Ian Masters

Ian Masters (born 4 January 1964) is a multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/producer.

He is best known for being a founding member of the English indie pop band Pale Saints. Masters was their vocalist/bassist from their formation in 1987 until his departure from the group in 1992. Since then, he has gone on to perform in other notable groups including Spoonfed Hybrid, ESP Summer, and Friendly Science Orchestra.

Biography Masters was born in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.

During Masters' tenure with Pale Saints, the group released The Comforts of Madness and In Ribbons as well as several EPs. The recordings featured a mix of Masters' choirboy-like vocals with dark atmospheric and noisy pop tunes. Masters, who wasn't interested in touring,

In 2018, he released a Wing Disk/Cucumber Concubine split single 7" with The Montgolfier Brothers' songwriter Mark Tranmer.

In 2019, he teamed up with Australian electronica musician Tim Koch to form Isolated Gate. In 2020, they released 2 EPs "T.L.C." and "Horologium Demos E.P." available on Bandcamp and as a limited edition toy lathe cut. In 2022 they released their first E.P. on Darla, "Hapax Legomenon". In 2022 they will release the E.P. "No Heart No Home" and their debut LP in early 2023.

In 2020, Masters and Warren Defever regrouped across continents as ESP Summer to release a mini-LP comprising a cover-version of The 13 Floor Elevators' Kingdom of Heaven in several phases of sonic degradation.