Still

Hi! Thanks for returning to, or visiting my site for the first time. It's been down for a while and has a new look. Over the last few months I've been recording some new music; 'Still'. It has five songs and six instrumentals and is a close cousin to last year's 'Satellite', although I think 'Still' is a lot more focused, hopeful and refined. Again, it's completely home-made (including mastering (which I feel I got better at this time around)). My wife provides some backing vocals on 'What Goes Around' as well as some percussion. The songs are more traditionally 'rock' (except 'What Goes Around' which is quietly funky) with some experimental elements thrown in and the instrumentals are definitely experimental. Many of the songs feature my Siel Mono synth which I bought in 1987, (basically an Italian copy of the Mini Moog) which has become severely battered over the years - it did throw out some sounds though and I was determined that I would record it before it completely gave up the ghost (the last time I recorded it was in the early 2000's I think). You can listen and buy here.

Satellite

A little bit unexpectedly, I have a new album called 'Satellite'. Recorded mostly over 2018, it is a lot more experimental and varied that anything that has come before from me. It has 11tracks, 3 of which are instrumentals. After two years of trying to complete 'something'....(and being distracted in the meantime by 'New Town'), I returned to some of the tracks I had been working on with a healthy irreverence and worked very quickly, adding guitar, synth, vocals and so on. Apart from a few vocals from session singers, 'Satellite' is completely homemade, including the mastering and backing vocals on two tracks by my brother.

I felt like doing the kind of music that I wanted to do, not what I thought would be acceptable to others - so if you like it, great, (there's got to be someone, right?!) - and if not, I am unbothered. Give it a spin though if you fancy.

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'The Reformation'

I have recently finished some filming for a mini-series on the reformation in the 16th century in England. Unsurprisingly, it's called 'The Reformation'. The episode I was involved with deals with the western rising, otherwise known as 'The Prayer Book Rebellion'. I played a peasant, a farmer and the son of a lady in waiting. I had a line or two, (if not cut) and it was great fun. My favourite bits were getting my throat slit(!) and the spoken part as a farmer using a probably not very precise Lancashire dialect. The series should be completed by Easter 2019.