🔎

Rik Kenton


Main image

British musician who is largely known as a bassist, but is also a guitarist, keyboard player, programmer of Linn drums, producer, and songwriter.
After the disbanding of Woody Kern, he had a stint in Roxy Music. However, this only lasted a few months as he was hired in the June of 1972, and fired in December of the same year. Following a short-lived solo career in the mid-1970s, he became involved in the synth-pop scene of the late-1970s, eventually forming Savage Progress in 1982. On the departure of Glynnis Thomas, he chose to disband the group in 1984 and began playing as a session musician. He has subsequently appeared with many acts, including Bassomatic, Anne Clark, and Orchestra JB.

Born: 31st October 1945, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.

ALBUMS


APPEARANCES +


Various
Psychedelic Sixties
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Metro Select, Union Square Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Various
Try A Little Sunshine (The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1969)
2018, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Grapefruit Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Various
Prog Rock And Beyond
2017, 2xCD, Comp, Metro Select, ,
Prog Rock/Progressive Metal
Various
Elektro Diskow
2011, 2x CD, ,
Leftfield/Industrial/Prog Rock/Freestyle/EBM/Avantgarde/Disco/New Wave/Noise/New Beat/Electro/Synth-pop/Experimental
Blank & Jones
So80s (Soeighties) 3
2010, CD, 2x CD, ,
New Wave/Synth-pop
Various
Shifting Sands (20 Treasures From The Heyday Of Underground Folk)
2009, CD, Comp, Sunbeam Records, ,
Folk Rock/Celtic/Acoustic/Acid Rock/Folk
Various
Real Life Permanent Dreams (A Cornucopia Of British Psychedelia 1965-1970)
2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Castle Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Beat/Garage Rock/Folk Rock/Mod/Pop Rock/Prog Rock/Hard Rock
Various
80's The Must-Have Hits
2006, CD, Comp, EMI, EMI, ,
Europop/Pop Rock
Various
Ars Longa Vita Brevis
2004, 3x CD Box Set, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Hard Rock
Various
Serie Noire 2: Dark Pop And New Beat
2003, CD Slipcase, ,
Electro/Synth-pop/New Beat
Various
Hot Smoke & Sassafras (Psychedelic Pstones Volume 1)
2001, CD, Comp, RM, Castle Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock
Various
Dance To The Beat (Best Of 80's New Beat / Dance)
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Universal TV, Universal, ,
Leftfield/Acid House/New Beat
Various
Fetenhits - The Rare Classics
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Polystar (3)
Various
We Can't Get Enough! Best Of The 80s
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Universal, ,
Europop/Vocal
Various
Supernatural Fairy Tales (The Progressive Rock Era)
1996, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
Art Rock/Classic Rock/Prog Rock/Symphonic Rock/Experimental/Ambient/Krautrock
Niamh Kavanagh
Flying Blind
1995,
Various
Kult Klassix Volume 3
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Total Recall (3), ,
Leftfield/New Wave/Synth-pop/EBM
Jackie Quinn
Don't Force The River
1991
Orchestra JB
Tambourine Fever
1991, ,
Trip Hop/Soul/Ambient/Acid Jazz/Downtempo/Folk
Orchestra JB
Come Alive
1991, ,
Downtempo/House/Balearic
Bassomatic
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Bass
1990, ,
Progressive House/House/Pop Rap/Reggae-Pop/Swingbeat/Downtempo
Shriekback
Go Bang!
1988, ,
New Wave
Anne Clark
R.S.V.P.
1988, ,
Synth-pop
Various
T2 Präsentiert: The White Dream
1985, LP, Comp, Ltd, Pic, CBS Special Products
Various
Music Shop - Die Internationalen Tophits
1985, Cassette DOLBY, ,
Italo-Disco/Pop Rock/Synth-pop
Various
Debut LP Magazine - Issue 06
1984, LP, Comp, Debut (3), ,
New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Indie Rock
Various
Die Allerneueste… Ronny's Pop Show
1984, ,
Synth-pop/Disco/Theme/Soul
Various
EMI's No One - Das Album Der Superstars
1984
Various
Top Line Hits
1984
Various
Super 20 Hit-Sensation
1984, Vinyl, ,
Pop Rock/Italo-Disco/Disco/New Wave/Soft Rock/Power Pop/Europop/Synth-pop
Various
16 Top Hits - Aus Den Hitparaden 1984 Juli August
1984, Vinyl, ,
Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Breaks/Electro/Pop Rap/Disco/Soft Rock/Schlager/Vocal/Italo-Disco
Various
Hit-News
1984, Vinyl, ,
Synth-pop
Phoenix
(Live, Love, Laugh) Be Happy / Comin' To Ya
1982
Roxy Music / Atomic Rooster
Stereo Pop Special-24
1972, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, ,
Prog Rock/Art Rock/Public Broadcast
G.F. Fitz-Gerald*
Mouseproof
1970
Various
The Very Best Of The 80's
2xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, EMI Catalogue Marketing, ,
Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Reggae-Pop
Various
Top Of The Pops-525
1974, LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services
Various
Ambient Piano: Key Moods
CD, Comp, Standard Music Library, ,
Downtempo
Various
Kooky Acoustic
CD, Album, In-spired Production Music, In-spired Production Music
Various
Arts & Culture
CD, Comp, Dig, Tvzone, Tvzone
Various
Junkshop Volume 6
CDr, Comp, Not On Label (Ursula 1000 Self-released), ,
Glam
Various
Independent Promos - Stand Out From The Crowd!
CD, In-spired Production Music, ,
Score/Soundtrack/Theme
Various
Mixed Up Minds Part Twelve (Obscure Rock & Pop From The British Isles 1968-1973)
2017, CD, Comp, RM, Unofficial, Particles (2),