Early Musical Experiences
Sigsworth grew up in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, where he developed a youthful passion for early music, especially the 14th century composer Guillaume de Machaut. His earliest musical heroes were the multi-instrumentalist David Munrow and the maverick field-recordist and composer David Fanshawe. He was a pupil at Leeds Grammar School in the 1970s, where he and his band performed a memorable version of Red House which ended prematurely after he cut his hand rather badly on a cymbal. He studied the harpsichord, first at summer schools at the Casa de Mateus in Portugal, and later for a year at the Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands. He toured Europe playing harpsichord for the European Union Baroque Orchestra.
Sigsworth has worked with various engineers and programmers of distinction. During the late 1990s he worked with Damian Taylor, who has since engineered, programmed and performed live with Björk; in the early 2000s he worked with Sean McGhee who has since produced Temposhark; and most recently he has worked extensively with Andy Page, who has previously worked with Sasha, BT and Harry Gregson-Williams.
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