Garden of Surreal Dreams
Experimental eclectic music project; using a cornucopia of instruments; encompassing a multitude of genres; Ambiavantelectroexperifolkgothjazprogpsychwave
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The Eternal Light of Will
A personal tribute to musician Bill Nelson. A journey using 12-string semi acoustic guitar, 6-string electric guitars, digital synthesizer, drum machine, vocals, limited hand percussion (home-made shaker & Circulon saucepan lids - nice tone!).
From Nowhere To Here And Back Again
Sonic tapestry of cymbals, primal howls, saxophone, violin, bamboo flute, harmonica, otherworldly voices. All sounds recorded in a meadow and processed in the studio. No synths or samplers used in the origination, destruction & eventual re-creation.
Moments Merge In Time
Multi-layered electrickery guitar atmospherics over solid multi-overlaid purposely offset deep drum machine rhythms, with a couple of twists to keep you on your toes. You can dance or dream (or both).
Solace Found In Summer Fields (unplugged version)
Emotive instrumental played on a downtuned Blankenstein overstrung upright Piano. Recorded in one take with 3 mics and no studio trickery or effects. Presented bare as it came for an unplugged challenge. Use headphones to hear natural string reverb.
Love Will Not Die When My Heart Stops Beating
An experimental song using vocals, violin, arpa magica, electronic treatments and looped heartbeat skindrum.
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Experimental eclectic music project; using a cornucopia of instruments; encompassing a multitude of genres; referred to by my tongue twister Ambiavantelectroexperifolkgothjazprogpsychwave. The tracks on Soundclick are first idea mixes from long ago and will be remixed or remastered at some point in the future for release on Bandcamp. All music/lyrics/images are original creations and therefore copyright of the artist.Band/artist history
For latest releases please click BANDCAMP link here on Soundclick.
Fortune has favoured six of the currently loaded tracks, with one reaching no.1 position in a main Soundclick chart and five reaching no.1 in various sub-genre charts.
'Children Everywhere' released on various artists, limited edition cassette 'Diary of a Madman', organised by Stuart McClean of The Dark Outside. Also available as download.
'Sail The Stars On A Ship Filled With Wonder' released on various artists, limited edition 2CD set 'Professional Secrets' (artists inspired by Bill Nelson). A few spare CD sets plus T-shirt and poster (all of which were very kindly signed by Bill Nelson), were auctioned for charity at a Nelsonica event in 2012.
'The Eternal Light Of Will' released on various artists limited edition 3CD set 'Confessions of Young moderns' (tribute to Bill Nelson).
Originated/played analogue Synthesizer part as guest musician on Purple Hearts 4th 7" vinyl single 'My Life's a Jigsaw' (Safari Records), which made it on to the BBC Radio One playlist and received regular airplay, reaching no.23 in the national UK independent charts. Featured in the Record Collector 'Rare Record Price Guide' book. The track has had several re-releases over the years, first on various artists vinyl albums and then in 2002 on the CD titled '25th Anniversary Commemorative Album Of Safari Records', alongside artists such as Toyah, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, Gary Holton, The Boys, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple). The single was released again on the 2009 Purple Hearts CD 'Mod Singles Collection'. Both CDs available on Amazon and elsewhere. Also available as download.
Looking backwards through the time machine, have played in a number of bands: Orange Moon (4-piece indie rock-ish), Movements In Art (analogue synth duo, previously known as Plaza), One Hit Wonders (5-piece pop punk-ish), The Clique (4-piece punky new wave-ish), Coral Strands (5-piece alt prog-ish), Stars (5-piece alt rock-ish), Red (3-piece experimental prog-ish), La Lanterne (avant experimental psych prog-ish duo), plus ancient solo works (a variety of ish-genres). Basic recordings from many of these will hopefully be resurrected and released when and where possible, depending on sound quality!Have you performed in front of an audience?Played live with various bands many years ago. Unlikely to play live in the future but, if so, it would likely be fairly experimental and improvisational.
Your musical influences
Dreams; Mother Nature; Mysterious Phenomena; Osmosis; Spiritual Possibilities; Life, the Universe & Everything. Too many musical influences to mention here but they all come broadly under my term Ambiavantelectroexperifolkgothjazprogpsychwave. Plus theme and incidental music from films, television fictional series, factual documentaries.What equipment do you use?
Calling out for my attention and waiting to be used at any given moment are:
Electric 6 & 12 string guitars, fretted & fretless bass guitars, steel-strung & nylon-strung acoustic guitars, synthesizers & other electric keyboards, blankenstein antique piano, the human voice, a selection of various wind instruments, various other unusual stringed instruments, assorted real organic percussion, drum machines, sequencers, electronics, field recordings, found sounds, plus anything else of interest that I may come across.
Effects/Processing by Zoom, Boss, Electro Harmonix, Coloursound, Ebow, MXR, Wem, Behringer, plus all sorts of computer audio plugins from the subtle to the extreme. Recording on Apple Mac, Tascam digital portastudio, Tascam field recorder, Tandberg reel to reel.Anything else?
A few snippets from the past that may be of interest to some:
One of my early band Coral Strands' occasional drummers, Mark Laff, was meant to also play with me in The Clique, but instead auditioned for The Clash and ended up being offered the drum job in Vic Godard's Subway Sect. After playing with them supporting The Clash on the 'White Riot' tour, he landed the plum role of drummer in Billy Idol's first band Generation X and went on to international success with top 30 hit singles and albums (well done Mark!).
From my early band The Clique, our second bass player Nick Welsh went on to much success in later years and initiated the reforming of ska band The Selecter, in which he became bassist, songwriter and producer. He also played with 3 Men & Black (that had occasional members such as Bruce Foxton of The Jam and Jean Jacques Burnell of The Stranglers) and collaborated with reggae legend Lee 'Scratch' Perry on the album 'Jamaican E.T.', which won them a grammy. He's also written music for television and film. The Clique recorded four studio tracks with Nick on bass which remain unreleased (including one of his own songs).
During auditions for my band The Clique, a drummer called Jim Walker agreed to join us (after he'd already auditioned for The Damned) but unfortunately only a very short time later, and before we had the chance to actually rehearse with him, he changed his mind and became the first drummer with John Lydon's Public Image (and who can blame him?). International success and hit records soon followed after he played on the first Public Image album and singles, and toured with the band.
My younger sister initiated and organised the very first Ultravox fan club through the time of the first 2 albums (John Foxx era). She then went on to initiate and organise the Purple Hearts fan club throughout it's existence.
Some time after I played on their 4th single, Purple Hearts went on to work with Paul Weller as producer of a few studio tracks intended as a demo for record label attraction (Paul also played piano on one track). These original recordings have since been released.
The producer for the Purple Hearts single was Andy Arthurs, whose distinguished career includes producing for acts such as The Stranglers, Joe Jackson, Wilco Johnson, The Alarm, Advertising, 999 and Tom Robinson among others. He has also been a recording engineer for many top artists including Marc Bolan, Bryan Ferry, Paul McCartney, Todd Rundgren, Harry Nilsson, Cat Stevens, Waterboys etc. Andy trained at The Beatles producer George Martin's Air Studios in London (inc. six month's personal training from George himself) and as a freelance producer/engineer at EMI Abbey Road among many others. Andy also sang backing vocals on the 'My Life's a Jigsaw' single.READ MORE
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An interesting ensemble of rhythmic timbres leads to an evolving soundscape. This is really well done! One for my station :-)
VERY COOL!! Love it!
Interesting and unique creation of sounds. Enjoyed the musical journey.
Not enough stars to zapp for this enchanting composition.
An excellent creation. Great production, as well.
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