Biography
Rhett Davies came into the world in London during 1950. His father, Ray Davies (distinct from the identically named Kinks musician), ranked among the United Kingdom’s foremost trumpet virtuosos and instructed his son on the instrument. The younger Davies absorbed sounds from the household record library featuring works by Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, and Burt Bacharach, once encountering the latter composer during a recording session for the film soundtrack to What’s New Pussycat.
Following periods of hitchhiking and the establishment of a record shop, Davies secured an internship and engineering role at Island Studios. His initial complete session occurred on Brian Eno’s 1973 LP Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy). Eno, pleased with the results, awarded Davies a royalty share on that release and on later forward-thinking projects the pair undertook together. They originated the approach of treating the studio itself as an instrument, incorporating tape loops into pop music and deploying a rhythm box for initial beats before substituting a live drummer.
Ray Davies exited the music industry in 1990 to follow separate commercial ventures, though he continued composing privately. Albums linked to Rhett Davies include As Time Goes By, Mamouna by Bryan Ferry, More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, Popular Favorites 1984-1992: Sand In the Vaseline, More Songs About Buildings and Food by Talking Heads, Time Capsule: Greatest Hits by the B-52’s, Ambient 1: Music for Airports, Another Green World, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Before & After Science, Music for Films by Brian Eno, Dire Straits by Dire Straits, Selling England By the Pound by Genesis, Avalon by Roxy Music, Legend [1985], Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk, Discipline, Beat, The Compact King-King Crimson, the movie soundtrack to 9 1/2 Weeks, Welcome Home, Everything’s Different Now, Coming Up Close: A Retrospective by ’Til Tuesday, Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley by Robert Palmer, and the second TV soundtrack volume Miami Vice II.
Following periods of hitchhiking and the establishment of a record shop, Davies secured an internship and engineering role at Island Studios. His initial complete session occurred on Brian Eno’s 1973 LP Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy). Eno, pleased with the results, awarded Davies a royalty share on that release and on later forward-thinking projects the pair undertook together. They originated the approach of treating the studio itself as an instrument, incorporating tape loops into pop music and deploying a rhythm box for initial beats before substituting a live drummer.
Ray Davies exited the music industry in 1990 to follow separate commercial ventures, though he continued composing privately. Albums linked to Rhett Davies include As Time Goes By, Mamouna by Bryan Ferry, More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, Popular Favorites 1984-1992: Sand In the Vaseline, More Songs About Buildings and Food by Talking Heads, Time Capsule: Greatest Hits by the B-52’s, Ambient 1: Music for Airports, Another Green World, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Before & After Science, Music for Films by Brian Eno, Dire Straits by Dire Straits, Selling England By the Pound by Genesis, Avalon by Roxy Music, Legend [1985], Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk, Discipline, Beat, The Compact King-King Crimson, the movie soundtrack to 9 1/2 Weeks, Welcome Home, Everything’s Different Now, Coming Up Close: A Retrospective by ’Til Tuesday, Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley by Robert Palmer, and the second TV soundtrack volume Miami Vice II.