One listen to SOHAR and you’ve opened yourself up to a dark disco, trip hop, synth drone, analogue-soaked experience that draws from intimate conversations between electronic duo Mark H Evans and Hannah Jones.

It’s a narrative in sound where each other’s musical influences have been filtered through Mark’s synthesisers and guitars to create SOHAR, an album of songs that speaks of the often dirty but ultimately beautiful human condition that makes us who we are… but with a beat.

Hannah and Mark have a long and diverse musical partnership and their friendship spans more than 30 years. From bedroom rock ‘n’ roll in a South Wales terraced house to two ethereal acoustic albums as Betty Black & The Sleeping Giants, they parted ways when the vagaries of being and family commitments took precedence.

Now reunited as Sonic Coins + Icons, they’ve joined forces to put everything they’ve learned, experienced, listened to and thought about when life got in the way to make something meaningful and melodically profound. 

That’s a big statement - but it’s a big album. 

Mark has been a member of two influential and highly regarded Welsh 90s bands (The March Hares and The Jonah Hex) and shared stages with the 60 Ft Dolls, Dub War, The Stereophonics, Shed 7, Pop Will Eat Itself, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynki, Captain Sensible and Nova Mob. 

He’s written soundtracks for film and TV and was shortlisted for a BAFTA Cymru for his work on BBC’s Codebreakers: Heroes of Bletchley Park. He also composed soundtracks to two short horror films this year (Reel Terror and End of Days).

Hannah’s a published author, broadcaster and journalist. But what she really loves doing more than anything else is be the first to hear Mark’s songs. Then be the only one to sing them.

SOHAR, their first album as a pair, was written and produced by Mark and supported by a cast of friends: Charlie Adlard (cover artwork), Joe Farr (mixing and mastering), Darryl Corner (photography and film) and Gary White (vocal recordings).

As to the album’s title? All we will say for now is that SOHAR is an acronym with clues to its meaning on the back of the album sleeve (due for vinyl release in November)… 

…and in every line of every song. 

All you have to do is listen.

hello! I live in a North Wales village. I make odd indie music in my garage. I've started and ended lots of projects. Been in bands. Started a family. 

This profile is various parts of that story and new things I'm working on and little oddities and sketches. Some of it might end up with other projects, on albums, who knows.
 
I am also in a band called Mechanical Owl and do a project called Sightseers and do other things. This is a place for some of that too.

Leave a comment if you enjoy anything here, it's always cool to read.

We still believe in the future x

Super Chango are a 10 piece group of space monkeys playing funkjazztropadelicsoul music that makes you dance dance dance!

Playing all the grooves from Blaxploitation classics to retro interpretations of modern songs we just want to PARTY.

Band members are:

MC Little Tree - Vocals
The Jenerator - Keys
Rhi Percussion - Percussion and backing vox
Tim Balé - Percussion and backing vox
The JB - Drums
Sven - Guitar and backing vox
Chay Kyerbooty - Bass guitar and samba whistles
Jonny Tyres - Trumpet
Phat Tony - Trombone
Leroy 'Diamond Lips' Lewis - Sax


Musician, composer, artist, producer, aspiring DJ.

Since Soundcloud has a limit with uploads/mins, all my sets are up on Mixcloud:
https://www.mixcloud.com/damndave/

My forte´: indie-electro, Nu Disco, Paris House / New Funk, Hip Hop, Electro-Hip Hop. Anyone looking for beats, hit me up.

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