Chris Cutler. The intricate, largely instrumental music of bands such as Egg, Hatfield & The North and Henry Cow, and by contrast, the more spontaneous, lyrically driven approach of Spirogyra, were both powerful formative musical influences on Gaskin during the six years she lived in Canterbury. When Spirogyra split up, Gaskin left England to travel in Asia for nearly three years, following her interest in Eastern philosophy and culture while earning money by teaching English. She continued to sing – in Japan, professionally – and while living in Java and Bali became very interested in gamelan music. She also lived in India for a total of 18 months. On returning to England, Gaskin was invited by drummer Germaine Dolan to play keyboards and sing in the all female band Red Roll On. Based in Canterbury, the band played in clubs and art colleges in the London area. But Gaskin also renewed her musical association with Dave Stewart by contributing vocals to his compositions on Bill Bruford's "Gradually Going Tornado" album. In 1981 Gaskin and Stewart joined forces and recorded the hit single "It's My Party". The collaboration has continued to this day with a series of singles and albums on their own Broken Records label and Rykodisc Records. After 40 years together in 2021 Gaskin and Stewart were finally married. Discography With Spirogyra St. Radigunds (B&C, 1971) Old Boot Wine (B&C, 1972) Bells, Boots and Shambles (B&C, 1973) Burn The Bridges (Repertoire, 2000) With Hatfield and the North Hatfield and the North (Virgin, 1973) The Rotters' Club (Virgin, 1975) Afters (Virgin, 1980) Hatwise Choice (2005) Hattitude (2006) With Egg The Civil Surface (Virgin, 1974) The Metronomical Society (2007) With National Health National Health (1977) Of Queues and Cures (1978) D.S. al coda (1982) National Health Complete (1990) Missing Pieces (1994) Playtime (2001) With Bill Bruford Gradually Going Tornado (Polydor, 1980) With Peter Blegvad The Naked Shakespeare (Virgin, 1983) With Nigel Planer Neil's Heavy Concept Album (1984) With Phil Miller Cutting Both Ways (Cuneiform, 1989) With Jane Wiedlin Tangled (1990) With Rick Biddulph Second Nature (Voiceprint, 1994) With Dirk Mont Campbell Music from a Round Tower (Resurgence, 1996) Music from a Walled Garden (MFA, 2009) Singles / EPs with Dave Stewart "It's My Party" (Broken, 1981) "Johnny Rocco" (Broken, 1982) "Siamese Cat Song" (Broken, 1983) "Busy Doing Nothing" (Broken, 1983) "Leipzig" (Broken, 1983) "I'm in a Different World" (Broken, 1984) "The