Hugh Robert Banton ( born 1949 ) is a British organist and organ builder, member of the Van der Graaf Generator .
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| Full name | Hugh Robert Banton |
| Date of Birth | 1949 |
| Place of Birth | Yeovil , Somerset |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Professions | musician organ builder |
| Years of activity | - present time |
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| Genres | progressive rock , art rock |
| Collectives | Van der graaf generator |
| Labels | Mercury, Charisma, Virgin |
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Career
Banton learned keyboards at Wakefield Cathedral while studying at Silcoates School in Yorkshire . He later practiced as a television engineer at the BBC . In May 1968 he became a member of the Van der Graaf Generator . In live performances he played on the Hammond organ and the farfiz organ. In the studio he also played the piano and bass.
In 1975, he began the construction of a commissioned body based on the Hammond model, but similar in sound to the spiritual. This was achieved through the installation of oscillators : the lower notes reached 16 Hz, reproduction was carried out through twenty-four-inch subwoofers .
Banton left the band at the end of 1976. Worked on the design, construction, and installation of power tools at Makin Organs. In 1992 he opened The Organ Workshop (from the English - “organ workshop”).
In 2005, reunited with former Van der Graaf Generator members Peter Hammill and Guy Evans.
Discography
Solo
- JS Bach - The Goldberg Variations (organ) (2003)
- Gustav Holst - The Planets (organ) (2009)
- JS Bach - HB plays JSB on HB3 (HB3 organ system) (2019)
Together with Van der Graaf Generator
- The Aerosol Gray Machine (1969)
- The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other (1970)
- H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
- Pawn Hearts (1971)
- Godbluff (1975)
- Still Life (1976)
- World Record (1976)
- Time Vaults (1982)
- Maida Vale (1994)
- An Introduction: From The Least to The Quiet Zone (2000)
- The Box (2000)
- Present (2005)
- Real Time (2007)
- Trisector (2008)
- A Grounding in Numbers (2011)
Other releases
- Fool's Mate ( Peter Hammill ) (1971)
- Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (Hammill) (1973)
- The Long Hello (Hugh Banton, Guy Evans, David Jackson, Nick Potter) (1973)
- The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (Hammill) (1974)
- Nadir's Big Chance (Hammill) (1975)
- Psi-Fi (Seventh Wave) (1975)
- The Love Songs (Hammill) (1984)
- Skin (Hammill) (1985)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blues (Banton, Evans, Jackson) (1985)
- Everyone You Hold (Hammill) (1997)
- The Union Chapel Concert (Evans, Hammill) (1997)
- Curly's Airships (Judge Smith) (2000)