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Produced by Kryple (Lod Productions)
Smooth beat with enough bounce to make you dance. with sexy and confident vocals to match. 
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Nato of Up In Arms studio.
Video out on Youtube now.

Watch You Go

Thirsty

LP and Digital Download Available from
 
https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/

Also available on Spotify / Itunes / Amazon / Google and all the usual online retailers

Edgelords

Dóchas ("Hope", Old Irish) 
Music & lyrics written by Luke Moore 
Recorded, mixed & produced by Luke Alexander Hodgkinson 

Part of Midgård - commissioned by Wirral Festival of Firsts, 2014.

Dangle by a thread 
Adapt and change or lose it all 
There's a different path to tread 
If we don't rise above our ways, we fall, we fall. 

With another dawn chorus, there's hope 
After the sun has risen again, a chance to change 
Still hope 

The grey, a scar upon the Earth 
Glass and steel stretch for miles 
You have to ask, what is it worth? 
Is this the last of all our trials? 

With another dawn chorus, there's hope 
After the sun has risen again, it's a chance to change 
Still hope.

Mastered by Tony Draper 
Guest vocalist: Lauren Walker 
Piano, double bass, cello, glockenspiel: Luke Moore 
Guitars: Luke Alexander Hodgkinson 
Hang & untuned percussion: Chris Cousineau 
Violin: Lara Simpson 
Flute: Elise Jamissen 


Artwork: Luke Moore

Dóchas

Operation Lightfoot is an ongoing series of collaborations featuring guest songwriters and musicians.  The project's founder and artistic director is composer Luke Moore (soundcloud.com/lukemooremusic) .

In addition to several commissions to write new music, Operation Lightfoot are recording their debut album "Alignments" which features a range of artists from different genres.  With the emphasis as much on process - working outside a comfort zone - as the end result, each collaboration is an exciting and rewarding way of approaching songwriting.

Live performances regularly incorporate strings, brass and wind players alongside the regular band set up, blending music with a mixture of projections, visual artists, film makers, photographers and dancers, tailored to match each piece. 



Dóchas

OPERATION LIGHTFOOT