Nigel Ipinson

Nigel Ipinson-Fleming (born 1970, Liverpool, England) is a British keyboardist.^[1] He has played, written and produced for several acts including Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), the Stone Roses and Ian Brown.^[2]

Ipinson-Fleming started playing piano when he was three years old.^[3] He first appeared in the group Juvenile Jazz, which won a 1987 BBC TV^[4] talent contest on Saturday Superstore called "Search for a Superstar", and issued a self-titled album the same year.^[5] Ipinson later played on the Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark albums Sugar Tax (1991) and Liberator (1993), and co-wrote the band's 1996 single, "Walking on the Milky Way".^[6]

Ipinson-Fleming assisted the Stone Roses as keyboardist throughout the band's Second Coming Tour of 1995 as well as on festival gigs in the summer of 1996,^[7] and appeared on some studio recordings by the group.^[8] Ipinson wrote songs for former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, and also played on other tracks from the singer's debut album Unfinished Monkey Business (1998). In 1999, Ipinson-Fleming became the Managing Director of UKChurches,^[9] a multimedia solutions company. He has also performed and written for Hot Chocolate and The Gospel Music Workshop of America,^[10] and has worked with many education bodies including St Mary Redcliffe School, Bristol Cathedral School, The Cabot Learning Federation, and Christchurch School Clifton.^[10]