This is a set of collaborations I've had the pleasure to be a part of with different people here on Soundcloud

Soundcloud Collaborations

Death Medley. Well Chris approached me with several songs about death asking if I'd be interested in colaborating on any of them. She wrote out the first verse, I think, of each one and well - I thought they read pretty well put together. There was a dialogue there that seemed to work. So the medley was born out of death...! ;)

Anyway, it's been so much fun to do and the songs envolved are

- "Death Come a Creeping" Traditional
- "In my time of Dying"/"Jesus gonna make up my dying bed" Blind Willie Johnson
- "Oh Death" Charlie Patton
and there's some vocals from one of those I adapted to suit the phrasing during the third verse...

I think that's it!

Chris' page - http://soundcloud.com/chris-okunbor

Musicaserj II's additions here - https://soundcloud.com/musicaserj-ii/death-medley-idris-davies

Peace out.

Death Medley

Thanks to Derek for getting me in on this one! Always enjoy collaborating with this guy - he makes it all look so easy and effortless!

Here's his page - https://soundcloud.com/fossil60

Banty Rooster (Collaboration with Fossil60)

Bryan (aka Pall of a Past World) aproached me and asked me to cover one of his songs. He asked me to pick one and I'd always liked this one so I picked this one! He plays it really nice - fast and cool and so, as much as I liked that, I thought I'd try something new.

Well a big thanks to him for setting the seed in my head and also a big thanks to Christina for helping out with the backing vocals which, for me, make it!

Christina Kelly : https://soundcloud.com/christinakelly
Bryan Ciliberto : https://soundcloud.com/bryanciliberto

Who'll Save The Working Class (Pall of a Past World song)

Written by Kelly.

Kelly invited listeners to download her track and add anything to it. Well, it's a beautiful song well executed so I couldn't resist!

Hear the original here - https://soundcloud.com/kellypullen/another-way
Hear more of my collaborations here - https://soundcloud.com/idrisdavies/sets/collaborations

Thanks Kelly.

Another Way (Kelly Pullen collaboration)

Collaboration with Prawnsontast.

She found a great version of this and asked if I'd do some work with her on it. A pleasure of course and I'm really pleased to have my name to this song!

Hear her other stuff here - https://soundcloud.com/prawnsontoast

And if you're struggling to hear this one try this link  http://snd.sc/ZMogSY

Sweet Child Of Mine

"There is a lot in Idris' music that is highly original even though he's treading a well-worn path. His delivery is so personal and intimate. An instant classic" - Mark J Bennet, Soundcloud

GREETINGS and welcome to my page! So at the minute I'm compiling all of my recent work into a new album which will hopefully be recorded this Autumn..! In the meantime however I'm very excited to announce that my first music video is soon to be published by WheelBellow! I've seen a first draft and I'm really pleased with it! Can't wait!

I draw from traditional songs, ideas and phrases and weave them into my songs and to add to the rich tapestry of folk music. But I've not always been a musician, I trained in architecture and as a child I never really engaged with music. It was only later when I discovered one of my mothers Lightning Hopkins records gathering dust and put it on. Boy! Well that started it for me and I've not looked back since. I now live in Peckham, South London where I work behind a local bar and play the other side of it too, often (and happily) through the night.

I started recording when I started writing as this was the best way, I felt, to keep a record of the music. Upon joining SC I've arranged most of my recordings into 6 albums and an EP. The first 3 albums, from the early days, I call Bootlegs (the last of these being Testerest, The Best of The Rest). These 3 albums really illustrate my learning process. Imitations - you can hear me trying to sound like Dylan I'm sure on a couple of tracks. And there are also the first songs I wrote there - love songs of course! The last 3 albums I've compiled under the sub-title Sketch Songs as they're all just sketches. But, ranging from 2008 - 2011 they represent the more recent work from me. The last, The Dental Demos EP is just the result of a recording oppotunity I had earlier this year. Foolishly I just recorded the songs off the top of my head and none of the new songs I'd been writing at the time. So I've saved these up and now have loads of material for my next album. I really want to put everything into this one. I have a couple of collaborations lined up, duets and such, as well as other experimentation's but I really want to do it right - and that means preparation! So I'm not rushing anything but hope to have things ready to go into the studio in a month or so - about the time my music video will be released!

Well, anyway, I'm rambling - sorry!

All that left to say really is thanks for visiting my page and I hope you enjoy what you hear!

"The first time I listened to [Idris], I thought just maybe, Nick Drake was alive and well and hiding out in the UK" - Mimi Cross sirenstories.com

To hear the Bootlegs simply click on the soundcloud link way up above.

Discography:

~The Bootlegification Vol 1
~The Bootlegification Vol 2
~Testerest - The Best Of The Rest
~SKETCH SONGS - In The Trees
~SKETCH SONGS - The Sternhall Sessions
~SKETCH SONGS - Peckham Melodies
~The Dental Demos EP

Soundcloud Collaborations

Idris Davies