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| January 2012 The homepage image has been changed to reflect the release of 'Himalayan Surf Music'.
After last years forays into Handpan and Ambient releases, my guitar/psych recordings of 2011 have finally been gathered together in one place. 'Himalayan Surf Music' is the best of last years noodley freakouts; the title just kind of 'jumped out' when I compiled the tracklisting :)
The video for 'Surf Music' can be found here. The video for 'Temples' is here. The album can be downloaded here.
September 2011 The homepage image has been changed to reflect the release of 'Circles of Silence', a new 4-track 60-minute album of beatless ambient music. The theme for this release is centred around the work of the Dragon Project, whose work on ancient British megalithic sites is very interesting indeed.
As usual the album can be found on the downloads page.
June 2011
May 2011 I've added some updates and free wallpapers to the Handpan page.
February 2011 'Pandora' my new album of handpan music has been completed and is now available for download. Those people used to my electronic ambient may be slightly surprised, but hey - it's still ambient! :) Definitely the LEAST electronic album I've ever made.
December 2010 The new album 'The Universe Is Music' is now complete and has been uploaded to the Music page. Seven tracks of down-tempo ambient electronic music. I'm very happy with this album, although it's taken a while to come to fruition. Enjoy...
November 2010 The cover for the new album 'The Universe Is Music' has been uploaded to the music page.
It's all gone black!!
I thought it was time to tone things down a bit, I'd had that old colour scheme for years. Anyhow, onto the music...
The next album now has a working title of 'The Universe is Music' and features seven tracks between 7 and 14 minutes in length. Definitely one of my more electronic albums, but not as 'full on' techno as the Zodiac Wheel project. Think Orb rather than Orbital!
Upcoming releases: Early next year should see another handpan album, tentatively titled 'Pandora'; this is well underway. Also in the works is a project called 'Echo Chamber' exploring the delights of loooong delays delays delays delays
October 2010 I'm currently working on my next release which is looking like it will an ambient/electronic album. No working title at the moment but it's likely to be five or six 10minute plus tracks. Minimal acoustic instruments, maximum synths - somewhere around the FAX records / The Orb / Rainbow Dome Music area.
Mooch have released the 'Train Klang' album, http://www.ambientlive.com/albums/mooch_trainklang.htm
One long 70 minute track...
September 2010 Very shortly Steve Palmer's 'Mooch' project will be releasing a new album of material entitled 'Train Klang', for which I contributed monochord and gliss guitar. I've heard samples of the finished work and it's pretty mind-blowing stuff. It's shaping up to be a krautrock/ambient/electronic extravaganza!
June 2010 SOLITUDE The third volume of my 'Soundscapes' series is now available for download. As hinted at earlier in the year it contains some very relaxing tracks featuring fairly minimal instrumentation. A taster video can be seen here. Only available as a 192kb mp3 download.
April 2010 Damn, recording handpans and tongue drums is difficult! There are so many harmonics and overtones - especially on the Halo.
March 2010 This year will see an album of handpan / tongue drum / monochord music - working title is 'Solitude' and it will be a very ambient album. Keep your ears peeled!
February 2010 I'm having lots of fun with the monochord and tongue drums, they're leading me down a much more relaxing path. In fact I've recently finished a piece with the HAPI, monochord, singing bowl and guitar which may be the most laid back and beautiful piece of music I've ever created. However, I could listen to it in the morning and think it's total drivel! We've all been there...
January 2010 On the back of last years release comes Soundscapes Volume 2 - the second in a series of fairly laid-back instrumental releases. Twelve tracks to bring you gently into 2010, only available as a 192kb mp3 download. Music for watching the snow fall...
December 2009 Handpan page added. There will be more of these featured on the Soundscapes Volume 2 release.
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