Audioreel - Henrik Skram 2014

Red Clay

The Girl From Ipanema

Satin Doll

As Freezing Fountains - Pelham Humphrey, from Poeticall Musicke's new album 'Awake My Lyre'. Available to pre-order here - http://bit.ly/UdYbiJ

As Freezing Fountains

"...One of the year's most refreshing listens" (NME, Gavin Haynes)

Cortical Songs is a work in four movements for string ensemble and solo violin written by John Matthias and Nick Ryan in which the orchestra is partially controlled by a tiny computer brain. 

The album features the String Ensemble of Trinity College of Music, conducted by Nic Pendlebury with the solo violin played by John Matthias and live interactive programming by Nick Ryan.

As well as the four movements of Cortical Songs, the album also includes remixes by Thom Yorke, Simon Tong (Gorillaz / The Good The Bad & The Queen), Simon Jones & Nick McCabe (The Verve), John Maclean (The Beta Band / The Aliens), Gabriel Prokofiev, and others.

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John Matthias & Nick Ryan - Cortical Songs 2nd Movement

I propose to myself a challenge. I will try to compose a piece every day.
Music by Cari Tibor

The painting is Thinking About Death by Frida Kahlo
The paraphrase made by Fazakas Julia.

“I paint flowers so they will not die.”
― Frida Kahlo

23 - Pensando En La Muerte

In this episode of Corona Island Discs, I catch up with another dear university friend, Fran. We talk about her childhood growing up in rural England (and surviving it with the help of a guitar and an innate talent for learning languages), our memories of university and incredibly random travel stories, and why motor sports and David Bowie could be the answer to surviving the COVID-19 crisis.

*Recorded on 03/05/20

Tracks list:

Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie
Heroes - David Bowie
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Pienso en ti - Shakira

Episode 9 - Fran (Matlock, UK)

Lyrics - Aalok Shrivastav

Composition and Lead Vocals - Shubha Mudgal (https://soundcloud.com/shubha-mudgal)
Tabla - Varun Gupta
Backing vocals - Pavithra Chari (https://soundcloud.com/vapmok)
Flute - Rajat Prasanna

An original track that i arranged and produced at Plug N Play Studios New Delhi

Copyright 2013: Aalok Shrivastav, Anindo Bose, Shubha Mudgal


Zindagi ek nayi zindagi se judi

I wrote this during the lockdown in early June 2020 when I was feeling particularly in need of serenity and comfort (NB: this is the same piece as "Ripples", below, just a different recording).

Ripples (version 2)

Mixed tracks from Khalnayak (1993) and the album, Water Girl (Eastern Funk) to create this remix. 
Artists:  Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar,  Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Zakir Hussain, John Mclaughin and Jan Garbarek.

uphill journey

I am a London-based composer and pianist and specialise in writing piano music, songs and chamber music for piano and strings. I unashamedly write music that I would choose to listen to, without worrying unduly about categories and trends.

I regularly incorporate these works into chamber music recitals I give with like-minded fellow musicians, usually in London churches.  Recent musical projects have included "Triptych: Arrivals, Ballad and Union" (a trio for the rather unusual combination of violin, trumpet and piano), a piano duet that channels the sound of birds singing above a flowing stream, and a setting of a prayer in the ancient Avestan language for an opera singer who is also a trained Zoroastrian priest. For more information, to buy sheet music or commission new work, visit www.jonathangalton.co.uk

In my other life I am an anthropologist, currently undertaking a three-year postdoctoral research project (2021-24)at University College London funded through a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, entitled “‘Progressive Islamophilia’ and the British Queer-Muslim intersection”. Previous doctoral research focused on belonging and social identity in a neighbourhood in Mumbai. I also blog about London, Mumbai and a variety of other topics at https://musingsofjonathangalton.wordpress.com/

Ripples (version 2)

Jonathan Galton