@user9193231: It meant 3 corners of the world are hidden from me :)

Live I used to be lit from below(!) by a solo red spotlight during this intro (just so it adds to the atmosphere... ) ;)

@user9193231: I can see his horns twitching right now.... ;)

On one occasion JP sang "Link hands together for social decline". We never found out why... :)

@user9193231: Loved this solo, was a pleasure to stand back and watch you play it sir!

For completists and purists only! Apologies for the wow/flutter. Original recorded "as live" in 1991. One pass for music, one for vocals, no overdubs allowed.. :) Tweaked digitally from a cassette master made in 1994. So it's as good as it's going to get. You should hear the original... :)  Original of the track of the same name appearing on Freefall's "Thrown" album.

Keyboards: Jem Godfrey - Drums/Bvox: Simon Godfrey - Bass: Paul Worwood - Guitars: Jon Boyes - Vocals: JP Orr

Freefall: Hellstate

The song 'It's OK' was inspired by a series of difficult events that occurred during the year after Jon completed his tour on BBDLP1, the last Big Black Delta record. This included losing his father to a stroke, finding that all of his gear was stolen, and losing one of his best friends to cancer. Since going public with some of this news, Bates has been inundated with incredible kindness and thoughtful support from friends, musicians, fans and strangers alike. This song is a thank you. A gesture of gratitude to everyone who has been kind — and to the universe itself.
Big Black Delta's forthcoming album 'Tragame Tierra' is due out in January 2016, you can pre-order now via Pledge Music, alongside limited edition and exclusive merchandise:  http://smarturl.it/BBD-TragameTierra

BBD on Pledge Music

It's Ok

Here Come the Jiis

My first time recording at Abbey Road studios London, and I loved it! Hope you enjoy this beautiful Hoagy Carmichael song which especially appeals to me as a city-girl  who longs for the country air..
Lastly, it's hats-off to Nick Shankland for the wonderful piano playing.
Buy the album here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/skylark-feat.-nick-shankland/id1069235276

Skylark

Living the Dream is the second chapter of FAT – next-generation guitar modernist Alex Machacek's Fabulous Austrian Trio, featuring bassist Raphael Preuschl and drummer Herbert Pirker. With the sensitive touch of a jazz guitarist, the intervallic ingenuity and harmonic density of a post-serialist composer, and a seemingly endless capacity for improvisational empathy, Machecek has been turning heads on his own and when performing alongside such iconic musical forces as Terry Bozzio, Jeff Sipe, and Gary Husband. No less than John McLaughlin remarked that "Machacek's music starts where other music ends."
<p>Born in Austria – native nation of Haydn, Strauss, Webern, and Schoenberg – Machacek revels in the company of his countrymen throughout Living the Dream. In Preuschl and Pirker, Machacek has cultivated a trio of boundless resourcefulness, with the technical capacity to support and enrich his ecstatic flights and the depth and taste to keep the potentially demanding music emotionally grounded. Machacek’s deft hand as a producer further elevates the trio’s captivating dynamic with cunning electronic touches and subtle overdubs. Across a program of eleven original compositions (four by Preuschl, the rest Machacek’s), Living the Dream is a compelling document of a remarkable new ensemble as they fearlessly probe the boundaries of a post-fusion universe.

Alex Machacek, Raphael Preuschl, Herbert Pirker aka FAT: Living the Dream: Disco Hit

Guitar soundscape named after a star in the constellation Virgo, also known as Beta Virginis.  Using TC Electronic's Alter Ego, Hall Of Fame and Ditto pedals, Godin Progression & Scuffham Amps.

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