Andrew Woodhead is a musician, composer, producer and artist working across a variety of contexts taking in jazz, free improvisation, electronica, folk and new music, as well as creating installation and digital work. He has established himself as a key figure on the UK’s creative music scene, winning the 2014 Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition and being named ‘One To Watch’ in Jazzwise magazine.
Projects he is involved with include electro-acoustic duo ELDA with Aaron Diaz, collaborative arts practice Ideas of Noise with Sarah Farmer, and Mark Sanders’ CollapseUncollapse.
As well as performing solo on both acoustic piano and live electronics, Andrew has also collaborated in improvised settings with Olie Brice, Hannah Marshall, Paul Dunmall, Kim Macari, Annie Mahtani, Chris Mapp, Ole Mofjell, Natalie Sandtorv, Percy Pursglove, Jacob Garchik and many more.
His debut solo album ‘Pocket Piano Improvisations’ was released in May 2016, followed by ‘Shiny/Things’ with ELDA ft. Kari Eskild Havenstrom. ELDA released three EPs in 2020; ‘Live at BEAST’ featuring vocalist/modular synth player Georgia Denham, ‘Hippocampinae’ featuring saxophonist/clarinettist Faye MacCalman, and ‘a different name for the same river’ featuring Chris Mapp and Sam Wooster.
His latest album ‘Pendulums: Music for Bellringers, Improvisers and Electronics’ was released in June 2021, followed by a UK tour with live bellringers in September 2022.
ELDA released further EPs ‘Metal Built’ with guitarist Anton Hunter, ‘Hello Spirit’ with synth/electronicist Meesha Fones and ‘Primary/Secondary/Tertiary’ with producer/ambient musician John Derek Bishop in 2022. These are collected together in the box set ‘Collaborations 2020-2022’ released in December 2022.