Duncan Mackay

Duncan Mackay is a British composer, singer, arranger, and keyboard player who has recorded three solo albums. On this, his second solo album, has moved slightly away from the Keith Emerson imitations that permeated his first album. Slightly, because the Emerson sound still appears. On the first track, Witches, a somewhat Spanish sounding symphonic proc piece, Mackay plays Emerson-like riffs on a honky-tonk tack piano, similar in sound to keith's in Benny The Bouncer. Acousic piano appears throughout the album, with Mackay providing obvious Emerson-influenced sounds.
Most obvious are Spaghetti Smooch, which sounds very much like a reworking of the main sections of Tarkus, played in 7 instead of 10, and Time Is No Healer, which owes a lot to Take A Pebble…

Ex Cockney Rebel / 10cc keyboard wizard Duncan Mackay's classic 1974 debut album Chimera is available for the first time. Re-mastered and approved by the artist with liner notes, rare photos and a bonus track, Chimera is essential for fans of keyboard driven prog rock in the vein of ELP and Rick Wakeman.

Duncan Mackay is a sadly forgotten British keyboardist who recorded two solo symphonic prog rock albums back in 70s along with few disks together with such little known bands like Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel & 10cc, while in 80s he joined Camel to record "Nude"…

What do bands like ALAN PARSON'S PROJECT, BUDGIE and CAMEL have in common? The logical answer would be very little, but the truth is that the common denominator is DUNCAN MACKAY, a guy who paradoxically completed his studios in Violin (He was elected the most promising violin player in UK at the age of 11) but was famous for his keyboard performances…

Lunacy / Fluance Featuring Duncan Mackay [Bell Antique Paper Jacket Series] an album produced by the full backup of the music composed by Jane Lane and Philip Lane. It has a spacey and progressive style influenced by Pink Floyd in the 70's, with a fresh impression that is different from the conventional Duncan McKay style. A gorgeous production consisting of a band consisting of 7 members and guests such as saxophone and guitar. Duncan Mackay is a British composer, singer, arranger, and keyboard player who has recorded eight solo albums as well as collaborations. He played with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel from 1975 to 1977 and 10cc from 1978 to 1981, and also played on Kate Bush's first three albums, The Kick Inside, Lionheart (both 1978) and Never for Ever (1980), as well as Camel's 1981 album Nude, and Budgie's 1982 album Deliver Us from Evil.

In a way this album has been over 40 years in the making. Duncan Mackay was playing in a club he started in Johannesburg called the Branch Office, the first venue in South Africa where you could go and hear Prog Rock. Georg Voros (although underage at the time) would go and listen to Duncan. 40 years on Georg approached Duncan to play on and mix a solo album. The Bletchley Park Project grew from this prior collaboration.

Duncan Mackay is a British composer, singer, arranger, and keyboard player. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. In 1985, MacKay met Debbie Raymond, the daughter of Paul Raymond, at a party. The couple went on to have a daughter, Fawn, the eldest of her two children. In 2004, he completed an album with South African singer/composer Greg McEwan-Kocovaos, The First Time. This indie album received its first airplay on Radio Caroline by the veteran UK DJ Martin Turner and was reviewed by the official 10cc fan site. He played with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel from 1975 to 1977 and 10cc from 1978 to 1981, and also played on Kate Bush's first three albums, The Kick Inside (1978), Lionheart (1978 ) and Never for Ever (1980), as well as Camel's 1981 album, Nude, and Budgie's 1982 album, Deliver Us from Evil.