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Guitarist from Oklahoma...some of these tracks are up to 10 years old in no specific order but the older songs are generally near the bottom of the list.  I'm pretty bad at naming things so everything is named with the best description I can give.  This is just a catalog of my riffs and ideas I have recorded over the years.  I also dabble in some hip hop beats, I really love underground MC's like Atmosphere and MF Doom, I would say my inspiration comes from that type of hip hop.  Hope you like it!

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Progressive guitar driven electronic post rock with some 80's charm...

Coming together from 3 corners of the globe, Ascending Dawn has arrived with their melodic prog-metal design, fronted by Greek/Cypriot singer Marlain Angelides.  

The debut album ‘Coalesce’  has elements of emotional depth, sparse thoughtfulness, intensity, while layers of melodic vocals adorn the work as it transcends genre rules. The project was completely self-funded and self-produced, mixed and mastered by Jochem Jacobs of Split Second Sound in Amsterdam.

The collaboration between Marlain, Mark Weatherley (drums/guitars) and Owen Rees (guitars) began in London in 2013.  Marlain’s background in rock and pop yielded surprising results when demoing material over the heavily prog based music. Jennifer Fletcher is featured on bass. The sound was instantly recognizable as something new: thoughtful and provocative with hard-hitting and honest lyrical themes.  

The combination of pop sensibilities and metal riffs create a sound that is anthemic and hard-hitting, and totally unforgettable.

Contact: info@wudrecords.co.uk
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ACTIVE ARTISTS:
Flicker, Dark Company, Pok the Bard, The Bastard Sons of Dennis

LEGACY ARTISTS:
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* For DIY musicians:

Looking to grow your fanbase? Here's a proven strategy for success. It's a bit time-consuming at first because you need to work at it often. However, the awesome results will make it worth your while:

http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/be-discovered-on-social-media

That article was published in March 2017. While some of the links may no longer work, the theory absolutely will. Try it for yourself!

* Unfortunately...

Due to brexshit, broken britain, rip-off britain, corruption, lies and bias in the media, bigotry, racism, intolerance, polarisation, the fact that some of our family members would not be allowed to remain post-brexit, state-sponsored child trafficking (yes, that's right, we said it - it's pretty shocking, start reading from here if you don't believe it: https://forced-adoption.com/), an increasing sense of frustration and exasperation, and general total weariness of being treated with nothing but derision, ignorance and contempt by the entire shebang since the early 80s, we decided enough was enough and moved our entire operation from brexeter in the uk to begin our grand brexodus in 2017. We are now brefugees, living in brexile very near the border of the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. If you live in (the crumbling remains of) the uk, do yourself a favour and leave. The upgrade in life quality will blow your mind.

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We are against corporate brainwash muzak, their puppet friends in the mass media, and many other corporate activities. We will fight their desecration of music until either it stops or we die. 

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We're politically liberal. We cannot support the republicans, maga or gun violence in the usa. We don't see there's any real difference, other than in name, between the christian far right in the USA and the taliban in Afghanistan.

In the uk we are broadly pro LibDem/Green/Labour/SNP. We are VERY anti-tory, bnp, ukip, and any of their friends and associates. We have no trust at all in the uk right wing press monopoly and the bbc. Beware the bbc and its claims of neutrality. It is the propaganda mouthpiece of the tory party. It even charges a propaganda tax called the licence fee. But we like Test Match Special and Radio 6, so does that make us hypocrites...? Hmm.

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