Long Earth

Martin formed Glasgow “art rock” outfit Lost Weekends in 1983 during a David Bowie/Talking Heads/Lou Reed phase before joining Abel Ganz for a brief spell and half a dozen gigs in 1984, gigging alongside Pallas and Comedy of Errors. He joined short-lived proggers Masque in 86 before forming Field of Vision 1987. After 4 years, FoV took a hiatus that lasted until 2013, when the 3 core members reformed to write and record new music, some of which featured on 2015’s Viccissitudes of Life EP, and 2016 single The Dagger. However,  a desire to return to live music, and armed with songs & musical ideas, the opportunity to join Long Earth in March 2018 was too good to resist.

Martin has also appeared on two Checking For Echo Project albums in 2021 & 2022, featuring  an array of Prog musicians from today's prog scene, all in aid of charity.

David’s first serious band was the new-wave Just the Job from 1978, and had the distinction of being described by DJ Annie Nightingale as her “pet” band, recording a London session for Radio 1 before they had even played their first gig!  Unfortunately, despite appearances on TV and radio, the charts remained untroubled and the dream of wealth and fame never materialised – until now!

Over the years, David has played  many styles – jazz funk, pop, folk, rock, and even ceilidh! For the longest time he has been (along with Alex Smith, drums) a member of The Young Bucks, playing all over Scotland, England, and even the south of France, Prague and Bethlehem! In 2021, the chance to join Long Earth with their prog credentials (and to become a part of the creative process) was, he says, an opportunity not to be missed!

Alex joined his first band at age 12 at the invitation of his good friend (now International best-selling author) Peter May, who also happens to be a friend of Mike Baxter.  

Alex has played along with David over several decades in a variety of styles of band -  singer/songwriter,Pop, Rock, Ceilidh Rock and even 40's Swing,  and, prior to that, drummed in a long list of Glasgow bands.

Despite all that, he had not previously had the opportunity to play Prog - his stated favourite form of music since ELP released their first album. All that changed in December 2021.  When the call went out for a drummer and a bass player,  the aforementioned author Peter May suggested to the band that Alex,  and bandmate David,  would be ideal replacements. 

Renaldo joined Long Earth during the recording of the first LE album The Source, having been involved in various bands since the 1980s, including Happy the Man (UK), Young Things West and Suicide Underground. After a brief break from the band in 2022, he is now back for the recording of album 3.