the outliers

Video single 14A

David Atkinson on guitar & keyboard

Nick Harris on guitar & bass

video David Atkinson / Nick Harris

billboard footage shot in Mary's Terrace Twickenham

St James Infirmary / Blind Willie McTell

Video single 14B

David Atkinson on a Yamaha grand piano 

at the Mckinley Studios in New Orleans

Recording engineer Ben Lorio

video David Atkinson / Nick Harris

footage curtesy of Sublime Guitars

SHIMMERING SHORE

Video single 13A

The QUIRKs !

David Atkinson on synth & keyboards

Joe Harvey-Whyte on pedal steel

Lee Skelly on drums

plus the Venice Beach Bum Drums

video David Atkinson / Nick Harris

footage shot in Dorset, Tyneside & California

Look Closer

Video single 1A 

featured on the album 

'MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson

The track was recorded live with a Moog Satellite 

overdub and incorporates a Persian scale coda

Video inspired by a Rita Zimnol painting.

Celestial Fireworks

Video single 1B 

featured on the album

 ‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson on keyboard & synth 

with The QUIRKS !

Joe Harvey-Whyte on pedal steel 

Lee Skelly on percussion

Video inspired by a Rita Zimnol painting.

The Genials

Video single 2A 

featured on the album

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played on a 

National Style One Tricone 

by David Atkinson

Best yet

Video single 2B

 featured on the album 

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson

Too long on amber

Video single 3A 

 featured on the album 

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson on a Kawai grand piano recorded in Pasadena

with The QUIRKs !

Featuring Giuliano Pereira on alto saxophone

Lap and pedal steel solos by Joe Harvey-Whyte

A dash of urban jazz

Hidden Garden

Video single 3B 

 featured on the album 

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson 

on a 1930’s Steinway B grand piano at 

The Music Shed in New Orleans

part two is featured on the album 'PIANO REFLECTIONS'

Mount Wilson

Video single 4A 

 featured on the album

 ‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson

with Calum Ingram on cello

Home in Pasadena

Chances are

Video single 4B 

 featured on the album 

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written by David Atkinson and Joe Harvey-Whyte

David on a National Silvo lap steel 

 Joe on a Gretsch dobro

Departure

Video single 5A 

featured on the album 

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson

an anthem for these times

Have you ever been to Shangri-La

 Video single 5B 

featured on the album 

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA’

Written and played by David Atkinson

with The QUIRKS! 

Joe Harvey-Whyte on pedal steel 

 Lee Skelly on percussion

Video based on a painting by Carl Laubin

Shangri-La – Deep in the heart of the Thames Delta

Shifting Sands

Video single 6A 

from the album Decadent Realities

with The QUIRKs !

David Atkinson on guitar and six string baritone bass

Joe Harvey-Whyte on guitar and lap steel

Lee Skelly on percussion

             video footage shot in Santa Monica 

                  by Bernard Yin of Par Avion (eclectic Californian sounds)

additional shots by David Atkinson

Born in the Shade

Video single 6B 

from the album ‘Decadent Realities’

David Atkinson on lead guitar

with The QUIRKs !

Joe Harvey-Whyte on pedal steel

Lee Skelly on percussion & vibes

No guitars were harmed during the making of this video. 

The Consequential Stranger

Video single 7A

featured on the album 'WHO IS THIS GUY ?

Written & performed by David Atkinson

on tenor & resonator guitars

with Joe Harvey-Whyte on dobro & bass

Melancholic Trance

Video single 7B

  featured on the album 

MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA

Written & performed by David Atkinson

Footage shot in New Fane Vermont and South Wales 

The UpShot

Video single 8A

featured on the album

'MOONDOG GOES TO CONEY ISLAND' 

written, arranged & played by 

David Atkinson on keyboards 

with The QUIRKs !

Lauren Kosty on percussion

Doug Stephens on bass

Moondog goes to Coney Island

It's that Simple

Video single 8B

Written and played by David Atkinson 

with The QUIRKs !

Giuliano Pereira on alto saxophone

Lauren Kosty on percussion

Paintings Rita Zimnol

Original mix featured on the album 

‘MUSIC from the THAMES DELTA' 

Recorded in Pasadena

               The studio was victim of the Jan 25 LA wildfires

say it fast - say it quick - make it stick

Video single 9A

performed on keyboard, synth & vocoder

by David Atkinson

Thanks to Slim & Slam

Cloud Chaser

Video single 9B

featured on the album

'MOONDOG GOES TO CONEY ISLAND'

written & played by David Atkinson 

on keyboards

with Lauren Kosty on percussion

the return of the manta rays

Video single 10A

featured on the album

'WHO IS THIS GUY?

written and performed by David Atkinson on guitar

with Par Avion

Bernard Yin on guitar

Dusty Watson drums

Rebecca Ramirez bass & voice-over

video by David Atkinson

on-the-cusp

Video single 10B

featured on the album

'WHO IS THIS  GUY ?

performed by David Atkinson on guitar & dulcimer

with Par Avion

Bernard Yin guitar

Dusty Watson drums

Rebecca Ramirez bass 

original video footage shot in Santa Monica by  Bernard Yin

video by David Atkinson

written by David Atkinson & Bernard Yin

modal surf

 TEARS me up  (live)

Video single 11A

The QUIRKs ! 

caught on video in Shepherd's Bush July 2021

David Atkinson on keyboard

Joe Harvey-Whyte on pedal steel

Doug Stephens on camera

original version on Decadent Realities

Deep Southern Soul

     Bouncing ball  (live)

Video single 11B

The QUIRKs !

caught on video in Shepherd's Bush July 2021

David Atkinson on Korg MS2000

Lauren Kosty on glockenspiel

Doug Stephens on camera

in an ambient mood