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"Excellent. Great musicianship. Quality all round." -- Frank Dicker
"Wow...this is phenomenal music. Intelligent, well-executed, and dare I say it, catchy." -- Paul, Heaviest Humans
"Tempest is a great track. Great composition, melodies and counter-melodies." -- Andy Schumcher
"Wow! That left me wanting to hear more. Guess I'm off to iTunes - nice one." -- David Haines.
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These are a few of the comments made by musicians and music lovers at SoundClick where Rory reached #1 in the 'Hottest Bands' chart (out of 290,060 artists) in February 2007. Full story at www.newhorizonsmusic.co.uk/news.htm.
Rory formed the progressive rock band Protos while at school with life-long friend Stephen Anscombe. After enroling on a Jazz/Popular music course at the Chichester College of Technology, Rory/Steve recruited Iain Carnegie (Percussion/Keyboards) and Nigel Rippon (Bass Guitar). The band's first album One Day a New Horizon, recorded in 1982, is one of the rarest independent recordings in the world and fetches between GBP 200-400 at auction. Due to its enduring success, Protos have released a second album Into the Mouth of the Tiger, and plan a third to be released at the end of 2007.
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While studying music in London, Rory and Iain teamed up with Simon Cartwright to form "Sly", a tongue-in-cheek tribute to "Sky" (John Williams). They played a one off Cathedral Green concert during the Chichester Arts Festival in 1983. After this, Rory composed on his own and performed with Danzante, an instrumental jazz/rock band. In September 2006, he formed New Horizons Music with his wife Caroline, Stephen Anscombe, Iain Carnegie and Nigel Rippon to develop both solo and collaborative musical projects.
