main man, Larry Love, and is currently working on the legendary Ray Liotta’s last film, Dangerous Waters.
A-Z Writers:
Adam Zindani
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE : The Stereophonics, Casino, Lost Witness, Alexis Dehasse.
Adrian Scott Newman
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE : Kumi Koda, Natalia, Monrose, Priscilla, Jude MacRae, Jody Williams, No Angels, BoA, Sabrina Carpenter, Sharon Doorson, Chloe x Halle, Michael Franti, Hedley, Solano, Many Jiroux, Gawler, KP Wolfe, Jena Rose, OG3NE.
Alan La Porte
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Televisor, Tobtok, Covenants, Igloo, Alan La Porte, 2Darc, Arno Cost, Oliver Nelson, Faye B, River, The Shapeshifters, Alexis Knox.
Anthony Thomas
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: DopeSickFly, Ant Thomaz Project, Difusion, Todd Terry, Nimbus Sextet.
Ayah Marar
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Calvin Harris, Camo & Krooked, Ayah Marar, Toddla T, Yogi, Paul Harris, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, DJ Fresh, Patrick Hagenaar, Caroline D’Amore, Steve Quarre, Caspa and Sintra, The Prototypes, CALYX & TEEBEE, LA Riots, Six Blade, Noisia, The Insiders, Maniatics, Blue Marble, Otto Orlandi, High Maintenance, Andromedik, Ink, Loxy.
Aziz Ibrahim
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Ian Brown, Paul Weller, Asia, Simply Red, The Players, Aziz.
Ben Macklin
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Ben Macklin, Bibi Zhou, The Saturdays, Soulfilter, Sucker DJs.
Brad Crisler
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Brett Eldridge, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Brett Eldredge, Little Big Town, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tal Bachman, Hootie and the Blowfish, Trace Adkins, Alabama & Brothers Osbourne, Ty Herndon, Aaron Tippin, Black Hawk, DHT, Wouter, Hannah Aldridge.
Brian Harris
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Stormzy, Elis Mraz, Innocence, Keisha White, Glen Goldsmith, Circuit, Pink Angels, Bryn Christopher.
Bruce Elliott-Smith
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Kylie, Angel City, Bellatrax, Nathassia, BoA, Danii Minogue, Armin Van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, Hydra, Tekara, Inner State.
Bury Tomorrow
UPRAWR Music Publishing (UK)
Callum Ross McConville
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Twin Pines, Callum Ross.
Candace Wakefield
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: TLC, Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G, Nicki Minaj, Tuna, Tiana Kocher, Shanice, Fantasia, Redrama, Wolftyla, Rev from DVL, Ciara, Chante Moore, Rhyon Nicole Brown.
Candy Gloster
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Jeremih & Fabulous, Beenie Man, Bulby York, Amber Riley, Rachel Crow, Keshia Chante, Ish, Shazelle, Stef Kalloo.
Captain Sensible (Raymond Burns)
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Damned, Naz Nomad and the Nightmares, The Sensible Grey Cells, Johnny Moped, The Cleaners From Venus, The Brotherhood of Lizards, Die Toten Hosen, Blind System.
Carl Sentance
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Nazareth, Don Airey, Krokus, Geezer Butler, Persian Risk, Tredegar.
Catherine Fuller
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Lemon and Bingo Starr.
Ciaran McEneny
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Pronto Mama, Lewis Capaldi, Be Charlotte, Haze, Hugh Kelly, La Kyoto, Luke La Volpe, Skjor, Van Ives.
Circa ’95
(UK)
Chris Cavanaugh
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Trace Adkins.
Clarence Montgomery III (Playboy Tre)
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Playboy Tre, BoB, YoungBloodz, Big Boi, Imogean Heap.
Conrad Lant
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Venom, Cronos, Cradle of Filth, Enthroned, Massacre, Necrodeath, PROBOT.
Danko
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
Daniel Pearce
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Sigma, Dizzee Rascal, Duke Dumont, One True Voice, Philip George, DJ Fresh, Format B, Chemical Brothers, Alex Adair, The Tribe Of Good, Midl Fin3r Project, ACE 1, Pur Mudd, Fubar & Jester, Dtale, Covenants, Point Blvnk.
