Born in Creekmoor, Dorset to deeply religious parents, Laurence, as a child, ended up living with a new-age Christian community in New Zealand and then ended up, luckily, on the south coast of England via Universities in Cornwall and France. Laurence was the songwriter for Brighton based band chimp. They released two albums that received praise and airplay from the likes of John Peel, Steve Lamaq and Xfm.

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