A sample track from Mike Simmons' album "The View from Anelog" - available from musicfromthemountains.com

The View from Anelog

A sample track from Mike Simmons' album "Portmeirion" - available from musicfromthemountains.com

White Horses Cesg Gwynion

A sample track from Mike Simmons' album "Dreams of Avalon" - available from musicfromthemountains.com

The Search For The Holy Grail

Castell Odo Daybreak

The Ring Of Brodhar

This new album by Mike Simmons traces the Wye from its source at Plynlimon down to Chepstow. 
Making it has been something of a labour of love and involved Mike in making many journeys along the length of the river – on foot, by car and by canoe – soaking up the atmosphere and taking pictures, as well as making field recordings and videos. Many of those recordings found their way onto the album - woodpeckers, robins, thrushes, wood pigeons, swans and many other birds along with bats, church bells and the river itself which runs throughout the whole piece. 
Mike writes music to dream to. It's warm, textural, atmospheric and created with synthesizers, samplers and natural sounds. He builds up layers of sound to produce an atmospheric pattern of slowly interweaving textures. His music reflects his environment, conjuring up on this album one of the most beautiful rivers in the British Isles.
The whole album was composed and recorded in his studio at Fownhope, overlooking the Wye – hence the title.

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