Biography

Fragile State is the moniker of the British duo Neil Cowley and Ben Mynott. Cowley, toured extensively with Zero 7 and several other groups. Neil now is the front man for his HUGELY successful Neil Cowley Jazz Trio. The three-piece's first album, Displaced, was an aspiring piece of modern jazz that drew upon Cowley's background in soul; going on to win the 2007 BBC Jazz Awards' Album of the Year. Mynott, a DJ/Producer/Radio Broadcaster/Album Compiler/Music Consultant has released over 30 albums selling over 250,000 records. His Fluidnation radio shows on Chill Radio (DAB) clock in over 80,000 weekly listeners. Mynott's highly acclaimed Chillout Lounge albums for the iLabel have been hugely popular and PHENOMENAL sellers with his Fluidnation fanbase. Last years Chillout Lounge album was a massive seller and continues to fly. Cowley and Mynott joined together as Fragile State which led Muzik Magazine to tip the duo as 'the next big British thing'. Bar De Lune released Fragile State's debut album, The Facts And The Dreams, in October 2002. In 2004, the duo released their sophomore set Voices of the Dustbowl which went straight into the UK Indie Album chart at Number 5 and into the UK Dance Chart at Number 3 - only behind Air and Zero 7. BBC Music described it an album of "bucolic impressions and beguiling dream-inducing electronica, electing not to be a Xerox of their debut, but a worthy adversary. It's that which may similarly see it being crowned as an Album of the Year".