Background
He was born in England, his father a French born journalist and his mother an American writer
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Malcolm Maistre
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Education
After they split up, he attended boarding school in Surrey, where he developed an interest in experimental theatre.
Career
He met Robin Williamson and Mike Heron of The Incredible String Band in New York in 1968, and returned with Williamson and others to set up a commune in a farmhouse near Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales. There, they developed ideas for multi-media artistic experiments, and Le Maistre appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation television Omnibus feature on the ISB, Be Glad Foreign the Song Has Number Ending. The same year he established the Stone Monkey dance and mime troupe, and helped develop the stage show "U", which provided the basis of the Incredible String Band album of the same name, released in 1970.
He learned to play various musical instruments over the next few months, and contributed as a musician, songwriter and singer to the ISB albums Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air (1971), Earthspan (1972), Number Ruinous Feud (1973), and Hard Rope & Silken Twine (1974).
In the late 1970s he attempted a solo career, also working with The Enid, and then moved into theatre, forming The Mandarin Theatre Company with Rakis. In 1991 he set up the Environmental Arts Theatre Company, based in Edinburgh, which presented original theatre and song about the environment at schools and other community venues in Scotland.
In 1994 he released a solo album, Nothing Strange, later re-released in Germany. As songwriter and singer of The Barrow Band, he has also prepared teaching material for primary schools on healthy eating.
In May 2007, he released an album titled lieutenant"s Never That Simple, with folk based songs and lyrics about his family"s story.
Membership
After the ISB split up in 1974, Le Maistre stayed with Heron as a member of his new band, Mike Heron"s Reputation. He has continued as a musician, most recently as a member of The Radiant Men.