Dani Senior
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Shenseea, Rationale, Plan B, A.Dot, Shystie, Doctor P, OFFAIAH, Nora En Pure, Sander van Doorn, LVNDSCAPE, Dusky Grey, Lanberry, Gareth Malone, Invictus Choir, Wideboys, Michael Gray, Burns, MTV Awkward, TWICE, SHINee, Jolin Tsai, Kara, Twins, Femm, Jin Chi, Lin Yu Chun, Queensberry, Anti Social Media, & Jonah.
David Austin
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: George Michael, Matchbox, Gerry Goffin, Jam & Spoon, Beth Neilson Chapman, Dennis Morgan, David Vendetta, Billie Myers, Stereogamous, Daley and Sundance.
David Forbes
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Paul Van Dyk, David Forbes, Thick As Thieves, Jardin, Sebrof, Andy Raeside, Iain McGinty, Iain M, Maig Shaw, Hal Stucker, Galaxy 82, Stephen Kirkwood, Andy King, DMCK.
David McCluskey
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Del Amitri, The McCluskey Brothers, The Bluebells, Sugartown, BMX Bandits, The Trash Can Sinatras, Adventures In Stereo.
Dewan Dean Soomary
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Bleach Blood, Vendela, The King Blues, Teenage Sequence, Elle Exxe, H.E.R.O.
Dominique Young Unique
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Dominique Young Unique, DJ Fresh, Don Diablo, Bad Royale, Tigerilla, Mandy Jiroux, Brooke Evers, Leonid Rudenko, The Insomniakz, TV Noise, Le Youth.
Don Airey
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Deep Purple, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Gary Moore, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, UFO, Michael Schenker Group, Colin Blunstone, Uli Jon Roth, Brian May.
Don Mescall
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Cliff Richard, Nathan Carter, The Three Amigos, The High Kings, Shane Filan, Carmel McCreagh, Richie Havens, Backstreet Boys, Ronan Keating, Rascal Flatts, Sharon Corr, Boyzone, Lulu, Geri Horner.
Dontae Winslow
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Kanye West, David Banner, Avant, Chante Moore, Mary Mary, Jay-Z, Game, Keyshia Cole, Dorian Holley, Naughty By Nature, Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Tina Campbell, Emeli Sande, J Dilla, Snoop Dogg, Beyonce, Kamasi Washington.
Duncan Forbes
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Spooky, Animated, David Holmes, The Oval Five, Velvet Creatures.
Eddie Craig
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Wideboys, Project Bassline, Ghetto Dollar, Kurupt FM, Freejak, Tom Piper, Selekio, Them Ones, Billy Da Kid.
Emanuel Officer
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: K-ci & JoJo, Robin Gibb, Babyface, The Braxtons, Chante Moore, Aaron Neville, Keith Sweat, Isley Brothers, Silk, Houston.
Emma Gillespie
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Emma’s Imagination, David Forbes, Lostly, Colours.
Euan Hinshelwood
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Younghusband, Emmy The Great.
Fashion Music
(UK)
Iconic Reggae / Dub / Dancehall label catalogue including releases from Top Cat, Cutty Ranks, Pato, General Levy, Dub Organiser, Bunny General and many more.
Futuristic Polar Bears
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
Greg Charley
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Whitney Houston, B2K, Cherish, Shaliek, Latif, ATL, Lloyd, 702, Gerald Levert, Aretha Franklin, Jordan Brown, Chingy, Bobby Valentino and Danity Kane.
Greg Harrison
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Hed Pe, PDP.
Ian Carnochan
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Vibrators, Knox, Fallen Angels, Urban Dogs.
Itch
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The King Blues, Itch, Pho Queue Crew, Matisyahu, Sirah, Sublime With Rome, Taking Back Sunday, Faithless, Less Than jake, Rancid, Goldfinger, Escape The Fate.
Jahred Gomez
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Hed Pe.
James Allan
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Public Domain, Sidious J, Wraiths.
Jardin Owens
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Jardin Owens, David Forbes
Jim Sullivan
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Wideboys, Project Bassline, Ghetto Dollar, Kurupt FM, Freejak, Tom Piper.
