Don't Look Down - Ainsley Hamill, Ösp Eldjárn & Dan Whitehouse

TRACK SEVEN from the album Ten Steps 

Album tour UK October 2023 all details here: dan-whitehouse.com/live
Weds 18th October - Arc Theatre, Winchester
Thurs 19th October - Music At The Unicorn, Abingdon
Sun 22nd October - Stables 2, Milton Keynes
Tue 24th October - The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, London
Wed 25th October - Ropetackle Arts, Shoreham
Thur 26th October - The Old Stables, Cricklade
Fri 27th October - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sat 28th October - The Stoller Hall, Manchester 

Brooklyn’s celebrated hammered dulcimer player Max ZT (House of Waters), and Black Country/Tokyo’s dark, sophisticated gem - singer/songwriter/poet Dan Whitehouse - bring interwoven spoken word with music and song, drawing on a shared belief in the healing power of music, and from multi-cultural roots and the magic of the present moment. 

Ten Steps was recorded between New York and Tokyo. Max’s meditative dulcimer and Dan’s soothing vocal and spoken-word poetry meld together in a unique masterpiece of tear-stained impressionism.

Tackling wide-ranging subjects from fatherhood to mother nature, Max and Dan’s songs shimmer with restless inventiveness and draw you in with their irresistible intimacy.

REVIEWS
“Intriguing" "Gorgeous" The Guardian 
"Meditative.. haunting… great musicianship" Maverick 
"A quite extraordinary record” folking.com
“Ten Steps: folk meets Indian classical in a transatlantic fusion” Folk London Mag
"A compelling and innovative sound" Arts Culture Magazine
"Exciting and exceptional… also deeply intuitive poetic and rewarding" Folk Radio UK 

07 THE MANY COLOURS OF MORNING
The light feels different in Japan, the sun appears to hang low to the ground and some mornings it’s seductive! 
Where I stay when I’m in Japan is a neighbourhood called Future Port – or Minatomirai  a dense cluster of high rise buildings, glass and concrete, but nestled neatly within Tokyo Bay so you’ve always go the Pacific looming 
 
The way the sunlight reflects and bounces off all these modern buildings is fascinating to watch – it moves so quickly and dramatically throughout the day – like God’s Graffiti. 

The music is a single live take, improvised by Max ZT at our show at St George’s Bristol, UK – Nov 2021

Written and Produced by Max ZT (ASCAP) & Dan Whitehouse (PRS / MCPS)
Lyrics by Dan Whitehouse
Mixed by Max ZT
Mastered by Mark Freegard

Dan Whitehouse - Vocals, Guitars, recorded in Yokohama, Japan
Max ZT - Hammered Dulcimer, Percussion, Synthesizers, recorded in New York, USA
Art & Design – Martin Hyde

www.maxzt.com
www.dan-whitehouse.com

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The Many Colours Of The Morning (Ten Steps) Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse

TRACK SIX from the album Ten Steps 

Album tour UK October 2023 all details here: dan-whitehouse.com/live
Weds 18th October - Arc Theatre, Winchester
Thurs 19th October - Music At The Unicorn, Abingdon
Sun 22nd October - Stables 2, Milton Keynes
Tue 24th October - The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, London
Wed 25th October - Ropetackle Arts, Shoreham
Thur 26th October - The Old Stables, Cricklade
Fri 27th October - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sat 28th October - The Stoller Hall, Manchester 

Brooklyn’s celebrated hammered dulcimer player Max ZT (House of Waters), and Black Country/Tokyo’s dark, sophisticated gem - singer/songwriter/poet Dan Whitehouse - bring interwoven spoken word with music and song, drawing on a shared belief in the healing power of music, and from multi-cultural roots and the magic of the present moment. 

Ten Steps was recorded between New York and Tokyo. Max’s meditative dulcimer and Dan’s soothing vocal and spoken-word poetry meld together in a unique masterpiece of tear-stained impressionism.

Tackling wide-ranging subjects from fatherhood to mother nature, Max and Dan’s songs shimmer with restless inventiveness and draw you in with their irresistible intimacy.

