whattup this rules. has that synth emotion that drives the heart.

Hell yeah, great sampler of synthwave awesomeness!

night on the town  drivin in the night  

chillin  watchin  the bright lights  in the big city

NIGHTS , DRIVE

Encounter 743 is a brand new synthpop duo from England, delivered to you by the creative mind behind Eros Attacks. The band's first release will be in autumn 2023 and will be a combination of rich, energetic synths and silky female vocals.

In the meantime, here's a teaser of some of the instrumental work that will be featuring on the band's debut album.

PROMO - Sixty Seconds of Synthwave from ENCOUNTER 743

Andromeda

This is the second collaboration I’ve worked on with the very talented Mark Spruce (Original Spruce).  

This is a folk song exploring the boundaries between this world and the spiritual world and tells the tale of an encounter with a Robin in a churchyard. 

Lyrics by Mark Spruce
Music & performance by James Whiteman. 

Best with headphones. Hope you enjoy it. 

Take care

James 

Lyrics:

Sky light Grey 

I stood in the church yard
Cold winters day
My back to the beach tree
Sky light grey

On the branch above me
Cock robin perched 
He sang then stared intently 
I returned his gaze

He repeated his song
And looked again
I smiled and nodded
Like we were friends 

I turned so slowly
As he moved to another branch
Eyeball to eyeball 
Repeat performance 

We both stood still
Locked in our game
He moved on once more
To repeat his refrain

I turned one eighty
When he landed behind me
My smile got wider
My heart got lighter
Watching each other
I'm absorbing this experience 

Then he came closer
We had circled the tree
A mystical moment 
This bird and me

You said your father
Would return
In the spirit of a robin
Watching over us one day

As I stood in that churchyard
Lost in that moment
I felt your father 
Came back to say

I'm here, I'm still here
I will always be here


Mark Spruce copyright Feb 2024

Further info:
The first collaboration is on the Original Spruce site called ‘Old Brock’ (music and performance Mark Spruce: lyrics James Whiteman).

Sky Light Grey (Collaboration James Whiteman & Original Spruce)

UnBoxed May 2024

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

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The Innocence

'The Wind Blows East' Is a Jazz Fusion track, Featuring Andy Grossart (Bass) and Georg Boehme (Winds). Andy sent me a bunch of chords and asked if I would like to do anything with them. I loved the changes and set about organising them into a piece. After choosing a tempo, time signature and writing some top lines. I drafted out a rough arrangement, sent this through to Georg, who add his wind arrangements and solo lines. I then sent this back to Andy, who added his bass lines. Now came the enjoyable task of re-arranging the whole piece whilst adding my own parts, mixing and producing what we now have as a finished track.

Alan Hamilton - Composition, arrangement, production, Drum and      Percussion sequencing, Keys and Brass.
Andy Grossart- Composition, Bass 
Georg Boehme - All Winds and Wind arrangeing.
https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

This has been another fantastic musical journey for myself and having the company of these highly skilled friends to complete it is the icing on my cake. So thank you Andy and Georg for this collaboration and to Andy for the original ideas.....Alan

PROMO - Sixty Seconds of Synthwave from ENCOUNTER 743

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