FOUND are an experimental pop band and arts collective from
Edinburgh,
Scotland. The founding members,
Ziggy Campbell, Tommy Perman and Kev Sim met while studying fine art at
Gray's School of Art in
Aberdeen. They began working on sound art installations together whilst in their final year at college in 2001. Since then they have collaborated on many weird and sometimes wonderful projects. Each project they do is given a catalogue number and documented on their website
http://found.surfacepressure.net
In 2005 they formed a band in order to play live music at the openings of their ''Stop Look Listen'' exhibition tour (which toured from
Peacock Visual Arts,
Aberdeen to
The Meffan,
Forfar and the
Royal Scottish Academy in
Edinburgh).
They recruited the keyboard skills of Gavin Sutherland in the summer of 2005 and then Alan Stockdale joined on drums and percussion at the beginning of 2006.
In 2006 FOUND released their debut 7", ''Mullokian'' (SP4502), and album, ''Found Can Move'' (SPCD01), on Tommy Perman's label
Surface Pressure Records. They released two more 7"s from their debut album: ''Static 68'' on Scottish label
Creeping Bent and ''Synth Like Minds'' on
Hamburg-based label
Augeladen Und Bereit.
In October 2006 FOUND took part in the inaugural
BBC Electric Proms with an unusal collaboration with multimedia comedians
(nobleandsilver).
In 2007, FOUND were commissioned to create a major sound installation to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. They produced a piece called ''Etiquette'', which was funded by the
PRSFoundation's award for new music and uses some of the technology developed by
Reactable. Etiquette was displayed at the
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop's Magazine 07 exhibition, during the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Newhaven, Edinburgh.
FOUND's second album, ''This Mess We Keep Reshaping'' (FNC-085), is released on
Fence Records (also see the
Fence Collective).
Both FOUND's albums have been supported by the
Scottish Arts Council.