Mission Impossible feat. Neil Cowley

As a 10 year old child prodigy, London-born Neil Cowley performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, yet he turned his back on the Royal Academy at an early age. Instead, having answered an ad in Melody Maker at 17, he entered the world of pop.

Cowley went on to record and tour with some of the best soul and funk bands of the day, including Gabrielle, The Pasadenas, 4 years with the Brand New Heavies, and Zero 7, until in 2002 he formed his own band, Fragile State.

As one half of the Fragile State production duo, Cowley produced two critically acclaimed albums that set the world of jazzy chill-out music alight. When the record company dissolved, Cowley continued to make music, yet began to find the experience of extracting music from a computer chip unbearable. So, he set forth with his dear friend the piano and a renewed enthusiasm to present creativity without technological hindrance.

In June 2006 Cowley formed his own label, Hide Inside Records, and released his debut album Displaced, an outstanding album of original recordings. The album presented Cowley as a dazzling pianist and stunning composer.