REVIEWS
“Intriguing" "Gorgeous" The Guardian 
"Meditative.. haunting… great musicianship" Maverick 
"A quite extraordinary record” folking.com
“Ten Steps: folk meets Indian classical in a transatlantic fusion” Folk London Mag
"A compelling and innovative sound" Arts Culture Magazine
"Exciting and exceptional… also deeply intuitive poetic and rewarding" Folk Radio UK 

HOW TO STRIKE  Dan: There’s a man I’ve observed down at Tokyo bay, who goes there daily to practice his golf. 
He has no club. No balls. Only a used plastic PET bottle. Yet he stands for hours on the waters edge. Teeing up his shot, taking aim, swinging in the wind.
Like a musician, running scales in his mind. Like an athlete working out.
The fight is won in the gym, before you even step foot inside the ring.
 
The music is a single live take, improvised by Max ZT at our show at St George’s Bristol, UK – Nov 2021

Written and Produced by Max ZT (ASCAP) & Dan Whitehouse (PRS / MCPS)
Lyrics by Dan Whitehouse
Mixed by Max ZT
Mastered by Mark Freegard

Dan Whitehouse - Vocals, Guitars, recorded in Yokohama, Japan
Max ZT - Hammered Dulcimer, Percussion, Synthesizers, recorded in New York, USA
Art & Design – Martin Hyde

www.maxzt.com
www.dan-whitehouse.com

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How To Strike (Ten Steps) Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse

TRACK TWO from Ten Steps album 

UK tour October 2023 dan-whitehouse.com/live
Weds 18th October - Arc Theatre, Winchester
Thurs 19th October - Music At The Unicorn, Abingdon
Sun 22nd October - Stables 2, Milton Keynes
Tue 24th October - The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, London
Wed 25th October - Ropetackle Arts, Shoreham
Thur 26th October - The Old Stables, Cricklade
Fri 27th October - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sat 28th October - The Stoller Hall, Manchester 

Brooklyn’s celebrated hammered dulcimer player Max ZT (House of Waters), and Black Country/Tokyo’s dark, sophisticated gem - singer/songwriter/poet Dan Whitehouse - bring interwoven spoken word with music and song, drawing on a shared belief in the healing power of music, and from multi-cultural roots and the magic of the present moment. 

Ten Steps was recorded between New York and Tokyo. Max’s meditative dulcimer and Dan’s soothing vocal and spoken-word poetry meld together in a unique masterpiece of tear-stained impressionism.

Tackling wide-ranging subjects from fatherhood to mother nature, Max and Dan’s songs shimmer with restless inventiveness and draw you in with their irresistible intimacy.

REVIEWS
“Intriguing" "Gorgeous" The Guardian 
"Meditative.. haunting… great musicianship" Maverick 
"A quite extraordinary record” folking.com
“Ten Steps: folk meets Indian classical in a transatlantic fusion” Folk London Mag
"A compelling and innovative sound" Arts Culture Magazine
"Exciting and exceptional… also deeply intuitive poetic and rewarding" Folk Radio UK 

Bury One's Head

Dan: I wrote this lyric after seeing the  chaotic and desperate scenes unfolding at Kabul airport in August last year - after it became clear the Afghan government had collapsed and the Taliban was assuming control of Kabul. I don't want this terrible event to be forgotten and it felt crucial to document the emotion of the human tragedy.
 
Videos emerged online showing Afghans clinging to the outside of a US military plane as it took off - defining images’ of Western intervention, that would send shockwaves across the world.The song is written from the perspective of the pilot - I asked myself what would have been going through their head? This skilled person who had once dreamed of flying an airplane, being free, now forced to carry out a lethal act.

