Stunning! I love everything in this song! Brilliant!

you got a black eye with no mascara in sight
no cover up makeup gonna hide that fight

guitat,synth,drum machine, vocals x2

Walkout

we all know one of these even i could be one too
guitar, synth, piano, drum machine, bass, vocal  = me

march fly

March Fly

swimming with my friend in the andaman sea off the Phuket coast and he says 'this is where I'd begin and this is where I'd end'

where i'd begin

First track for a long time. 2025 Northcape rough master. Photo by Julio M. https://www.pexels.com/photo/water-falling-through-cracks-between-rocks-14334917/

Aquifer

got many requests for this one from a few years back, italy, pic with my love from scilly recently...need sun...relentlessly raining in uk...mixed down on the zahl, think theres better mixes, will upload if i find em,

Zahl am1  live track 1c f760m1 unfinshd

Unknown album (8/09/2010 8:02:14 PM)

poor charlie

Sophie Barker’s distinctive and critically acclaimed vocal range, paired with her emotional song-writing skills, have yielded world-wide chart-topping singles, million-selling albums and music collaborations with artists as diverse as David Guetta, Zero 7, Groove Armada, The Egg and Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins).

Perhaps best known as one of the trio of original Zero 7 singers, alongside Sia and Mozez, Sophie’s long-awaited 3rd solo album, ’Break the Habit’ took 4 years to record but sees her more comfortable than ever in her own skin. 

Undoubtedly her best work to date, the LP effortlessly flows between her upfront live sound, finely-honed from intense touring and appearances with her band at festivals and venues across the UK and USA, and more atmospheric, mood driven electronica.

Produced by Alex Pilkington, and written by her, with collaborations from Alex, Paul Silver and her band, the album pours out of your speakers like honey. The hypnotic tremolo guitar and soothing vocals of ‘Break The habit’ collide with a timeless low slung drum groove to kick of proceedings, then ‘Start Me’ drops the listener into a haunting world of dream-pop. 

The first single, ‘I Do It to Myself’, ups the tempo, as jangly guitars and synths drive this sexy strut of a song into the esoteric harpsichord breakdown, before the effortlessly catchy eponymous chorus hooks you back in. A stunning and totally justified cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Gold Dust Woman’ confirms the breadth of Sophie’s vocal range, before the electronic loops, edgy synths, analogue fx and melancholic vocal delivery of ‘Let’s Start Again’ nail the atmospherics on the second single from the LP and sumptuous outro.

Sophisticated and stylish, packing a punch and full to the brim of lush sonic surprises, it’s another stunning album from this sultry songstress.

Sophie Barker - Break The Habit (preview)

Demo 2018

Wish You Well  (cover)

Yellow  (cover)

Abstract ideas, crystallized.

recorded 2018, remix and master 2021.

Walt - drum programming, electric piano, synth pads, piano, guitar
Paul - horns, cowbell, rick bass synth, solina

Lattice (with Paul Frick)

DOWNTEMPO / FUNK / AMBIENT
Inspired by: Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia), Zero 7, dZihan & Kamien, Boards of Canada, Mark Knopfler, Pat Metheny, Ulrich Schnauss, Jean-Michel Jarre

Lattice (with Paul Frick)

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