Tom Vek
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Tom Vek (2005)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Thomas Timothy Vernon-Kell |
| Born | 10 May 1981 Hounslow, London, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock Experimental rock Pop |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Moshi Moshi (current) Tummy Touch, Startime International, Island Records (former) |
| Website | tomvek |
Thomas Timothy Vernon-Kell (born 10 May 1981) is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician who works under the name of Tom Vek.
Career
Born in Hounslow, London, he signed to the small label Tummy Touch Records in 2001, having spent the previous eight years writing and recording in his parents' garage.
Vek's debut album We Have Sound was recorded whilst he completed a graphic design degree. The album was finished in mid-2004 but was not released until 2005 when Island Records licensed it through Go! Beat Records. The record was subsequently licensed through Universal Records to Startime International for a North American release.
Vek made a guest appearance on the television programme, The OC, where he performed a gig at 'The Bait Shop' venue; the third season episode 'The Road Warrior' featured his track "I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes". He also contributed to the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack, with "One Horse Race" which was the B-side to his single, "Nothing but Green Lights".
Vek released his second album, Leisure Seizure, in 2011 after a six-year absence from the music industry. The first single from the album, "A Chore", had its Radio 1 debut on Zane Lowe's show on 18 April that year.[1] In 2012, his song "Aroused" from the album was featured on the soundtrack of Forza Horizon. Also in 2011, he was guest vocalist on the album track, and single, "Warning Call", on DJ Shadow's The Less You Know, the Better.
On 11 April 2014, Vek announced his third album, Luck, along with the release of the album's first single, 'Sherman (Animals in the Jungle)'.[2] Luck was finally released in June 2014 to mixed reviews. NME said about the album "There are flashes of brilliance but the singer's third album misfires too often"[3] while the Guardian was more favourable, describing it as "deliciously unpredictable"[4]
Discography
Studio albums
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| 2005 | We Have Sound
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| 2011 | Leisure Seizure
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| 2014 | Tom Vek - Luck
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| 2015 | Tom Vek - We Have Sound (10th anniversary edition)[6]
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EPs
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| 2005 | Live from London
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Singles
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| 2004 | "If I Had Changed My Mind"
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"If I Had Changed My Mind Remix"/"Your Love Is Gum"
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| "If You Want" |
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| 2005 | "I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes" |
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"C-C (You Set The Fire in Me)"
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| "Nothing But Green Lights" |
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| 2011 | "A Chore"
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"Someone Loves You"
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| 2012 | "You'll Stay"
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| 2014 | "Sherman (Animals in the Jungle)"
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External links
- Official website
- Tom VekLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). discography at MusicBrainz
- Tom Vek at Last.fm
- EngvarB from August 2014
- Use dmy dates from August 2014
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with MusicBrainz artist links
- English male singers
- English songwriters
- English guitarists
- English singer-songwriters
- Singers from London
- People educated at King's College School, Wimbledon
- Alumni of Central Saint Martins
- Living people
- 1981 births
- English multi-instrumentalists
