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Callen & Moor are half of Stockport band The Spinning Fields. Thier debut CD, "Downtime", as the name suggests, was recorded in the 'downtime' from their commitments to The Spinning Fields and other projects such as Vermin and Theme Park. Initially very lo-fi in approach, recordings became more sophisticated with the arrival of sound engineer and multi-instrumentalist The Bonsai Whale, aka Matt Crawford, who is now a permanent fixture in the Callen & Moor live setup. Musically ranging through bouncy alt country, punky blues and sheer experimentalism, "Downtime" veers from quirky lyrical observation to what John Moor terms 'serious walks on the dark side'. Additional keyboards, guitar, sax and vocals on the album were provided by the Spinning Fields' Dominic Kearney.