Tudor Moore - Third Floor Tiger Growing up in the Manchester suburbs with his parent’s collection of jazz and leftfield records was as much inspiration as much as it was frustration. As a child Tudor began studying trumpet under the guidance of his Father. The '80s sparked the obvious interest in, and excitement of electronics citing Depeche Mode, Thomas Dolby and Joy Division as favourites of this time. Acid House started to seal this interest in electronic music and living so close to Manchester, seeing Factory Record artists in shops and bars started to crystallise the whole music making desire. Growing up with clubs like the Hacienda he began experimenting in dance music, quitting art college and writing-off any thought of anymore formal education. Making music became an obsession. It was around this time he met and began to work with Afterlife's Steve Miller. It was with Miller that Tudor cut his teeth. As an early member of Afterlife in the mid '90s he co-wrote the first album and shortly after their breakthrough track "Blue Bar" (Cafe Del Mar Vol 3/REACT records). Along the way there was a string of studio sessions and live shows including huge arena tours supporting reggae bands, pop bands and writing string arrangements, but the studio was the preferred place to work. Tudor worked frequently with Afterlife during the '90s making a further appearance on the seminal album "Simplicity "(Hed Kandi). Making music was to end just before the beginning of the new Century with one final but obscure credit performing on the ubiquitous Lux track "Northern Lights" (Café del Mar Vol7 / Best of Cafe Del Mar/Universal Records). In 2001 Tudor had quit England and moved to 49° 02'N, 2.2° W to hide away from an increasingly chaotic World. However, late in '07 with the combination of sea air, Atlantic storms and some special people along the way and Third Floor Tiger was born. And once again Tudor has teamed-up with Afterlife for two Third Floor Tiger releases this year already. “Morning Sun” (Ibiza Lounge/Wagram Records) and “Sub Rosa” (Urbantorque). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.