Submission for The Crow Hill Company Attic Grand Piano composer challenge

Only the “Attic Grand Piano” virtual instrument by The Crow Hill Company and a limiter was used for this piece.

Alas

The Woven Storm

Stone the Crows

Music for a short film of a ceramic piece.

Tree clock

Selected Winning Track - Crow hill Flash Challenge - Grivot Florian "Hollow Wake"

The first First Impressions podcast of 2025 is a northern soundscape interwoven with spoken word pieces from me and original music from Bonbon Experiment and Ocean in a Bottle. It takes its title from Lancaster Textures, a photo-poetry collab from Brad Cheek launched at Assembly Arts earlier this year. 

Most field recordings were made around the city or on counter-demonstrations elsewhere. It was good to dust off the Kenobi impression for the swear warning and work in a new, shortish (30-min) format. Sense that’s the way forward! More episodes in the pipeline. As this is another soundscape show, best listened to through headphones. 

Link to Bonbon Experiment’s (Adrian’s) music: https://bonbonexperiment.bandcamp.com

Link to Ocean in a Bottle’s (Andy’s) music: https://oceaninabottle.bandcamp.com  

Link to Brad’s photo/video work: https://bradverts.co.uk/multimedia/ 

Link to Adrian’s latest book: https://www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page/loners-by-adrian-slatcher-with-images-by-steven-heaton 

Link to Sleeve Notes project for record store day: https://sleeve-notes.bandcamp.com/album/sleeve-notes-new-writing-and-music-to-celebrate-record-store-day 

Link to my latest books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Peter-Humphreys/author/B06ZZ1MKWQ 

Andy’s Substack: https://andynartist.substack.com 

Adrian’s Substack: https://adrianslatcher.substack.com 


First Impressions - Episode 30 - Northern Textures

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Written/Composed By: 
David Bowie 

Published by:   
Chrysalis Music Group Inc Digital Only 
Tintoretto Music 
Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc 

Artwork by Felix Marques


Jherek Bischoff - Life On Mars? (Instrumental)

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credits
from Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute, releases February 5, 2016 
Written/Composed By:  
David Bowie      
Brian Eno      
Andrea Schroeder                                           

Published by:  
TINTORETTO MUSIC 
SCREEN GEMS-EMI obo EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING 
UNIVERSAL MUSIC MGB SONGS obo EG MUSIC 
Artwork by HA-HA
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LYRICS:
Du 
Könntest du schwimmen 
Wie delphine 
Delphine es tun 
Niemand gibt uns eine chance 
Doch wir können siegen 
Für immer und immer 
Und wir sind dann helden 
Für einen tag 

Ich 
Ich bin dann könig 
Und du 
Du königin 
Obwohl sie 
Unschlagbar scheinen 
Werden wir helden 
Fur einen tag 
Wir sind dann wir 
An diesem tag 

IchIch glaubbte zu traeumen (zu träumen) 
Die mauer 
Im rücken war kalt (so kalt) 
Schüsse reissen die luft (reissen die luft) 
Doch wir kuessen 
Als ob nichts geschieht (nichts geschieht) 
Und die scham fiel auf ihre seite 
O, wir können sie schlagen 
Fuer alle zeiten 
Dann sind wir helden 
Nur diesen tag 
Dann sind wir helden 
Dann sind wir helden 
Dann sind wir helden 
Nur diesen tag….


Helden (Single Version) (Featuring John Cameron Mitchell)

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credits
from Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute, releases February 5, 2016 
Written/Composed By:  
David Bowie 
Brian Eno 

Published by:   
Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc / Tintoretto Music 
Brian Eno 
Universal Music - Careers 

Artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz
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LYRICS:
I 
I wish you could swim 
Like the dolphins 
like dolphins can swim 
Though nothing 
nothing 
will keep us together 
We can beat them 
forever and ever 
Oh, we can be heroes 
just for one day 

I 
I will be king 
And you 
you will be queen 
Though nothing 
will drive them away 
We can be heroes 
just for one day 
….We can *be* us 
just for one day 

I 
I can remember (I remember) 
Standing, by the wall (by the wall) 
And the guns 
shot above our heads (over our heads) 
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) 
And the shame, was on the other side 
Oh, we can beat them, forever and ever 
Then we could be heroes, just for one day 

We can be heroes 
We can be heroes 
We can be heroes 
(Just for one day) 
We can be heroes


Heroes (Featuring John Cameron Mitchell)

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credits
from Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute, releases February 5, 2016 
Written/Composed By:  
David Bowie 

Published by:   
Tintoretto Music 
Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc 
Artwork by David Mack
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LYRICS:
Do you remember a guy that's been 
In such an early song 
I've heard a rumor from Ground Control 
Oh no, don't say it's true 

They got a message from the Action Man 
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too 
I've loved all I've needed to love 
Sordid details following" 

The shrieking of nothing is killing 
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I 
Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair 
But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing 

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky 
We know Major Tom's a junkie 
Strung out in heaven's high 
Hitting an all-time low 

Time and again I tell myself 
I'll stay clean tonight 
But the little green wheels are following me 
Oh no, not again 
I'm stuck with a valuable friend 
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too" 
One flash of light but no smoking pistol 

I never done good things I never done bad things 
I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh 
Want an axe to break the ice 
Wanna come down right now 

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky 
We know Major Tom's a junkie 
Strung out in heaven's high 
Hitting an all-time low 

My mama said to get things done 
You'd better not mess with Major Tom 

My mama said to get things done 
You'd better not mess with Major Tom 

My mama said to get things done 
You'd better not mess with Major Tom 

My mama said to get things done 
You'd better not mess with Major Tom


Ashes To Ashes

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credits
from Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute, releases February 5, 2016 
Written/Composed By:  
David Bowie 
Published by:  Essex Music International 
Anna Calvi - Vocals/Guitar 
Artwork by Sarah Beetson
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LYRICS: 
Ground Control to Major Tom 
Ground Control to Major Tom 
Take your protein pills 
and put your helmet on 

Ground Control to Major Tom 
Commencing countdown, 
engines on 
Check ignition 
and may God's love be with you 

This is Ground Control 
to Major Tom 
You've really made the grade 
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear 
Now it's time to leave the capsule 
if you dare 

This is Major Tom to Ground Control 
I'm stepping through the door 
And I'm floating 
in a most peculiar way 
And the stars look very different today 

For here 
Am I sitting in a tin can 
Far above the world 
Planet Earth is blue 
And there's nothing I can do 

Though I'm past 
one hundred thousand miles 
I'm feeling very still 
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go 
Tell my wife I love her very much 
she knows 

Ground Control to Major Tom 
Your circuit's dead, 
there's something wrong 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you hear me, Major Tom? 
Can you.... 

Here am I floating 
round my tin can 
Far above the Moon 
Planet Earth is blue 
And there's nothing I can do.


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