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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 519

This is the first song I ever wrote, and literally means more to me than words can express. I originally wrote it in 2004 and recorded a demo in 2005; it's taken me this long to record a proper version, mainly because I only now feel able to do the song the justice it deserves :-D I thank the universe for gifting me such a beautiful song :-D I hope you like it :-D

Everything you hear is me, all the instruments, the vocals and the production, except for some guest harmonies by the gorgeous Asia Pracz :-D

Will We Ever Get To Mars

This is my first solo EP. I wrote all the songs, played all the instruments myself (except for the lead guitar in 'Keeping Them On The Ground' by Jon Tufnell of The Lost Souls Club and Saint Agnes) sang all the vocals, and produced the whole thing in my home studio :-)

Vienna's Song

Facelift

Being my second solo track, this is a musical form of pixie dust with a little stomp of techno. Throwing in some experimental sounds & samples, you now have Celestial Awakening. 

It's time to wake up!

Celestial Awakening

With rhythms inspired by UK garage, lyrically Clydecore is a tale of coercive control told through the romanticised lens of a survivor and offset by imagery of the real experiences of the Barrow Gang. In an instant, guitars and electronics switch from atmospheric to stabbing in a dance of freedom and rage.

Clydecore

It won’t take so long
to sing this sad song.
I wrote this short song
so long ago.

When we said so long
I knew that it was wrong
but we said so long
so long ago.

As long as I am here
I’ll be longing for that year
I spent with you
so, so long ago

but if my memory serves me well
you didn’t take it well
when I said so long
so long ago.

So it’s so long Mary Ann
you were named after that man
who sang So Long, Marianne
so long ago.

Wish I’d found a better end
to this song I won’t be sending
you lost your heart
so long ago.

So Long

Warmest Regards is the first single from the Fishery Commission's returning E.P. "Four Under Three". 

The track addresses the concept of the overwhelming bleakness facing humanity, with the firm belief that the planet will one day fight back and overcome the mess we have made of it. 

Mort Garson meets 8bit over a heavy dub sound system to accompany a set of songs written by a late night torch singer.

Warmest Regards

Recorded in Bunker Studios, Brooklyn, December 2016. Engineered and mixed by Aaron Nevezie. Mastered by Alex DeTurk. Produced by Ben Allison.

Cornet: Kirk Knufke
Saxophones: Michael Blake
Guitar: Steve Cardenas
Bass: Greg Cordez
Drums: Allison Miller

Chekov's Gun

Low Winter Sun

The Original theme I wrote for Max & Paddy's Rd to Nowhere was only around 30 secs long, to work with the TV Title sequence ... But - the chance of me writing a full version to be sung by the legend that is Tony Christie, was just too good to pass up!
And the icing on the cake - as well as the whole music track,I actually produced him singing it!
I LOVE Pete Hilton's drum fill on the intro!
Nice bass playing from Richard Benson too.
And I have to say - my Hammond work ..... blah blah blah!
Special thanks to the Stockport horns (Helena Summerfield & Mark Gilbanks)

Road to Nowhere - (from Max & Paddy's Rd to Nowhere) sung by Tony Christie

Indestructible (Truth No Lies) - Knitwear Junkees

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Named one of BBC Introducing in the East Midlands’ most played artists of 2019 and 2020, Michael Vickers is a British singer-songwriter from Leicester. His combination of indie-rock, folk, and heartfelt, anecdotal lyrics delivered with a raw, rap inspired vocal has had audiences describing his music as “clever, captivating, beautiful, vivacious, unique and spellbinding."

"A bit of a legend on this programme. His lyrics are clever and he’s sensational live.” - Dean Jackson, BBC Introducing.

 

Michael has performed at countless venues and festivals, including Glastonbury and 2000 Trees. As well as performing at De Montfort Hall Gardens in the summer of 2019 with his band, he has featured in promotional videos for Roland showcasing some of their latest musical equipment, signed publishing deals to BMG and has had his tracks placed in TV and Film. As part of BBC Radio Leicester’s Under The Covers show, Michael performed 'Fire' with Kasabian front man Tom Meighan.

 

Michael's latest release - Poetic Nonsense - received an impressive amount of airplay, with 2 singles (Dead & Buried and When You Said That We Were Through) being selected as BBC Introducing in The East Midlands' Track of the Week.

Vienna's Song

Michael Vickers

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