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Harry Collier was born in Liverpool. His dad is from Ealing in West London, his mum from Tobago. Aged four the family left Merseyside for the Caribbean. 'In Tobago, that's where my love of music started,' remembers Collier. 'I played recorder, clarinet and classical guitar in a wind band.'

When he was 17 Collier moved back to England, settling in Cornwall. He started to play in bands, after a few years spent gigging in different incarnations, he moved to London, just as One Little Indian were attempting to sign his current band. But while working as a waiter in a North London organic café, he got another offer. Rollo, brother/collaborator of Dido, was in for a birthday meal. Harry was deputised from the staff to sing 'Happy Birthday' to the celebrant. Instantly impressed, Rollo invited Harry round to his Highbury studio.

Harry and Rollo would play some football, write a couple of dance tunes and talk of Harry singing on Rollo's second Dusted project. But as happens with musicians, things evaporated. No matter: Harry met Rollo's best friend from school, Ben Langmaid. He had a studio in the same complex. Then he met another friend of Langmaid's, Jeff Patterson. Harry describes both as 'chameleons', songwriters adept at working in a range of genres, on a variety of projects.
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