The Bio

City Wide Walkie Talkie are a three-piece ensemble consisting of Brian Longhurst on drums, Daryl Askey on keyboards, and Jamie Tait on bass guitar. Their influences range from obscure soul-funk to space rock to dub, and many sub-genres in between. Taste and atmosphere have always won out over musical proficiency, and that has kept them keeping on.

It all began in 1999 as a recording project where keyboard, guitar, bass and percussion improvisations would be laid down over drum machine and groove box sequences. The self-produced City Wide Walkie Talkie EP and ?Keep The Killing Up? album resulted from this process.

The group followed up with sound track material for a short film, ?Headshot,? in 2003, and a second unique album, ?Planet of the Superspeakers,? in 2005. Meanwhile, as Brian re-discovered his teenage love of drumming, CWWT headed off to rehearsals to evolve into a viable live unit.

Now playing its initial series of shows around Vancouver, the live City Wide differs from its recorded incarnation in that the sound is more stripped-down and upbeat. Being that early crowd reactions have been very positive, no doubt City Wide Walkie Talkie will continue its evolution.