Chris Fordham is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is currently writing and recording his own songs and (very) occasionally performing gigs around the county as a solo artist under the name ‘Violet’s Gone’. Alongside vocal songwriting he also produces experimental and instrumental music under the names ‘The Silent Committee’ and ‘[Pyxis]’.

To date; his solo works cover nine albums, four EP’s, six singles and four soundtracks.

Outside of his solo projects, Chris has also been involved in live performances and recording with the following bands/singers:

The Jefferson Kane Band – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2002-2007)
Alcohlicks – bass (2006-2009)
Dan Higgins Band/Texas Flood (2008-2009)
Benny For Now – guitar, backing vocals (2007)
Enki – bass, backing vocals, percussion (March 2009-August 2015)
To Bury A Ghost – guitar, keys, glockenspiel, backing vocals (February 2011-2012)
Jimtom Say? – drums, backing vocals (June 2011-2012)
The Snakeman 3 – bass, backing vocals (September 2011-March 2017)
Hannah Faulkner band – bass, backing vocals, guitar (2014-2016)
The Divine Undone – bass, backing vocals (2014)
The Ginhouse Gypsies – bass (2017)

He also appears as a recording session musician. Previous sessions include Bass for Dave Clemo, Doubleshot, Dan Higgins, Chris Browne, Wild Grace, Sarah Turrell & Hannah Faulkner. Guitar and glockenspiel for To Bury A Ghost. Piano and bass for Citizen Droid. Violin and backing vocals for Kismet Hardy. Piano for Benjamin Johnson. Viola and bass for The Holy Road. He also produced demo recordings for Kismet Hardy & Mr Ghost.

In both 2012 and 2013 he composed and performed original music for the outdoor theatre summer season with long-running Northampton troupe ‘The Masque Theatre’ for their interpretations of ‘Arabian Nights’ (directed by Tamsyn Payne) and Shakespeare’s ‘All’s Well That End’s Well’ (directed by Ursula Wright).

Chris has also composed original music to score three short films. ‘Enclosed State’ & ‘Distance’, both directed by Nigel Fordham, and ‘Romance Is Dead’ by Katy Roberts.

His first (and hopefully not last) piece of classical music was commissioned for and performed at Earls Barton big music weekend festival in 2011, a piece for quartet, piano and trumpet entitled ‘Behind The Veil’.

Chris was also briefly a radio show host on rebelradio. Here he delivered a handful of shows to promote independent UK music.

2023 see’s his first serious approach to releasing music beyond bandcamp and free music netlabels, under the name [4D] recordings. To begin with it will solely focus on gathering Chris’s own music, but if successful may lead on to collaboration or production work.

For more info, to record with me, or just to say hi, please email me at – chrisfordhammusic@yahoo.co.uk