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Chris TT
	Chris T-T is an English songwriter. He’s made five full-length studio albums, one live collection and a pile of singles and EPs. His current release, Capital (Xtra Mile Recordings, March 2008) completes a trilogy of works themed around London, along with previous albums The 253 (2001) and London Is Sinking (2003).
Chris is married and lives in Brighton on the south coast. DO PEOPLE LIKE HIM? Critics like him a lot (see the press quotes) and he’s got strong alternative radio support. He’s played numerous sessions on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 3, BBC6Music, BBC Radio Ulster, Resonance FM, LBC, Selector for the British Council and various regional stations. GIGS Chris tours solo and with a loud band. He headlines shows across the UK and has toured mainland Europe and the United States, including at the CMJ Seminar in New York and at Glastonbury Festival. His support CV includes Ben Folds, British Sea Power, The Divine Comedy, Elbow, Bellowhead, Tom Robinson, Brakes, Electric Soft Parade, KT Tunstall, Quasi, Emma Pollock (Delgados), Jim Bob (Carter USM), Carter USM, author Iain Sinclair, Madrugada, Hefner, Robyn Hitchcock, Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue) and many others. In 2004, Chris joined the Tom Robinson Band for Tom’s annual Castaway Party at Battersea Arts Centre. In 2006/7, Chris was Jim Bob’s piano accompanist on his ‘School’ tour. OTHER STUFF Chris has written pieces for several books and articles for a number of magazines. He has composed a live re-soundtrack to cult Japanese movie Battle Royale, performed at Soho’s Other Cinema, and composed music for an exhibit at the Natural History Museum. He has also taken part in debates and panels at SOAS and for Brighton Live, read short stories on Resonance FM, written childrens’ poetry for the BBC’s Jackanory website and curated an evening of political documentaries at Greenwich Film Festival. In 2006 and 2007 Chris presented (and self-produced) a live weekly Saturday afternoon radio programme for Essex-based community station Phoenix FM and during the same period he was house DJ at Brighton’s Be A Ham club nights. WHAT ARE CHRIS T-T SONGS LIKE? T-T is acclaimed for vivid, outspoken, inventive songwriting and occasional bursts of withering sarcasm. T-T songs are fiercely literate, brimful of unique perspective and underpinned by a strong sense of place. But then we would say that. WHAT’S HE DOING NOW? Chris finished his fifth full-length album Capital at the end of 2007. The album is released by Xtra Mile Recordings in March 2008 and Chris is spending much of 2008 on the road, promoting this album. He is also collecting short written pieces for a possible book. In 2007 Chris co-produced (also contributing piano and vocals) Jim Bob’s new album A Humpty Dumpty Thing (Cherry Red Records, November 2007). WHAT DOES ‘T-T’ STAND FOR? It’s his abbreviated surname and he’s unfeasibly fussy about the hyphen. We’re not telling you what it stands for - though it’s not so hard to find out these days, google being what it is…