Darren Tannoy, cover image for debut solo album Trainee Human, 1983.

He/him

A pioneer of the Stylusynth™, Tannoy’s immersive electronic sound has influenced many pop and alt- recording artists of today including Suspicious Death Statistics and Engendered.

Born in Santa Monica CA, Darren Fairfield relocated eastwards, adopting the stage name Tannoy he formed the New York art-basher act Malediction. The pocket keyboard helped with composing new songs whilst travelling around the thronging metropolis. Yet it was never intended the miniature instrument would be used in actual recordings. His euphony came in a recording studio after accidentally connecting the Stylusynth™ to an amplifier stack left behind by the previous booking.