Biography
Real PD are a lo-Fi synthpop band based in northern England. Originally named Potential Difference, the project began in 1984 with founder member Alistair Cumberford (born 1970), who subsequently joined forces in 1985 with Liverpool schoolmates bassoonist Guy Wigmore and keyboardist and vocalist Mark Cahill (both also born 1970) when they began work on their first ensemble direct-to-tape album ‘Love & Stuff’. With the 1986 arrival of Adrian Brailsford (born 1970) they hit upon their trademark ramshackle acoustic piano/ electronic keyboard sound and stayed together until 1991. Real PD reformed in 2004, without Guy but with an expanded line-up including ex-Clay guitarist Richard Entwistle, vocalist Claire Baker-Donnelly and bassist Steve Smith, who together with vintage PD guitarist Sean Naughton, helped to forge a new 21st Century take on the PD sound for the new album Burn Your Flag With Pride. Two albums ‘RealPDistan’ and ‘Unisex Music’ in the early 2010s with vocal production by Max Brodie saw the band expanding its sonic palette and broadening its lyrical range. In 2024 the band celebrated forty years with the 38-track anthology ‘Love is Open Wide’. The current line up of the band features Cumberford, Cahill, Brailsford alongside Baker-Donnelly and guitarist Chris Eccles.
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