Pablo Cook
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Pablo Cook is a British percussionist, best known for his work with Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, and Moby.
He has been working constantly for the past twenty years as an internationally based session musician; he has worked with some of the most credible names in the Pop industry. Whilst working he has always made time to write and record his own material, which along with his producing skills is now his main line of work.
2006 Writing and setting up Studio in southern Spain
2005 Wrote and produced ‘Friday Night’ with Lily Allen on her top selling album.
2004 Re-Wrote and produced ‘Back Home’ for Fulham Football club, featuring AL-Fayed. Appeared with Vanessa May at the Classical Brit Awards (Percussion)
2003 Produced and programmed ‘Mumbai’ for reality TV Show, ‘Supergrass’ Recording (Percussion)
2001-4 Wrote and produced 20 tracks for Lily Allen’s first Album with London records. Various sessions including Unkel & Vanessa May.
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[edit] 2000
LIVE
Elastica, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK,EU,Australia/NZ & Japan), Finley Quaye, Spooks (TV)
RECORDINGS
1) Elastica (percussion) 2) Finley Quaye (percussion) 3) Joe Strummer & Mescaleros ‘Global a Go Go’ (Wrote, drums and Percussion)
[edit] 1999
LIVE
Moby (World Tour), Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK,USA,EU,Japan)
RECORDINGS
1) Wrote & Recorded title track for ‘Horace Andy ‘Living in a Flood' 2) Percussion on Catatonia’s Album ‘paper scissors stone’ 3) Merz (Percussion & Programming) 4) Percussion on Madness album 'Wonderful' 5) Wrote & Recorded various tracks on "Rock Art & The X-Ray Style" album with Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
[edit] 1998
LIVE
Moby (World Tour), BT (USA Tour), Robbie Williams (UK), Merz(UK),
[edit] 1997
LIVE
Moby (EU Tour), William Orbit (UK), Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (Japan)
RECORDINGS
1) Played flute on ‘Swim’ for Madonna 2) Co wrote ‘Clean’ with Robbie Williams 3) Olive re Mix (Percussion) 4) Blur re Mix (Percussion)
[edit] 1996
LIVE
Pulp (UK & EU), Posh (UK), Light House Family (UK & EU),
RECORDINGS
1) Pulp (Percussion and programming) 2) Robbie Williams 3) Joe Strummer ‘The Woodshed Recordings’(Writing and Recording)
[edit] 1995
LIVE
Moby (UK & EU), William Orbit (UK Tour), Pulp (UK), The Grid (UK), ‘Renegade sound wave’ (World Tour),
RECORDINGS
1) William Orbit ‘Strange Cargo’ Percussion & Programming 2) First Solo Album under ‘Exact Life’ banner ‘Geronimo’.released. 3) Beth Orton’s 'Superpinkmandy' (Percussion & Programming)
[edit] 1994
LIVE
The Grid (UK Tour), Pulp (UK & EU Tour), Adamski (UK Tour), Sheep on drugs (UK), The Beloved(UK Tour),
RECORDINGS
1) The Grid 2) Adamski 3) Sheep on drugs 4) Recording of 'Geronimo'
[edit] 1993
LIVE
The Grid (UK), Oui 3 (EU & UK), Sheep on drugs (UK), Adamski (UK),
RECORDINGS
1) Writing & recording of 'Geronimo' 2) Release of Exact life's '4 little men'
[edit] 1992
LIVE
Bass-o-matic (Japan), Sheep on drugs (UK)
RECORDINGS
1) Writing & recording of 'Geronimo' 2) Release of Exact life's 'By my side'
[edit] 1991
LIVE
IF! (UK & EU), Exact Life (UK & EU)
RECORDINGS
IF! Album IF!
[edit] 1990
LIVE
IF (UK & EU), Exact Life (UK& EU), Miro (UK)
[edit] 1989
LIVE
ACT (UK), Miro (UK), Exact Life (EU), Robbie Gordon
RECORDINGS
Recording for 'Acid Jazz' Label (Various Artists)
[edit] 1988
LIVE
Nasty Rocks Inc (UK), Tree-Fighters (UK & EU), Teaching at Young Music Makers School
RECORDINGS
Recording for 'ZTT' (Various Artists Inc Dina Carol, Tribe called Quest & 3rd Bass)
[edit] 1987
LIVE
Nasty Rocks Inc (UK), Tree-Fighters (UK & EU), Teaching at Young Music Makers School
RECORDINGS
First Record deal with Twins in Spain for Tree-Fighters single 'Steel Town'
[edit] 1985-6
First Publishing deal with Peer Southern, Worked with ‘Cleaners from Venus’, Worked with ‘Captain Sensible’, Red Wedge Tour of UK
[edit] 1983-4
Worked with ‘Captain Sensible’ Worked for ‘Voice of America’ World Series (MD and Percussion)
[edit] 1981-2
Arrived in London from Norwich with Band ‘I Man and the Shapes’ after signing to Molenaire Studios. Pablo was also manager of "Pippins" vegetarian restaurant in Hampstead around this time.
Prior to this Pablo was living in Norwich attending art school and playing with "I-Man" and various other small bands in local clubs and pubs. From leaving school at fifteen he had been working as a truckers mate and removal porter spending the first four years of his life on the road between the UK and Europe something that maybe prepared him for touring with bands for what must be recognised as a longer career than most session musicians playing with different bands.
[edit] Film Scores
1) Mike Basset England Manager = Two Tracks 2) The Bears Kiss = Title Track 3) ‘Mondo Bongo’ from Global a go go used for Mr & Mrs Smith
1) ‘Tunnel of Love’ recorded the whole score with Joe Strummer 2) ‘Question of Honour’ with Joe Strummer major part of score, incidentals and Cameo.
