Starlite & Campbell is a group based in

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. Formed in 2016, the band is led by married couple Suzy Starlite and Simon Campbell. Their debut album, ''Blueberry Pie'' was nominated for a European Blues Award in November 2017 and blends British blues,

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and

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. In 2023, following the transition album ''The Language of Curiosity'' they decided to change musical direction and launched the multimedia,

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project Starlite.One. Simultaneously, the band name was changed from the Starlite Campbell Band to Starlite & Campbell reflecting the new direction.

History

The duo had been recording, playing and touring independently in bands for many years until they met in 2012, when Starlite asked Campbell, who was British Blues Awards Nominee, to join her band as the guitar player. The love extended past each other's playing and the duo were wed in 2014 after a whirlwind romance, forming their new joint band, Starlite Campbell, in January 2016. As prolific singer-songwriters, they started writing together immediately and built up a large collection of songs in a variety of styles, from

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electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...

to British blues. The art of the song is everything and they fly in the face of disposable music – writing, recording and producing their work and then releasing on their independent label Supertone Records. Their first recorded collaboration was on Campbell's second solo album, ''The Knife'' where they jointly wrote and performed ''Do You Want Me'' with Campbell on acoustic guitar,

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and vocals and Starlite on

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and vocals. Starlite is a regular contributor to

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and after several moves within Europe, they live in th
Supertone Sonic Laboratory
which is located in

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, Portugal.

Recordings

''Blueberry Pie''

The couple wrote the material for their debut album ''Blueberry Pie'' over two weeks in April 2016 and started recording in July at the Supertone Records Studio in

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, Spain, with the album mixed and mastered in October 2016. It was produced and engineered by Campbell, co-produced by Starlite and mastered by

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who is known for his work with

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and other rock luminaries. In addition to the band and session musicians Steve Gibson and Jonny Henderson, Valencian native Danny Boy Sanchez was co opted to play harmonica on track No. 5, "Say What You Want". The album artwork is based on a picture taken by Starlite in the late 70's of her Grandmother Betty Higgs. ''Blueberry Pie'' was released on 1 February 2017 and has been extensively reviewed by publications in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' The band made a festive release ''It Started Raining'' on 24 December 2017. The song was recorded live at Supertone Records studio in

, Spain as part of the 'Blueberry Pie' sessions with a single guitar overdub. The cover image was taken by

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-based photographer Phil Kneen and features an old caravan featured in the song's lyric. On 12 November 2018 the band simultaneously released their new single ''Heart of Stone'' along with a limited edition,

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, 180g double

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(vinyl) of their album ''Blueberry Pie''. The lacquers were cut by Miles Showell at

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and the pressing supported by the Isle of Man Arts Council. Recorded as part of the original ''Blueberry Pie'' sessions, the track has a stinging, acidic lyric that complements the track's hypnotic rolling groove. It appears exclusively in physical form on side four of the record. The cover image was taken by

-based photographer Phil Kneen featuring actor Rob Smith.

''The Language of Curiosity''

In May 2019 Starlite and Campbell relocated their Supertone Records studio into the countryside near

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, Germany, where they started recording their second

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album, ''The Language of Curiosity'' moving again in October 2020 to

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where they continue work on the recordings. Five singles have been released from the album which was made its debut on November 5, 2021 and has been extensively reviewed by publications in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia including ''

'', ''

'' Again, it is produced and engineered by Campbell, co-produced by Starlite and mastered by Astley. In addition to the band and session musicians Steve Gibson (drums), Gabriele De Vecchio (Grand / upright Piano, Wurlitzer and Hammond organ) and Jonny Henderson (Hammond Organ, Wurlitzer Electric piano, Vox Continental, Hohner Clavinet and Bechstein grand piano). Some of Henderson's keyboard parts were recorded at

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in Monmouth, Wales. The cover photograph was taken by award-winning photographer Stuart Bebb depicting dancing in the streets of Oxford following the relaxation of the COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom.

''Starlite Campbell Band Live!''

During the course of the band's career, several live recordings were made and in 2022 eight tracks were mixed and released digitally and on Compact Disc. The album features highly improvised and extended versions of tracks from Campbell's solo album ''ThirtySix'' plus the bands ''Language of Curiosity'', ''Blueberry Pie'' and

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which was released as a single in June 2022. The album has attracted excellent reviews. The band digitally released the accompanying album ''Starlite Campbell Band Live! 2 in October 2022.

