Coming To My Senses

Ben Bryden - Voice, Guitar, Tenor Saxophone
Kenmore clothes dryer - percussion

Written 6th September 2017
Recorded and mixed 8-9 September 2017



Lyrics:
Please tell me that you'll stay
I want to see you in the darkness in the day
I want to be there when the moon meets the sun

Do you really have to go
I want to see you in the grey corona glow
I want to be there when Selene steals our Sol

Crescents in the shade of the trees
Cicadas sing of totality
Inviting us to look at the Sun

Next time I'll take you home
See our junior partners cast in monochrome
And we'll tell them when to look at the sun

Though someday we'll be gone
As we join the noon cicadas in their song
But we'll be there when they look at the sun

Cicada Song

Scarista

Ben Bryden - voice, guitar, tenor saxophone

Looking East but facing West, standing on the shore
Wrap you up in feever rest, upon the stable floor

Waiting for the Spectre by the Door
Waiting for the love that once was there but lives no more

Stranded at my fate's behest, as the seagulls soar
At this vantage point I rest, through the mistral roar

Overcome by thoughts repressed, but remnant in the core
Of these ends I will divest, as I've done before

Spectre by the Door

"I am my mother's only one"

In honour of the tenth anniversary of Bon Iver's 'For Emma, Forever Ago', released March 10th 2008

Also in honour of UK Mother's Day, March 11th 2018

A cover of Justin Vernon's 'Flume', 

arranged and performed by Ben Bryden - (saxophone, voice, guitar)

Flume [Bon Iver Cover]

The title pays homage to friend and collaborator Reinier Baas, who appeared on Ben Bryden’s last album release in 2016 ‘Glasgow Dreamer - The Music of Ivor Cutler’. Reinier’s indomitable style of ‘Mostly Improvised Instrumental Indie Music’ was immortalised on his 2011 release ‘The More Socially Relevant Jazz Music Ensemble’.
 
The result here is a smouldering exchange between tenor saxophonist Bryden and guitarist Phil Robson from a strong melodic launching pad blending a jazz aesthetic with Rock’n’Roll references. Featuring the ceaseless forward motion of Desmond White on bass and Rajiv Jayaweera on drums.

This is the first single from the forthcoming album Figure of Eight, which releases November 8th 2019.

released September 18, 2019

Ben Bryden - tenor saxophone
Phil Robson - guitar
Desmond White - bass
Rajiv Jayaweera - drums

Circavision Productions
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A Respectful Salute to the Socially Relevant (Single)

Scarista is a place that holds personal significance for saxophonist Ben Bryden, best described by poet Hugh MacMillan:

The parallels, the music of the spheres, the synchronicity, the long lives to share.

The city in orbit around them
the pair perfectly centred, 
discovering more, each moment
at the edge of an ocean.
 Scotland the aching, Scotland
 the indelible, but America 
the golden, land brimmed with promise now flooded by romance.

It is the way of the world- 
goodbyes and hellos- 
and in each twist and turn
 we freeze our love in amber 
and give gifts, we celebrate and remember
that the world is always for the young. 
credits
releases October 16, 2019

This is the second single from the forthcoming album Figure of Eight, which releases November 8th 2019.

Ben Bryden - tenor saxophone
Phil Robson - guitar
Desmond White - bass
Rajiv Jayaweera - drums

Circavision Productions

www.benbryden.com

Scarista (Single)

New York based Scottish-Americana Post-Rock-Indie-Jazz Saxophone. Or something. But probably mostly jazz.