Written and Produced by Max ZT (ASCAP) & Dan Whitehouse (PRS / MCPS)
Lyrics by Dan Whitehouse
Mixed by Max ZT
Mastered by Mark Freegard

Dan Whitehouse - Vocals, Guitars, recorded in Yokohama, Japan
Max ZT - Hammered Dulcimer, Percussion, Synthesizers, recorded in New York, USA
Art & Design – Martin Hyde

www.maxzt.com
www.dan-whitehouse.com

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Bury One's Head (Ten Steps) Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse

TRACK THREE from the album Ten Steps 

Album tour UK October 2023 all details here: dan-whitehouse.com/live
Weds 18th October - Arc Theatre, Winchester
Thurs 19th October - Music At The Unicorn, Abingdon
Sun 22nd October - Stables 2, Milton Keynes
Tue 24th October - The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, London
Wed 25th October - Ropetackle Arts, Shoreham
Thur 26th October - The Old Stables, Cricklade
Fri 27th October - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sat 28th October - The Stoller Hall, Manchester 

Brooklyn’s celebrated hammered dulcimer player Max ZT (House of Waters), and Black Country/Tokyo’s dark, sophisticated gem - singer/songwriter/poet Dan Whitehouse - bring interwoven spoken word with music and song, drawing on a shared belief in the healing power of music, and from multi-cultural roots and the magic of the present moment. 

Ten Steps was recorded between New York and Tokyo. Max’s meditative dulcimer and Dan’s soothing vocal and spoken-word poetry meld together in a unique masterpiece of tear-stained impressionism.

Tackling wide-ranging subjects from fatherhood to mother nature, Max and Dan’s songs shimmer with restless inventiveness and draw you in with their irresistible intimacy.

REVIEWS
“Intriguing" "Gorgeous" The Guardian 
"Meditative.. haunting… great musicianship" Maverick 
"A quite extraordinary record” folking.com
“Ten Steps: folk meets Indian classical in a transatlantic fusion” Folk London Mag
"A compelling and innovative sound" Arts Culture Magazine
"Exciting and exceptional… also deeply intuitive poetic and rewarding" Folk Radio UK 

SHIZUKA

Dan: Shizuka means quiet in Japanese (it can also be a name), it’s about the gentle, soft glow of the low hanging sun here, and how this matches the restrained, polite culture of their everyday exchanges and behaviour.
  
Due to an ear injury I was landlocked in Japan for 18 months and found myself on a journey into Japanese culture. Out walking at Tokyo Bay I encountered a group of people that would congregate at sunrise, face the sun and sing to it as it rose, no words but a distinctive sounding scale – I was on a zoom call to Max at the time who immediately identified this as the Insen scale 

Written and Produced by Max ZT (ASCAP) & Dan Whitehouse (PRS / MCPS)
Lyrics by Dan Whitehouse
Mixed by Max ZT
Mastered by Mark Freegard

Dan Whitehouse - Vocals, Guitars, recorded in Yokohama, Japan
Max ZT - Hammered Dulcimer, Percussion, Synthesizers, recorded in New York, USA
Art & Design – Martin Hyde

www.maxzt.com
www.dan-whitehouse.com

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Shizuka (Ten Steps) Max ZT and Dan Whitehouse

TRACK FIVE from the album Ten Steps 

Album tour UK October 2023 all details here: dan-whitehouse.com/live
Weds 18th October - Arc Theatre, Winchester
Thurs 19th October - Music At The Unicorn, Abingdon
Sun 22nd October - Stables 2, Milton Keynes
Tue 24th October - The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, London
Wed 25th October - Ropetackle Arts, Shoreham
Thur 26th October - The Old Stables, Cricklade
Fri 27th October - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Sat 28th October - The Stoller Hall, Manchester 

Brooklyn’s celebrated hammered dulcimer player Max ZT (House of Waters), and Black Country/Tokyo’s dark, sophisticated gem - singer/songwriter/poet Dan Whitehouse - bring interwoven spoken word with music and song, drawing on a shared belief in the healing power of music, and from multi-cultural roots and the magic of the present moment. 

Ten Steps was recorded between New York and Tokyo. Max’s meditative dulcimer and Dan’s soothing vocal and spoken-word poetry meld together in a unique masterpiece of tear-stained impressionism.

Tackling wide-ranging subjects from fatherhood to mother nature, Max and Dan’s songs shimmer with restless inventiveness and draw you in with their irresistible intimacy.

