Robin Richards

Robin Richards is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and the bass guitarist of the band Dutch Uncles. He has composed and arranged all the music across the band’s five studio albums to date. He studied under esteemed composer and conductor Joe Duddell at the University of Salford and graduated in 2011 with a first class honours degree in Music, specialising in composition. His work endeavours to achieve aesthetic and philosophical aims whilst taking inspiration from mathematical and natural processes. His musical influences include the work of Steve Reich, Igor Stravinsky and Kate Bush.

In 2019, we commissioned Robin to be musical director and composer for From The Crowd, an immersive outdoor event commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre.