Gavin Dunbar

Bass machine with Camera Obscura, DJ, gentleman, Whovian, thrift store manager, geek for music, geek for sci-fi, geek for sitcoms, Petrocelli of the home studio, expert in the art of procrastination, waistcoat-sporting aficionado of the pocket watch, longstanding supporter of the Harry Wraggs and King of Partick. You can follow Camera Obscura on Twitter here and Patrick on Twitter here.

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Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Being a Scottish Musician Post-Brexit

Music

By Gavin Dunbar | June 28, 2016

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Being a Scottish Musician Post-Brexit

Dunbar wants to live in a socially just society, and he believes the one in which he has been living and working is likely to disappear

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks the Phantom Band’s Fears Trending

Music

By Gavin Dunbar | March 19, 2015

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks the Phantom Band’s Fears Trending

Glasgow is more than a city, it’s a tradition. A tradition that the Phantom Band is doing a smashing job of upholding.

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Alexis Taylor’s Await Barbarians

Music

By Gavin Dunbar | June 17, 2014

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Alexis Taylor’s Await Barbarians

I once played my son, who is nine, a Durutti Column album and he complained because he didn't like it, and I said, “But it's art" and, being a bit...

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Murray Gold & the BBC National Concert Orchestra of Wales’ Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack – Series 7

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By Gavin Dunbar | September 8, 2013

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Murray Gold & the BBC National Concert Orchestra of Wales’ Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack – Series 7

I always buy the new Doctor Who soundtrack releases, very much including the newly released Doctor Who: Series 7. It's my favourite...

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Franz Ferdinand’s Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

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By Gavin Dunbar | August 27, 2013

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Franz Ferdinand’s Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

Franz Ferdinand came from nowhere, or so it seemed. Most of the band had been around Glasgow in bands for an age, or worked in venues doing sound...