David Barratt
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Born in London England Barratt worked in New York and composed music for TV and radio commercials for, amongst others, Michelin, BMW, Coke, L.A.Gear, Dr Pepper, Revlon, Verizon, Sony, Kodak, 7Up, Pepsi/Star Wars, USA Today, Bridgestone, Hasbro, and H&M.
As a Producer/Songwriter Barratt has worked with Robert Plant, David Bowie, Ginuwine, Family Stand and Jeffery Osbourne. He seccured two gold records and one platinum record for his song "Heaven Knows" on Now and Zen.
Movies his music has been featured in include - Two Girls And A Guy, Forces Of Nature, Dog Run, Pretty Woman, Bedazzled and Sister Act. He has written TV music for the Sci Fi Channel, ITV (UK) and HBO.
Under the name Yellow Note David Barratt has recorded two albums for Liquid Sky Music the critically acclaimed - We're Not The Beatles and Yellow Note Vs. The Daleks and We Love Everybody ... You're Next!!! as well as numerous tracks on 12"s and compilations. In 2001 he released a dub album with Papa Dee on Unitone Recordings - [Dubchek Down Memory Gap Lane]' In 2007, Dubchek released a second album, - [The Far East End]
He has had environmental works performed in New York and London. His audio sculpture Karito (www.karito.org) will be installed in the United Nations General Assembly in New York in October 2008. Karito is an audio sculpture made from the national anthems of the member states of the UN layered upon one another, projected simultaneously from multiple sound sources.
The random juxtaposition of the various themes creates a new infinitely long piece, the structure and tone of which are determined by the listener's relative position within the audio sculpture at any particular time.
Barratt spent two years living in Bangkok where he began his "Hungry Ghosts" series - manipulated photographs printed on canvas describing the dance between the ancient and the present. He has continued working on several other visual projects including Monsoon Season and Religious Works NYC - The Carpet.[1]. He now lives in New York with his wife, son and stepchildren.
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[edit] Discography
Albums
Yellow Note - We Love Everybody ...You're Next!!! (Myutopia) 2003 Dubchek - Down Memory Gap Lane (Unitone) 2001 Yellow Note - Yellow Note Vs The Daleks CD 99 Yellow Note - Yellow Note Vs The Daleks Vinyl 99 Yellow Note - We’re Not The Beatles OK 1998 7Kings - Out There (The Record Company) - 1994
12”s
Yellow Note - Naked Drunk & Horny (Myutopia (2003) Yellow Note - Happily EP (Liqud Sky)(1999) Yellow Note - Winter Sunshine EP (Liquid Sky) (1998) Yellow Note - Spring Into Action EP (Liquid Sky) (1998) Yellow Note - Summer Riot EP (Liquid Sky) (1998) Das Slapper - Megson (Temple Records) (1998) 7Kings - The Neighborhood (Organico/The Record Company) (1997) Philorene - Arked/Bola (Organico) (1996)
Tracks on Compilations
Save The Colony (Heavey Sumosonic) 2003 This is Myutopia (Myutopia) 2003 Tech-Pop (Minisrty Of Sound) April 2002 Singing In The Brain (Pop Rox) May 2000 This Is Liquid Sky 7 (Liquid Sky) Nov 2000 This Is Liquid Sky 6 (Liquid Sky) 1999 This Is Liquid Sky 5 (Liquid Sky) 1998 Journeys By DJ - Coldcut (JDJ) 1996 State Of The Union (Zoar) 1996 New York Electronica 1.1 (Electric Kingdom/The Record Company) 1996 Sci Fi Liquid Sky (Liquid Sky) (June 1999)
Environmental Works
Karito - United Nations (in progress) www.ICOLS.com - ICOLS theme (from Feb2004) Karito (prototype) XPO at 25 Jay Brooklyn (Nov 2003) Keenan Duffty - Fashion Show at Bryant Park (Sept 2001) Yellow - For Prescriptives/Este Lauder launch (Sept 95) Departure Lounge At the Clock Tower NY (May 96)
AS A SONGWRITER/COMPOSER
Robert Plant - Heaven Knows, Upside Down - (Atlantic/Esperanza) Jeffrey Osborne - If My Brother’s In Trouble - (Arista) Happyhead - Fabulous, Digital Love Thing, Space Town, Baby U.S.A., Get Out The Cab, Happyhead ThemePt1&2- (EastWest) Alison Limerick - Tell Me What You Mean, You’re Gonna Need Me - (Arista) Carl Marsh - Angel Pavement, Sweet Rain - (Polydor) Lady Soul - If My Sister’s In Trouble- (Hollywood) Papa Dee - Take It Easy , What’s Goin On - (Arista), Without You, Gunman - (Warner) Carbon - Gonku, Lator - (Zoar) Deni Bonet - Fat Stoopid, Attitude, Dorian Grey, Tic Toc (M.R.2) Holly Palmer - Home, A Rose, Happily Ever After, Divided, Ashes, Wild In There (Elektra)
FILM/T.V.
Bedazzled - two scenes (Fox) Two Girls And A Guy (Fox Films/Shooting Gallery) - 4 songs Dog Run (Arrow) Scored 10 scenes Forces Of Nature (Dream Works) - Co-wrote 2 songs Sister Act (Disney) - wrote 1 song Pretty Woman (Universal) - remixed 1 song The Great Outdoors (Universal) - Remix and additional production 1 song The Gun In Betty Lou’s Handbag (HBO) - Mixed 1 Song Little Sister (HBO) - Co-wrote 4 songs co-produced 8 songs Baseball (ITV) -Wrote and produced theme tune
