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My attempt at an Irish style composition.

DJ Crow - Dance Of The Sidhe

First fix of this track - Need to revisit the lead parts

Find my way home

All of my life I have travelled
Boy to a man I have roamed
Try as I might
With no end in sight
I just couldn’t find my way home

Every point of the compass
Companioned or all on my own
From East to the West
Whichever looked best
I still couldn't find my way home


My rod and my staff are my comfort
A desert of asphalt and stone
The wilderness seems
Much of my odyssey
Never fated to find my way home

Eyes fast fix the Horizon
Far from the nest I had flown
Often misunderstood
Wine is thicker than blood
And I still cannot find my way home


Out of the crags and the shadows
A beacon of light fin’lly shone
Your loving has been
A North star for me
And I know that I’ll find my way home

No matter the trials and the troubles
No matter the sticks and the stones
Whatever’s in store
For your troubadour 
I will always find my way home

Find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home
Find my way home 

Find My Way Home

These 5 songs were originally included as part of a special 3 disc hardback book edition of Insurgentes released on my own label Headphone Dust a few months prior to KScope issuing the standard version. I had around 25 songs in total from the recording sessions, several of which were dropped because they didn't measure up (some of the other leftover pieces are now released on the Insurgentes film DVD), but I felt these 5 songs were as good as the album material, so it wasn't for lack of quality that I left them off, more to do with context and not wanting the album to be too long as a listening experience.  Instead they were included on a separate CD only available with the special edition (and later on vinyl releases).  The whole idea of the special edition was to experiment with doing something really special with the packaging that took advantage of the multi-media aspect of the project (film, photos, music), and to sell only online.  They were very expensive to make and could only be printed as a one-off edition, so I had to guess at how many to make - even then I became so convinced that I wasn't going to be able to sell them that I priced is such that I basically lost money with every copy sold.  Later on I found myself wondering if the small minority that still complained that they had been "ripped off" in only getting a CD, a CD EP, a DVD, and a ten by ten 128 page clothbound full colour book for their £34 were the same people that later sold their copy on eBay for 10 times what they paid for it.  Anyway, I digress....  Here for those that missed out on the special edition, are the bonus Insurgentes songs in full resolution WAVs, enjoy! Best, S

Collecting Space

An extended 6 minute version that was previously released as part of the "Blackfield" digital download single, but I think only in mp3 form (as usual this is full resolution WAV). Blackfield's third album is due for release in March, and there is now a facebook page dedicated to the band at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackfield/103704446366593

Find My Way Home

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