Joe Killington
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Purple Disco Machine, Deepend, Camo & Krooked, Joe Killington, Klingande, DJ Katch, Otto Knows, Armand Van Helden, Ian Carey, Sam Gray, 2PM, Disciples, The King Blues, , Yes Lad, Deeptrak, George Keller, Sugar Jesus, DJ Antoine, James Smith, Stealth, Alok, Disco Fries, Brown & Gray, Adelphi Music Factory, Lydia Lucy, Bollier, Jack Wins, MoTi, Booka Shade, Helion, Beyond Chicago, Arielle Free, Wh0, Kokiri, De Hofnar
Jon Pearn
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Bodyrox, Victoria Beckham, Power Dress, Ndubz & Bodyrox, Full Intention, Another Chance, Polluted Mindz, Pearn & Bridges, Sub-X, Marvel Riot
Kaci Brown
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Kaci Brown, Brown & Gray, Telykast, Arisa, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, YouNotUs, Keanu Silva, DJ Katch, Deorro, Casey Barnes.
Karl Addy
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Kumi Koda, Mike Shiver.
Ken McCluskey
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Bluebells, The McCluskey Brothers.
Kieran Leonard
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Saint Leonard, Kieran Leonard, Saint Leonard’s Horses.
Kurt Blankenship
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Hed Pe.
Lee Anna McCollum
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Used, Eric Zayne Zareski, Maor Miller, Elva Hsiao, Paces, Call Me Karizma, Naz Tokio, Little Green Monster, Super Kicks, Jeremy Renner, Hands Like Houses, Far East Movement, Smiley, Logan Henderson, Leah Turner, Goldsnatch, Stereo Jane, GIIANTS, Puddle of Mudd, Bone Thugs N Harmony, New Kids On The Block, Markus Schulz, Otherwise, Tom & Hills, Karise Eden, Mount Holly, Alexandra Stan.
Lee McGilvray
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Flew The Arrow.
Leon Sylvers III
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Sampa The Great, The Sylvers, The Whispers, Shalamar, Vampire Weekend, Teddy Riley, Evelyn King, Carrie Lucas, Dynasty, The Spinners, Gladys Knight, SOS Band, Living In A Box, New Kids On the Block, Five Star, Blackstreet, Guy, 911, Samples: Missy Elliott, Ma$e, Blaque, TRU, Will Smith, Won G, Shaquille O’Neal and Spice Girls.
Les Hemstock
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Hemstock & Jennings, The Barmy Army.
Lol Hammond
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Lol Hammond, Drum Club, Spiral Tribe, Roger Eno, Are We Superheroes?, Lol Hammond, Chris Coco & Paul Hartnoll, Heather Small.
L.T. Hutton
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Snoop Dogg, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 2 Pac, Ashanti, Omarion, Kurupt, Bad Azz, Jermaine Dupri, Master P, Krayzie Bone, Nate Dogg, Bow Wow, The Luniz, Da Brat, Benzino, Roscoe and IMX.
Marc Hudson
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Dragonforce.
Mark McGowan
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
Mark “Qura” Rankin
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Christina Aguilera, Fabulous.
Mark Sherry
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Mark Sherry, Public Domain.
Martha Tilston
(UK)
Martin Newell
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Cleaners From Venus, Martin Newell, Captain Sensible, MGMT, The Brotherhood of Lizards, The Stray Trolleys, Plod, Gypp.
Matt Darey
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Lost Tribe, DJ Bardot, Paul Austin, M3, Orgasmatron, Seka, Urban Astronauts, Redskin, Li Kwan, Spacebaby.
Michael Gray
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Full Intention, Michael Gray, Midnight Mystery Club, Dizzee Rascal, Penny F, Shelly Poole, Shena, Portobella.
Nick Bridges
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Bodyrox, N-Dubz & Bodyrox, Chipmunk, Lethal Bizzle, Another Chance, Raw, Pearn & Bridges.
Olly Goodman
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Example, The Magician, Julian Perretta, Mike Posner, Xoxo Blake Lewis, Queen of Hearts, Heartbeat, Ruby Goe.
Patrick Patrikios
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Little Mix, Jesy Nelson, Masked Wolf, James Blunt, Pixie Lott, Il Divo, Roll Deep, Leonie Meijer, Ronan Keating, Charlie Hedges, Ferry Corsten, Giorgio Moroder, Brooks Brothers, Mic Lowry, Fancy Cars, Florida, Inna, Timmy Trumpet, Sweet California, Example, Yxang Bane, JLS, Olly Murs, Mandy Jiroux, Skiy, HRVY, Matoma, Ana Guerra, Nicky Romero, Dreamers, Stephen Puth, D.O.D, Bipolar Sunshine, Cast, Arizona, Livvia, Noah Cyrus, Cher Lloyd
Paul McGeechan
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Starless, Love And Money, Ricky Ross, Roddy Hart, Julie Fowlis, Justin Currie.