REVIEWS
“Intriguing" "Gorgeous" The Guardian 
"Meditative.. haunting… great musicianship" Maverick 
"A quite extraordinary record” folking.com
“Ten Steps: folk meets Indian classical in a transatlantic fusion” Folk London Mag
"A compelling and innovative sound" Arts Culture Magazine
"Exciting and exceptional… also deeply intuitive poetic and rewarding" Folk Radio UK 

HAMMERHEAD  Dan: ’Hammer Head' is the name of a huge crane at Yokohama port, made in the UK and transported to Japan in 1914 
This large piece of machinery offers me a link to my homeland of the Black Country and sits in stark contrast to the gentrified cafes restaurants designer clothes shops and 5* hotels now in it's vicinity. It's placed in a nice part of the harbour and I sometimes sit in its shadow to drink coffee and write.
 
I like the contrast of the steel, heavy 'hammer head' crane and the 'flight' within Max’s music and the flight I am always apprehensive to take whenever I have to leave my son here in Japan.
 

Written and Produced by Max ZT (ASCAP) & Dan Whitehouse (PRS / MCPS)
Lyrics by Dan Whitehouse
Mixed by Max ZT
Mastered by Mark Freegard

Dan Whitehouse - Vocals, Guitars, recorded in Yokohama, Japan
Max ZT - Hammered Dulcimer, Percussion, Synthesizers, recorded in New York, USA
Art & Design – Martin Hyde

www.maxzt.com
www.dan-whitehouse.com

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Hammerhead (Ten Steps) Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse

Friday April 5 - Close Up (live) (the story of Hany - a photographer who is losing his sight, and who has to flee from Syria as a refugee) co-written with Boo Hewerdine and originally released 2017)

Close Up (Live at Real World Studios)

This song is a prayer, a wish, a call for unity. Regardless of borders, race, flags, we all share the same sun.  
 
Recorded live at Real World Studios to promote my solo show “A Night Of Glass” on tour throughout 2024. 
 
“The love we share glows like a campfire  
The embers crackle and we hum along  
We share the heat the light and the simple songs  
And all our troubles are long gone”  
 
"Campfire.... about how he kept in touch with home while stuck in Japan by broadcasting songs at 5 am local time... It’s exquisite." FRUK

"Full of hold-your-breath moments" At The Barrier

“When you change the way you look at things/The things you look at start to
change”. As a description of the effects of the pandemic it’s perfect because
just about everything and everyone changed. The song references a way that Dan kept in touch with home, broadcasting songs at 5 am local time. It’s quite
beautiful." folking.com

 "A national treasure who has proven himself to be a profound, innovative and
 talented songwriter" MusoMuso

Campfire (Live at Real World Studios)

Six albums in and award-winning singer-songwriter Dan Whitehouse continues to renew, reinvent and reimagine - touching listeners with his observations and moving them with his sensitivity and impeccable songwriting.

Bookings and media katie@fromthewhitehouse.com www.fromthewhitehouse.com

2022 sees Dan continue to develop and evolve his offering whilst showing how he carefully nurtured his creativity during an imposed stay in Japan from January 2020 to June 2021. This year’s releases include The Glass Age - a collaboration with Swedish producer Gustaf Ljunggren, which looks at how our human experience and ways of connecting have changed through the ‘glass’ of virtual communication.  Another, his Arts Council funded song-cycle Voices From The Cones, draws stories of community and social and industrial history from the oral archive of workers from the Stourbridge Glassworks,  comes out this autumn. Alongside this, Dan’s blossoming collaboration with New York hammered dulcimer player Max ZT will bear fruit in 2023 with their  album Ten Steps. 

2022 is the International Year of Glass, and at this show Dan will preview songs from his new album and forthcoming release springing from opposite ends of the ‘glass’ spectrum.

“Nothing short of beautiful – **** ” RnR Magazine 

“Wonderful production and writing”  Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music  

“Perhaps Mr Whitehouse's greatest gift is his knack for writing seemingly simple songs that most listeners will be able to relate to.” MAVERICK  
 
“Subtle and delicate melodies” The Sunday Times

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