24.11.14

Tying up loose ends

It has been quite a while since I last sat down in my studio to make music, but over the last few weeks I have been revisiting a couple of old unfinished tracks with a view of finishing them for a release.

That release will be available in November.  I am not going to say much more at this time but expect some news over the next few weeks.

Today, we all grew a little bit wiser

On Monday I had an hour to kill at the hospital. 
I used the time to make a new track/video.

It's called 'Today we all grew a little bit wiser' ... It is not a finished track, but wanted to upload it anyway.

RELEASE DAY - Cocktail Party Syndrome

Cocktail Party Syndrome is released today.

There are a number of ways you can listen, buy, enjoy it.

First up the physical release on limited edition cassette tape - available on Bandcamp

Then, the main digital outlets : Bandcamp & iTunes.

Or if streaming is your thing you can listen on Soundcloud & Spotify.

nb. iTunes & Spotify both features 2 bonus tracks which are the 2013 singles I released.

Please do spread the word and let me know what you think ...

Listen to all of CPS

You can now listen to all 5 tracks from Cocktail Party Syndrome on Soundcloud.

The record is out on Monday and you will be able to download from iTunes, Bandcamp, stream on Spotify and buy on cassette tape.

New Video : Friday Night Begins

Another Friday and another new video for you.

This is the opening track from 'Cocktail Party Syndrome' and it's called Friday Night Begins.
The song is about that moment when the weekend kicks in and you are off out to party.

So - tonight - turn it up loud - press play and enjoy ...

 

6 Music Recommends - Amongst the Pigeons

Last night on the '6 Music recommends show' Steve Lamacq played 'Waiting in the rain'.

He said “I do like the fact that he’s managed to capture what sounds like electronic cooing”which made me smile.

You can listen online from about 37 mins in 

Thanks Steve!

Next new video : N700

Hello and happy Friday.

Hope you all enjoyed last week's news and video.

As promised I will be revealing another new video today.

This week it's a track called 'N700'. Named after my local nightbus home.

The video features a pigeon attached to a helicopter.
I would like to thank Gareth Brandwood for his helicopter skills.



This track and last weeks are both taken from the forthcoming 'Cocktail Party Syndrome' which is being released on limited edition cassette tape and digital download.

There are less than 20 copies of the tape, so if you want one - act fast and order here.

 There will be another new video next week!

News > Cocktail Party Syndrome & new video

I have been looking forward to doing this post for a while, so here goes....

I am delighted to reveal that on Monday 7th July 2014 I will be releasing a new collection of songs entitled 'Cocktail Party Syndrome'.

CPS contains five brand new tracks which I have been working on over the last 18 months.  You will be able to buy CPS as a digital download and also ... as a very limited edition home-made coloured cassette tape.

Each cassette sleeve has been handmade and is totally unique.  

LIMITED CASSETTE

Tracklisting

1. Friday night begins
2. Waiting in the rain
3. N700
4. Don't mistake me for a ninja
5. Bedtime rituals




Preorder the limited edition cassette on Bandcamp
Preorder the digital download on Bandcamp

The release will also be available on iTunes and Spotify from 7/7/14.



That's not all....
Starting from today for the next 5 Fridays, I will be revealing a video for each of the 5 tracks.

The first of these is for the lead track 'Waiting in the rain' which can be viewed below and on my YouTube channel.  The video is made up of clips from my trip to Cuba earlier on this year.

 

As always, any help in sharing and spreading the news of this release is very much appreciated.

#ATPCPS


Also - if you can't get onto YouTube - here is the track on SoundCloud.

Soon, I promise!

It has been quite sometime since I last did a blog post.  I'm sure there have been people looking at my site and blog area wondering if I still exist.  Well I do and I have been busy.

I am not going to go into full details here today, but what I can say is in early June I will be doing a full round-up of news which focuses on the next release.

Whilst I won't go into details here what I can say is that I am really proud of the next record.  It's taken a while to make.  My time on ATP has reduced over the last couple of years, but I think even though there is less output - what is released is much better.

Keep your eyes peeled as there will be a lot coming your way ......... Soon, I promise!