Paul Quinn
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Teenage Fanclub, Primary 5.
Pete Brown
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Cream, Procal Harum, Carmel, Jack Bruce, Joe Bonamassa, Neal Schon, Coliseum, Graham Bond, Robin Trower, Battered Ornaments, Back To The Front, The Hollies, Dick Heckstall Smith, Links, various Film TV and theatre, stage musicals, Sandy Lane Music, Phil Ryan.
Robert Hodgens (Bobby Bluebell)
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: The Bluebells, The Eurythmics, Altered Images, Paul Quinn, Sinead O’Connor, Wu-Tang Clan, The Wilsons, Brian Wilson, The Poems, Shakespeare’s Sister, Texas, Bananarama
Roland Faber
(UK)
Credits include : Boy George, Marc Almond, Kinky Roland.
Rui Da Silva
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Rui da Silva, Zhu
Ryan Sewell
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Rion S, Purple Disco Machine, Sophie & The Giants, Piero Pirupa, Black Caviar, Tom & Collins, Tom Enzy, Marco Lys, Deepshakerz, Ben Remember.
Saint Agnes
(UK)
Sam Gray
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Telykast, Chainsmokers & Illenium, Meduza & Hozier, YouNotUs, Example, DJ Katch, Tobtok, Cerrone, Nicky Romero, Nile Rodgers, Ben Saunders, Abi Phillips, Sam Gray, J. Rowan, Shang Wen Jie, Show Lo, Brown & Gray, AJ Mitchell, Sweet California, Patryk Kumor, Anya, TobTok, Manovski, Julian Perretta, Hardwell, The Him, Sorana, Salvatore Ganacci, Juic3box, Alice France, Young Stadium Club, Solano, Alle Farben, Whistleback, Dominique Young Unique, Mandy Jiroux, 2PM, Exile, Twice, Next, Skull & Haha, Jraffe, The Union, Omi, Felix Jaehn, DJ Antoine, Penthox, Julian Martel, Victor Seitz, 4Dreamers, Joe Killington, Connor Bvrns, Casey Barnes, Cymo, Koala, Taemin, Keanu Silva, Ava Max, Arisa, Duvall, Armin van Buuren, Andrew Rayel. Benjamin Ingrosso
Samuel Christian
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Out Kast, Sleepy Brown, Big Boi, Diplo, Datsick, Rick Ross, Dungeon Family, Reakwon (Wu-Tang), Bun B, Knocturnal, The Game, Kanye West, Earth Wind and Fire, The Roots, Kay, Mos Def, Busta Ryhmes, Rakim, Nappy Roots, DPG, J Wells, J. R. Rotem, Dr Dre, Big Gipp, Asher Roth, Swedish House Mafia, Organized Noize, Too Short, George Clinton, Tash, Erick Alcock, DJ Khalil, Front Street Ent, Phantom Boyz, Samuel Christian.
Shena Winchester
23rd Precinct Music (UK)
Si Paul
Hookline & Singer Music (UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Lost Witness, ATB, Solasso.
Spencer Nezey
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Stan Walker, Papa Roach, Lee Foss, Girl’s Generation, Kelechi, SPNCR, Xhoana, Lee Curtiss, Tigra, X-Raided, Nova Rockafeller
Steve Duberry
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Blue, Simon Webbe, Liberty X, Heather Small, Lulu, Cliff Richard, Bryan Adams, Worlds Apart, 3SL, Don Black, Albert Hammond, Tim Rice, Daichi Miura
Stephin Merritt
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Magnetic Fields, Peter Gabriel, Gavin James, Stephin Merritt, Future Bible Heroes, The Gothic Archies, The 6ths.
Steve White
(UK)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Paul Weller, Level 42, The Players, Talbot & White, An Electric Blend, The Family Silver.
Stone Broken
UPRAWR Music Publishing (UK)
The Dirty Youth
UPRAWR Music Publishing (UK)
The Insomniakz
(US)
CREDITS INCLUDE: Trey Songz, Justine Skye, Jeremih.
The Ruts DC
(UK)
Those Damn Crows
UPRAWR Music Publishing (UK)
Will Smith
(US)