 As well as performing regularly, Idris has a studio in South London where he has produced and mixed many albums, racking up an impressive catalogue including two mercury-nominated albums that he mixed - Melting Pot by Zoe Rahman and Basquiat Strings' debut album -  and MOBO-nominated album 'Love Letters and Other Missiles' by Julia Biel which he produced.He has written and produced music for television and film, and is currently working on music for a feature film to be released in 2020/21.Idris studied music at Oxford University and has been a teacher and workshop leader for over twenty years, working in schools, colleges and universities, teaching instrumental lessons, composition and song writing.