Dicky Moore (born 2 October 1978) is an English,

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and

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, who plays guitar with

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and leads the Bristol-based music collective Bearcraft.

Scritti Politti

Moore joined

on guitar in 2005 after meeting Green Gartside in a Hackney pub opposite where he worked., and played in their first comeback gig after 26 years, under the moniker Double G and the traitorous 3 and in the following year joined them on their first American tour and for the performance of the

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-nominated White Bread Black Beer. Alongside

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, Rhodri Marsden and Robert Smoughton, they have toured worldwide, including across the UK, Europe, America and Japan, and playing with artists such as

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, Saint Etienne,

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, Jeffrey Lewis, and

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Bearcraft

Moore leads the Bristol-based music collective Bearcraft, who mix folk stories with electronic music and whose debut album, ''Yestreen'', featuring artwork from Jessica Akerman was released on 16 August 2010 through Hottwerk Records. The follow-up album, ''Fabrefactions'' is due to be released on 4 September 2020 and was produced by

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's and

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's Joe Reeves. The album was written after Moore had received a diagnosis of acute hearing loss. Both albums are named after words which have been removed from the

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Composition

Moore composed the score for the 2016 film ''Forever Tomorrow'', the acclaimed

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series ''TT Legends'', which followed John McGuinness through the

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, and the TV series ''Thamesmeerd'', which ran from 2016 to 2017. Moore's theme to ''Thamesmeerd'' was "a celebration of classic soaps, from the dramatic drum fill of EastEnders to Brookside's sweeping synthesizers.". Moore composes the music for the weekly podcast ''Sustainababble''.

Other groups

From 2006, Moore played guitar for Dream Themes, the London branch of

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's Oh Blimey Big Band, alongside Scritti Politti bandmate Rhodri Marsden. After bandleader

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's death, the backing band continued with the name Dream Themes, and released the 7-inch album ''20 Golden Greats'', which was the last release to be made by Too Pure Records before its dissolution. Moore also formed the band Scintillate in 1994, who disbanded in 2005. His only solo release was the 2007 ''It's About Time'' EP which was described as upbeat, layered, complex, and lush.

References

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