The Latimer Towers music collection, it must be admitted, tends tobe dominated by regimental bands and Vera Lynn's wartime recordings -although Mrs L is into folkie types - and, for some reason,recordings of Latvian dance tunes.
The younger Latimers - Lancelot and Leaticia - seem to preferemaciated young men in black who scream about how lonely they are, orobese American rappers with odd-sounding names like Daddy Piddly.
But even they were excited to discover that Phil Collins wasgetting involved in a music project in the city. Of course, it turnsout to be a completely different Phil Collins - not the Genesis frontman and drummer at all, but an internationally-acclaimed contemporaryartist, who just happens to share the same name.
This Phil Collins is setting up a video production company inBristol called Shady Lane Promotions, which will create promotionalvideos for local unsigned acts. It's a major new art projectcommissioned by Bristol Legible City for Thinking Of The Outside.
Working with a film crew, choreographers and stylists, Shady LanePromotions will select three acts from a city-wide campaign andcreate videos for them in various locations.
Acts of all ages and musical styles are invited to submit a CD -or cassette - with a note describing who they are and where they'regoing. A photo is essential. These should be sent to: Shady LanePromotions, 4th Floor, Bush House, 72 Prince Street, Bristol, BS14HN. The company says: "By accepting Shady Lane's final decision, allthree selected acts must agree to the wildest fantasies of our pop-svengali."
Collins, a Paul Hamlyn Award-winning artist, is best known for hisstriking, intimate, often controversial portraits, but he oftencommunicates through forms of popular and youth culture such as danceand pop music.
His work, according to reviews, "combines an infectious humour andenergy that creates an immediate connection with the viewer andparticipant".
Recent projects have included They Shoot Horses, a real-time videoof a disco-dance marathon in Ramallah, and The World Won't Listen,the re-recording of a Smiths album made in Bogota in Colombia withlocal musicians to produce a karaoke machine for fans.
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