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THE DUET
VOCALS/GUITAR - OLLIE
Born in 1978 Ollie Paine first picked up a guitar at the age of 13 and that’s where it all began.
For years Ollie’s main interest was performing live and working to develop as a musician by playing in as many bands as possible and learning from how audiences engage and react to different music.
In 2004 Ollie gave up full time employment to record his first album with his UK rock band “Last Stop China Town". Responsible for the co-management of the band, arranging tour dates and dealing with the entire PR, The band enjoyed minor success supporting “Bullet For My Valentine”, Skindred, Breed 77 and Terrorvision.
The Album “Vital Signs” was recorded and produced by John.A.Rivers and sold small quantities, but was an extremely proud moment for the band at time and still is. John Rivers was the producer on the track “Ghost Town” by The Specials plus he produced 80’s group Love and Rockets.
These days Ollie can be found exhausting every spare opportunity he has collaborating with Albert writing and recording songs to start developing a back catalogue of compositions. You can also find Ollie performing with Albert in their 3 piece covers band UNIT4 which is ideal for larger events.
VOCALS/KEYBOARD - AL
Albert was born in 1985 and started to play the piano at 7 years old. After learning music theory and studying for grades he decided to learn the guitar during his teenage years to add another instrument to his collection.
While at school Albert started to write his first songs and bought a Tascam multitrack recorder aged 16 to help get these ideas down. After realising this was something he wanted to study further he obtained a degree in Music Systems Engineering from Bristol, where he recorded a number of bands and worked on his own acoustic album.
After graduating from university in 2006 Albert started teaching music privately and joined a number of local bands in the Northamptonshire area. It was in 2008 when Ollie and Albert would meet in a local rock covers band. After joining forces and writing their first songs in 2009, performing seven original tracks in 2010 at The Stables Milton Keynes.
Ollie and Albert have written a catalogue of songs together now in a variety of styles and are looking to try and break into the music industry full time.