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Sung and played live one morning before going to work...keys added after.

Wait For The Day

This is from my album A Tale Untold, Folkwit Records, released 23rd of November 2015. 

Cassandra

We recorded this track ourselves at our guitarist Ben's homemade studio in Bristol, England. 

The idea of the song came one morning during a cycle commute into central Bristol in a queue of traffic sat alongside Arnos Vale Cemetery.  It's a  Victorian cemetery, that has partly reverted back to nature.  From the late 1980's, people acted together to conserve it, fighting off the threat of developers, amongst other things. Now it's a haven for nature within just a mile or so from the city, right next to a busy main road.  https://arnosvale.org.uk/discover/heritage/friends-history-arnos-vale/ 

I learned about the urban farming movement in Detroit, Michigan a few years ago. (e.g. http://www.miufi.org/). It's amazing how communities there have transformed urban spaces into places to grow vegetables, after big business & the motor plant came & went.  


Motor City

Yurosa's debut single, Electronic soul, Taken from the soon to be release debut album, The High Life

Running

So this track was inspired in equal parts by some art and some words. After being at an amazing exhibition about the air around us and the skies above us, I was walking along listening to the ‘Meet the Composer’ podcast, and Laurie Anderson said the following:

“You can go and get a $20 ukulele and make an incredible piece of music from it, it depends on you, it’s not the tools you’re holding… …so the best thing you can do is make your music, and look up at the sky and appreciate the astounding nature of the world”

It not only resonated with feelings from the exhibition and its subject matter, but also with recent thoughts on the idea of constraints in music making - particularly using fewer elements and focusing more on the immediate materials to hand. In this regard I was also a little bit inspired by Matmos, who often make tracks and records using one or two sound sources, and who also talked on this particular podcast episode.  

So it seemed fitting to try to write a piece of music today, inspired by the air and skies, using only my cheap ukulele. Every sound in this track is made with it (apart from the vocal snippets, which are samples of Laurie speaking on the podcast.) It was made very quickly as I didn't want to dwell on it. Whilst being far from 'an incredible piece of music', it was an enjoyable and interesting exercise in incorporating rigid limitations, and in trying to express myself within these boundaries. 

It’s dedicated to my partner, who has done so brilliantly to exhibit an amazing set of work at the exhibition mentioned above. Her work can be found here: http://www.jemmagrundon.co.uk/mono-no-aware/
And here's the exhibition: https://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/air-visualising-invisible-british-art-1768-2017
Finally, here's the brilliant podcast: http://www.wqxr.org/shows/meet-composer/

UkAir

Official video created by Phantom Limb can be found here!  https://youtu.be/aiZgB8ee4I4

Swift

Swift Reprise

Christmas Chorale

02 - A Toe On The Water

Drink Yr Blood

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3UQNo0WrxM

So facebook took a photo down of my boobs covered in glitter
Reported by someone who I can only guess is bitter
Alright, they're not up under my chin and you could vaguely see my nips
You complainers can get on my nerves, but please get off my tits..

Get off my tits ye moaning git
Go find something else to do
This rack is mine and if I want it online
It's got nothing all to do with you..
You get on my tits ye moaning gits
So holier than nowt
These babies are mine and they've fed some in their time
and if I want, I'll get them out!

Offence is taken, and a choice, and if it's one you make
Try being offended at war torn kids or the rich folk on the take
Or fascism, the capitalist state, poverty and hate crime
Anything that matters, but get off these jugs o' mine..

Get off my tits ye moaning git
Go find something else to do
This rack is mine and if I want it online
It's got nothing all to do with you..
You get on my tits ye moaning gits
So holier than nowt
These babies are mine and they've fed some in their time
and if I want, I'll get them out!

What's tragic is if I was a bloke with my glittery, hairy moobs out
Your head would call 'acceptable' and your report finger would have no clout
Your sexism beguiles you, and your righteousness is wrong
But thanks for the inspiration to write this song..

Get off my tits ye moaning git
Go find something else to do
This rack is mine and if I want it online
It's got nothing all to do with you..
You get on my tits you moaning gits
So holier than nowt
These babies are mine and they've fed some in their time
and if I want, I'll get them out!

Hurray for Boobies!

Get Off My Tits! (Radio Edit)

IT`S ALLRIGHT

Dear Patricia Arquette

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