Hyperion is an original song inspired by a poem by Romantic poet John Keats, called The Fall Of Hyperion: A Dream. It explores themes of fragility and resilience, and how human beings respond to suffering and change. As part of the CoDI DIY project, I had the opportunity to work with composer Pwyll ap Sion, who created a beautiful string quartet arrangement, to support my guitar and vocal parts. Together, we wanted to make a dynamic and richly-arranged track, which still feels delicate and gives space to the lyrics and voice. Hyperion is recorded by James Clarke, and strings are performed by the Mavron Quartet.

Part of our CoDa 2021 online festival : https://www.tycerdd.org/coda-2021

Hyperion - Cara Ludlow (sample)

DESTINY'S DOOR - Master Mix 48/24

The 3rd out of 10 compositions submitted for the "Bleeding Fingers" Competition.  The strings, percussion, trumpet, and female vocal stem were used.  

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Chicken Hop

This is music I wrote for a silent play called Flossie & Jet for Hijinx Theatre. It is still on tour:

www.hijinx.org.uk/flossie-and-jet/

Meet Flossie and Jet. Sisters of faded grandeur. Stately home to state of homelessness. Curious at the world they find themselves in, while still clinging to the remnants of a lost era, ageing companions Flossie and Jet are on a journey to find a new place to live. Somewhere not too small, somewhere warm, somewhere they can settle.

Partial to a picnic or a trip to the seaside, and always keen to meet the locals, the genteel sisters may just take you by surprise in this delightful and poignant walkabout mask show.

The Picnic

LYRICS

Leave the light on 
In case you come over,
Clear your inbox 
And think about how you feel, 
How you feel

All the chaos you read in the paper
There's nothing wilder than thinking if we were real 
Were we real? 

Watching the same show, 
Missing where we might not go,
Scared of being home alone, 
it's a joke 

'Are you happy?' In all honesty, I'm not 
Such an anomaly, my calendars filling up
Keep making lists of, things we forgot

Life's too blurry, to know what the hell I want 
A screen staring alarm that never stops 
I never understood why, you couldn't call

Watching the same show, 
Missing where we might not go,
Scared of being home alone, 
it's a joke 


Prod. JP
Artist/Songwriter - Maria Lawton
Artist Manager - JP
JustSpeakToJP@gmail.com

Home Alone

Maria - Home Alone

This is a live recording of the premier of Joseph Davies' 'Intricate Images' for harp and 'cello, performed by Catrin Finch and Steffan Morris. It was recorded at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea on 08/10/14 and was commissioned by Tŷ Cerdd for the Swansea Festival.

2. Barcarolle

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows the sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
No Glory hallelujah
 
Sometimes up, sometimes down
Oh, Lord
Sometimes dragged down to the ground
My sweet Lord
 
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows the sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
And the world turns round.

Arranged & Produced by Cerys Matthews
Engineered & Mixed by James Clarke
Musicians Cerys Matthews & Mason Neely

Recorded at Tŷ Cerdd Studios



I Can't Breathe by Cerys Matthews

BBC New Generation Artist Tom Arthurs' new trio. An intensely quiet trip inspired by Tarkovsky movies, Feldman's long works and essentialist jazz.

One Year

Tom Arthurs - Liepnitz In Ruhe

This is just a sample of our collaborative Affricerdd session on Wednesday evening ... including, but not limited to, the sounds of:

- Beatboxing 🎤🥁
- Chopped aubergine 🍆
- Our grand piano 🎹
- Studio magic 🎙️

Recorded in Tŷ Cerdd Studio by James Clarke and Affricerdd participants, 6/11/19

Moussaka

This is work in progress with the lovely voice of Nick Hennessey singing with me and a gorgeous Steinway grand @ The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - happy times.

Ink Dark Moon

James Clarke BA, MMus

Specialising in aesthetics, orchestration & audio production, James studied music at Bristol University achieving a first-class honours degree and a masters in film/TV composition. It was there that he had his first symphonic work Eleutherios performed along with numerous orchestral works involving various electroacoustic techniques. James then located to Denmark for 2 years and worked with Alphabeat, Lazyboy and Junior Senior at Delta Lab Studios before returning to the UK.

James has managed the recording studios at Tŷ Cerdd in the Wales Millennium Centre since he established them in 2004. He has produced and engineered for BBC, Sony, Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins & Only Men Aloud and in 2010 was commissioned by the Welsh National Opera to compose a children’s opera called Billy & The Dragon. He also co-wrote, produced and performed Carbon Soldier which was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government as part of their climate change awareness campaign. James has produced for Pete Lawrie (Island), Joseph George (Tomato Wine) and Jem (ATO, Sony BMG, RCA) and regularly works in Santa Monica, LA, as a producer, writer, arranger and engineer. He is a percussionist, pianist, guitarist and singer.

The Picnic

James Edward Clarkez

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