Aubrey Nunn

Aubrey Nunn (born 19 November 1966, Bloomsbury, London, England) is an English bass guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a long-serving former member of the band Faithless.

He has performed on two of the UK Top 40 Best-Selling Studio Albums of All Time.[1]

Musical biography

The death of a mutual friend in 1989 saw him return to London to form The Big Truth Band with Jamie Catto (later of Faithless and 1 Giant Leap, and Paul Herman (writer and producer of Dido and Corinne Bailey-Rae) with whom he extensively toured the UK university circuit, releasing only one EP The Summer EP on Akashic Records.

In 1993, Nunn joined Heavy Stereo, (later to sign to Creation Records), fronted by Gem Archer (later of Oasis), and in 1994 toured with the heavy rock band Stiltskin.

In 1994, Nunn regrouped with Paul Herman to form the rock trio Bee. When Bee disbanded in 1995, Rollo asked all three members to join a new studio project he was already working on with Maxi Jazz (who had been working with The Soul Food Cafe System and Jah Wobble), and the DJ/keyboardist Sister Bliss, to be named Faithless. The resulting studio sessions formed the basis of the band's debut album Reverence.[2]

Nunn contributed bass guitar to releases by Santana, Corinne Bailey-Rae, Dido No Angel and Life For Rent albums, both among the UK Top 40 Best-Selling Studio Albums of All Time,[1] Sister Bliss, Freakpower, Gabrielle, Skinny, Pauline Taylor, Slovo and R. Kelly.[3]

Personal life

Nunn's family is of Welsh descent from the Aberdare / Cwmaman area, and his relatives include Stuart Cable, formerly the drummer of Welsh rock band Stereophonics and BBC broadcaster, who died in 2010.

He was educated at Highgate School.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "BBC Radio 2 – Pick of the Pops – The Top 40 Best-Selling Studio Albums of All Time". BBC. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Aubrey Nunn". discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ^ "FXpansion – Community". Fxpansion.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ^ Hughes, Patrick; Davies, Ian (1988). Highgate School Register 1833–1988 (7th ed.). Somerset: Castle Cary Press. p. 408.
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