Chris Taplin
An arts graduate with professional experience as a musician, he was signed to 4AD, Virgin and Heavenly Records, before becoming MD for Ruby (Creation Records). He has subsequently progressed into tour, production and artist management, working with a roster of artists, including Tricky, Fun Lovin Criminals, Judas Priest, Muse, Morcheeba and New Order before starting Shooting Star Productions.
Polly Marshall Taplin
Oxford graduate, Sussex postgraduate. Now voyaging with Chris. Award-winning founder of beat literature salon Do Tongues, she’s Kathy Acker’s Pirate Pol, as a baby sat on Jimi Hendrix’s knee, and produced Patti Smith’s 2003 residency at Charleston, Sussex. Author of produced plays Phoebe, Little Gipsy Girl, and Allegra, official biographer of Arthur Brown the God of Hellfire. Fires glitter cannons.
Selected Clients
Tours and concerts
Leftfield
Simply Red
(Anohni) Antony & the Johnsons
Björk
Mick Hucknall
The Pogues
The Darkness
The Faces
Placebo
Grace Jones
Sigur Rós
Muse
Mercury Rev
Ladytron
Satellite Tour,
with Eliza and the Bear, Sons & Lovers, and Fred Page
Suede
Super Furry Animals
Morcheeba
Festivals
Glastonbury
Green Man
Good Times in the Park
Desert Rock
Womad
Consulting
Universal Music Artist Rights and Touring Services Department
Cato Music
Arts Events
Andri Snær Magnason
Patti Smith
Books
The God of Hellfire: The Crazy Life and Times of Arthur Brown
Hollywood Heat
Advancing
Alphabeat
Amy MacDonald
Bat for Lashes
My Bloody Valentine