Daniel Rachel was born in England the summer before The Beatles announced their break-up. He wrote his first song when he was sixteen and was the lead-singer of Rachels Basement, which he formed in his early twenties. In 2001, he released his debut solo album, "A Simple Twist Of Folk", on Dust Records, followed in 2006 by "A Taste Of Money". Daniel is a specialist in Forum Theatre direction and lives in north London with his partner and three children." The Art of Noise "is his first book.