Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970) is a Scottish drummer, composer, and manager. He is the drummer with

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, and the manager of

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and

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. He also composes music for film and television, and released an album of minimalist classical music in 2015.

Career

Macdonald recorded a solo album called ''Sauchiehall & Hope – A Pop Opera'' under the pseudonym "Nice Man" and ''The Art of Hanging Out'' as "Nice Man and the Bad Boys". In 2011, he recorded two digital albums of instrumental music: ''Maculate Conceptions'' and ''Maculate Conceptions Volume 2'' on

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on his personal computer during a Teenage Fanclub tour of Europe. On 30 March 2015, he released ''Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste''. The album was recorded at

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's Castle of Doom Studios in

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and features a quartet from the

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. It was described by Classic FM as "sublime, minimalist classical music". The album debuted at Number 12 in the Classical Artist Albums Chart and at Number 3 in the Specialist Classical Albums Chart. Macdonald runs Shoeshine Records / Spit & Polish in Glasgow. He has co-produced albums by Aaron Wright, Attic Lights and Aaron Fyfe.

References

Scottish rock drummers Scottish male drummers 1970 births Living people Teenage Fanclub members 21st-century British drummers 21st-century Scottish male musicians {{drummer-stub