Jay Peter Darlington (born 3 May 1968) is an English keyboardist, best known as a member of
Kula Shaker
Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a numb ...
. He went on to work as a touring member of
Oasis
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,
Devon
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Oxted
Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge District, Tandridge district of Surrey, England. It is at the foot of the North Downs, south-east of Croydon, west of Sevenoaks, and north of East Grinstead.
Oxted is a commuter town and Ox ...
,
Surrey
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, England. He joined
Kula Shaker
Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a numb ...
as an organ player in 1994 and stayed with the band until their initial split in 1999. He didn't re-join the band when they reformed in 2004, and being replaced by Harry Broadbent during his absence.
In 2002, Darlington joined
Oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environmentLes Fleur de Lys reunion gig, and joined prog band Magic Bus.
In December 2022 he rejoined Kula Shaker playing a show in
Norwich
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Dig Out Your Soul
''Dig Out Your Soul'' is the seventh and final studio album by English Rock music, rock band Oasis (band), Oasis. It was released on 6 October 2008 by Big Brother Recordings. The album was recorded between August and December 2007 at Abbey Road S ...
'' (2008) - on the track "Falling Down"
Magic Bus
* ''Magic Bus'' (2010)
* ''Transmission from Sogmore's Garden'' (2014)
* ''Phillip The Egg'' (2017)
* ''The Earth Years'' (2020)