''Starlite.One'' album

In July 2023 the couple completed recording an

album ''Starlite.One'', which fuses electronic elements with traditional instrumentation. Apart from drums and some percussion they played all instruments and recorded in their studio based in Samora Correia, Portugal. It was produced and engineered by Campbell, co-produced by Starlite and mastered by Astley. Starlite created the collage artwork on the front and centre gatefold cover with graphic design by Tiago Cruz. The album was released on CD, vinyl and digitally on September 1, 2023 with the first single, ''Saving Me'', released on July 7, 2023. The second single, ''The Voting Machine'' was released on November 2, 2023. Both videos were directed and edited by Starlite. The album has received a number of very positive reviews achieving five stars in Music News and listed #23 in their top 28 albums of 2023.

Live performances

Trio/quartet

During 2017 and 2018, the band performed extensively throughout Spain and the Isle of Man; in July 2018 band played Linton Festival to great reviews. Accompanied by drummer Steve Gibson, the band traveled to Australia to headline the blues marquee at Wangaratta Festival of Jazz on Saturday 3 November 2018 to over 3,000 people with great reviews and extensive publicity. Accompanying the band on this show was Australian keyboard player

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. The Starlite Campbell Band embarked on their debut tour of the United Kingdom in December 2018 with performances in

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, Edinburgh,

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and The Met in Campbell's hometown of

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to great reviews. 2019 has seen them touring Europe and the United Kingdom which included a show at one of London's longest-running and most respected live music venues,

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plus the Forum,

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, The Met,

—which featured Josh Phillips of

on keyboards—Flirting With The Blues festival,

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, Porgy en Bess,

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and the Greystones,

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. In 2020 the band performed at The Great British Rock and Blues Festival (main stage), Skegness; Backstage at the Green, Kinross; Redcar R&B Club and the Half Moon, Putney amongst others. Due to the

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, much of 2021 was rescheduled to 2022/2023. The band undertook a two week UK tour as a trio in September/October 2023 with new drummer Hugo Danin, documenting the experience through
tour diary
on their blog.

Duo

Starlite & Campbell tour material from the band's first three studio albums plus Campbell's ''ThirtySix'' and ''The Knife'' in venues throughout the UK and Europe to great reviews. Between December 2021 and July 2022, Starlite & Campbell broadcast a weekly live stream on

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and

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from the Supertone studio in Portugal.

Members

* Suzy Starlite: Lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, piano, mellotron, stylophone,

Mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

Fife (instrument) A fife ( ) is a small, high-pitched, transverse aerophone, that is similar to the piccolo. The fife originated in medieval Europe and is often used in fife and drum corps, Military band, military units, and marching bands. Someone who plays the ...

, Sequential

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, Waldorf STVC, percussion,

Moog Taurus The Moog Taurus is a foot-operated analog synthesizer designed and manufactured by Moog Music. It was originally conceived as a part of the Constellation series of synthesizers. The initial Taurus I was manufactured from 1975 to 1981; a less pop ...

bass pedals, Philicorda and recorder (2016–present) * Simon Campbell: Lead and backing vocals, electric guitar,

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Moog guitar The Moog Guitar is an electric guitar developed in 2008 by Paul Vo (official name Paul Ierymenko) that controls the level of energy within the strings of the guitar to modify the capabilities of the guitar. The guitar can send energy into strings ...

, acoustic guitar,

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Tempest drum machine, Moog Matriarch and Minitaur, percussion and piano (2016–present)

Session musicians

The band use a variety of fine musicians both live and in the studio depending upon suitability for the project, availability and geographical location. * Josh Phillips:

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Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from 1954 to 1983. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptually similar to ...

(2019-2020) * Govert Van Der Kolm:

(2019) * Jonny Henderson:

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(2016–2021) *

(2018) *

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(2016–present) * Gabriele Del Vecchio:

(2017–2022) * Steve Gibson:

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(2016–present) * Hugo Danin:

(2023–present) * Dave Boyd:

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synthesizers A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, programming (2025–present)

Equipment

Both Starlite and Campbell are users of vintage equipment, specifically

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s for guitar and bass and use multiple brands including vintage

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, Gartone, Germino, Vox,

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, Supertone,

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and Van Weelden with speakers by

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, Supertone, Weber and Bergantino Audio Systems. Starlite favours instruments by Mike Lull,

Gretsch Gretsch is an American company that manufactures and markets musical instruments. The company was founded in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York by Friedrich Gretsch, a 27-year-old German immigrant, shortly after his arrival to the United States. Fri ...

