Meet the Reviewers of Ambient Visions |
Dene Bebbington
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Who is Dene Bebbington, and why is he reviewing music? I was born in 1966 in the After going through a phase of messing around at school and
doing poorly in exams I finally bucked up academically and eventually went on
to get a good degree in Computer Science at University in Even though I was raised in the It's now appalling for me to remember that as a young kid I
apparently liked Tom Jones! Fortunately I grew out of that affliction. My
introduction to electronic music was around the age of ten when I heard and was
captivated by the likes of Jarre's Oxygene and The Magic Fly by Space. In my
teens the interest in electronic music continued when I bought records by Gary
Numan, OMD, Ultravox, and others. It was around this time that music started to
become important to me, and once I reached my twenties it has been unusual for
me not to listen to some music each day - even if only in the car whilst
driving. I also began to realise that my taste in music is relatively uncommon,
having endured a fair amount of derogatory comments by friends about my taste
in music. Artists such as J.M.Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, and
Kitaro made up my early forays into the electronic instrumental world. For a
long time my music collection grew slowly, but in recent years I've discovered
many new artists and have greatly increased my collection. During this time my taste
has also changed to include a lot of ambient and spacemusic. I first started
reviewing in 2001 for Wind & Wire after some correspondence with Bill
Binkleman, at first he was unsure about using other reviewers but was impressed
with a sample review I sent him. I already had an interest in writing, and
reviewing seemed like an excellent way to combine that with my love of music. I
answered Michael Foster's call for reviewers in 2002, and so here I am! If you would like to contact me, my email address is: |