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]

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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]

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