John Bisset-Smith

John Bisset is an improvising guitarist born in Stockport in 1960. He became involved with The Manchester Musicians' Collective and played with the post-punk bands Spherical Objects and Grow Up. After coming to London he played with many of the city's free improvisors and formed The London Electric Guitar Orchestra. He has continued to play both improv (with regular collaborators like Rhodri Davies and Burkhard Beins) and in left field pop groups like Pocket and Country Dad. He also produces videos with Ivor Kallin for 2.13 TV