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and

Fylde Guitars Fylde Guitars is an English manufacturer of handmade fretted musical instruments. The company was founded in 1973 by (until then amateur) luthier Roger Bucknall, and remains under his personal control. Originally located in The Fylde, in 1996 the ...

some fitted with the Hipshot drop-D tuners. She was featured with a two-page article in ''

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'' magazine talking about her equipment and playing style. In June 2022, Starlite was also featured in the Wonder Women feature in No Treble magazine followed by an interview in September 2023. Campbell's instruments include Gibson,

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Moog Guitar The Moog Guitar is an electric guitar developed in 2008 by Paul Vo (official name Paul Ierymenko) that controls the level of energy within the strings of the guitar to modify the capabilities of the guitar. The guitar can send energy into strings ...

E1-M,

Mosrite Mosrite was an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists. Mosrite guitars we ...

Collings Guitars Collings Guitars is an Austin, Texas–based stringed instrument manufacturer. The company was founded in 1973 by ''Bill'' ''Collings'' (August 9, 1948 – July 14, 2017). In addition to acoustic guitars, Collings Guitars manufactures electric g ...

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, Duesenberg Guitars,

Fallstaff six, 12 and Classical models all with cutaways, plus signature models by luthier Jim Drake in

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, Springer Guitars and Gordon Whittam (Gordy) in

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, UK with pickups by Lollar, Sheptone, Lindy Fralin and House of Tone. He is known for his expertise and extensive use of the Maestro

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EP2 tape echo. They use bass/guitar strings principally by Curt Mangan, Thomastik-Infeld and Pyramid with

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's by Lehle, DWJ Pedals, Supertone, Ernie Ball, Hudson Electronics, TC Electronic, Eventide, Echo Fix, Lexicon, Chase Tone, Headway, Sonic Research, LovePedal, Meris, OTO Machines, Skrydstrup R&D, Textone, Digitech, Voodoo Labs, GigRig, Origin Effects, CMAT Mods, Headway Music Audio, Gamechanger Audio, Strymon, B. K. Butler, Stomp Under Foot, Danelectro, T-Rex,

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, Ceriatone and Fulltone. Synthesisers: Matriarch, Minitaur and Opus 3 by

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, STVC by

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, Tempest and

Side projects

Vibrationists

Starlite (bass guitar,

, piano, vocals), Campbell (guitar, vocals) along with Irish percussionist and pianist, Dave Boyd (piano,

bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A Goatskin (material), goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or ot ...

, percussion, vocals) commenced rehearsals in February 2025 for this new live music and multimedia project.

Starlite.One

In August 2022 Starlite & Campbell announced the development of a multimedia project, Starlite.One. It is musically explorative whilst keeping the narratives of melody, emotion, soundscapes and lyrical story-telling alive. The music binds conceptual, applied and visual art which is represented physically and digitally. In February 2024 they released thei
artistic statement

VIBES

In January 2023 Starlite and Campbell launched their

blog A blog (a Clipping (morphology), truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries also known as posts. Posts are typically displayed in Reverse chronology, reverse chronologic ...

Vibes, where they write regular articles about life, culture, music technology and their art along with the occasional podcast.

The Supertone Show

From November 2015 to October 2019 and January 2023 to April 2024 Starlite and Campbell broadcast the ''Supertone Show'', a weekly, music-inspired chat show about songs and the people who make them. It featured an eclectic mix of music from their vinyl collections, plus special shows focussing on inspirational people who have influenced and changed the sound of modern music. The show was syndicated to 14 internet and FM stations based in the Netherlands, USA, Canada, and the UK. Repeats are still being broadcast and an archive is available on
section of their blog
VIBES.

Electrolite

In May 2014 the couple, with Mark Cleator, recorded a

synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s b ...

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

record under the name Electrolite. Writing took place on the

and later in Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, France and

, Spain. The EP was released electronically and on 180g vinyl and features Starlite on vocals, Campbell on drum & bass synthesiser programming, MOOG E1 guitar, electric guitar,

, backing vocals with Mark Cleator on an array of

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s by Moog, ARP, Dave Smith plus an original

. It was recorded at the Chairworks Studio in Castleford with engineer James Mottershead, produced by Campbell and mastered by Kevin Grainger at Wired Masters, London and in 2017 the record was licensed to Ninthwave Records. The sleeve was designed by Barry Kinder and Daren Newman.

Discography

Studio albums Live albums Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Starlite Campbell websiteStarlite.One websiteSupertone Records websiteVIBES blogVibrationists website
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