Keith York

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Keith York is an English session drummer who has toured throughout the world and worked with a range of bands, including The Lightning Seeds, Pitchshifter, Bivouac, Ladytron, and Esoteric, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Broadcast and Love Amongst Ruin. He was a founding member of the 1990s Liverpool-based psychedelic rock band Dr Phibes & the House of Wax Equations along with Howard King, Jr. and Lee Belsham. [1] He is currently playing various jazz gigs and festivals, while recording, touring, and drumming for The Orb.

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He worked as a music lecturer at Halesowen College, Halesowen, West Midlands in 'music performance' and 'music industry' subjects, now working as main drum instructor at York Music, Studley, Warwickshire.

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  1. "Keith York". allmusic. 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.