Tim & Athene (3DM)

Live music by the sea

3 Daft Monkeys headlined our first Blue Moon Festival and have played regularly since, we are always happy to welcome Tim and Athene back.
Athene has frequently been invited on stage by the Levellers to perform the fiddle-off with Jon Sevink, as a solo performer with Mark Chadwick and has been the leader of the Urban Gypsy Orchestra for The People’s String Foundation. Athene has played violin on many albums, most notably on a single for Hawkwind. She can also be seen in the Hollywood blockbuster, ‘Tulip Fever’.

“…I discovered a completely new approach to music around the colourful fires of the road protest camps…I was inspired by the Eastern European and Klezmer tunes I learnt there. On joining the quirky and innovative, cult, underground festival band Doo The Moog for a short while, the strange and colourful world of touring, festivals and improvisation drew me in…I then became a part of the original lineup of the festival ‘diddly-dub’ collective ‘Headmix’ with whom I toured…It was in Holland that I met Tim Ashton and soon joined his psychedelic punk band ‘Moondragon’.
Lyricist and songwriter, Tim Ashton is the charismatic frontman of 3DM. His compositions have been used in many films and documentaries and he has recorded lead vocals on tracks by The Changing Room and Whistle for Zetan Spore. Tim has also guested live onstage with the Levellers and the People’s String Foundation.

“I cut my teeth in punk and psychobilly bands in Bradford when I was a young teenager playing pubs and clubs…On moving to Cornwall as a late teen, I soon felt the allure of the open road…ending up busking on the streets of Amsterdam…Returning to Cornwall, I formed cult, psychedelic rock band ‘Moondragon’ with two of my brothers and future 3DM drummer Richie Mulryne. It was whilst I was on tour with them in Holland that I met violin and vocalist Athene Roberts.” A few years later 3DMs was formed.