Cashier Genius

Ten years ago there was a vivid confederation of young artists from Carryduff. They called themselves Cecil's Flea Circus. They made music and tinkered with multimedia and on one memorable occasion they arrived at The Limelight in Belfast in a spaceship made of cardboard and tinfoil.

They should have been our version of Super Furry Animals or even a match for that Bristol combo The Moonflowers. At very best, we might have hoped for the Wu Tang Clan of Co Down. Instead, they fractured into tiny creative pieces, still affecting the cultural climate in their own ways.

Danny Todd was the baby of the Flea Circus. But he held his own in the chaos and after the meltdown, he became a feature of Alloy Mental. He's worked with David Holmes, has rocked New York and played the Electric Proms in London. You may know him as the fabulous Cashier No. 9. Tonight, he will be on my radio show (10pm until midnight, 92-95FM, online at www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster). Hopefully he will be doing a version of '42 West Avenue', currently available as a single and further proof of the guy's ongoing finesse.