BORDERTOWN EP (2013) avail on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/bordertown-ep/id687921716

Leave Your Love (2011) avail on iTunes: 
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/leave-your-love/id577460513

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Photo Credit:  Dave Todon  www.davetodon.com

BORDERTOWN

called out like a fog horn from a river ship at night, as it passed under the bridge they built in 1929. trying to bring us back together. trying to bring us back to life. let the water from the gutter lift the spirits in the room. as the dead dance to the heartbeat of a hollow beggars tomb. trying to bring us back together into ritual commune. in a run down bordertown. is there anybody out there who can come for me tonight. is there anybody out there who can comfort me tonight. can you bring me back together. can you bring me back to life. in a run down bordertown. in a city of roses. 



© dan griffin 2013

Bordertown

Armellodie Records is proud to present Dunfermline’s Dan Lyth and the Euphrates with their new album, Benthic Lines, released as a Deluxe book (that’s right, we said book!) with CD and/or download on Monday 12th May 2014.

Dan Lyth was born in the Middle East but has lived most of his life in Dunfermline, Fife. A sound designer by day, Lyth began work on Benthic Lines some five years ago, his intention to record an album entirely outdoors. On rooftops and rowing boats, in forests and high streets, mountains and quarries, ruined churches and beaches, car parks and peat bogs. Anywhere really, as long as it was outside!

Having first had the idea while on a trip to Sierra Leone, Lyth quickly realised that it's one thing to daydream of such a plan whilst in the tropics and quite another to actually attempt it back at home in Scotland. 

“I think some part of me took perverse pleasure in the thought of having to undergo some real physical exertion to make this record. I have also always been drawn to creative work that has taken a considerable amount of effort, and recording an album outdoors whilst living in Scotland with its devious climate seemed to fit the bill.”

In an age when it seems anyone can produce an album in their bedroom, Benthic Lines attempts to re-explore the relationship between music and the environment in which it is created. What happens to a recording when you have no control over the surroundings? What anomalies and accidents may occur? And would it be possible to weave together the unpredictable sounds of these environments with more traditional performances to create a cohesive whole?

As Lyth’s fondness of field recording has grown more ambitious, so too has his talent as a songwriter. Album opener ‘All My Love’ is testament to this, merging the mythological with the reality of the uncertainties that are brought when becoming a father for the first time. The vivid imagery of ‘Four Creatures’, written from the perspective of someone living in Syria, draws upon Islamic and Christian eschatological imagery to startling effect.

The influence of Steve Reich is worth noting, from the repetitive female vocal sounds on ‘Standing Start’ to the cyclic piano and accordion patterns of ‘Super Nature’ and ‘Earth Broke Its Vow’, Lyth is the first to admit of his affection for Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians. 

“A big chunk of inspiration came from Steve Reich’s work and one of the main aims of the album in terms of the arrangements was to try and make music that sounds electronic or programmed but is actually all live acoustic instruments.” says Lyth. 

Benthic Lines are the deep sea communication cables through which the world is now connected, and communication is a recurring theme throughout the record ("the cables installed along ocean floors is where we had lived too long for sure" sings Lyth on ‘How It Happened’). How our constant use of communication technology can affect our thought processes and relationships (“We shot some video, scenes that would not be shown, think what you will but the devil’s in the pixels on my phone”, sings Lyth on ‘Four Creatures’).   With recording having taken place in locations as far afield as Morocco, Australia, Turkey and Uganda, Dan is also exploring the lines of human connection and lines of ancestry.

Designed with love by graphic artist Sarah Lyth, the album arrives in a beautifully bound 60-page book and includes photos from the array of recording locations. Cover art from celebrated New York artist Matthew Cusick and an accompanying short story, Already Here, by talented Fifer Craig Rennie complete the desirable artefact that is Benthic Lines. So what has Lyth got to say for himself now that his affair with the great outdoors is almost over.

“After travelling, listening, recording and being constantly surprised over the course of the five years and four continents that I’ve made Benthic Lines, what will really stay with me is not only all the wonderful sounds we heard but also the many inquisitive, open-minded and generous people we met along the way. But it wasn’t all romantic. It’s quite hard work transporting a drum kit to a remote derelict church or dragging a piano out of a small flat. There were broken mic stands, bleeding fingers and failing batteries. And there was rain, a lot of rain.”


DAN LYTH & THE EUPHRATES - All My Love

Sampler of the record What We Say We Are - available on iTunes & Bandcamp.

Straight Bourbon Whiskey

OAK - Run

PFM will self release four digital EP's
three / four was released February 1st 2015 and is the third EP

All songs written and performed by Bart van Dalen

Breathe recorded, mixed and produced by Bart van Dalen with the kind help of Brian Esselbrugge at Pine Tree Studio, Lage Vuursche.
Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, percussion and glockenspiel by Bart van Dalen
Drums by Paul Scheenstra
Backing vocals by Phyllis Janssen and Bart van Dalen

Into the Unknown recorded, mixed and produced by Bart van Dalen and Brian Esselbrugge at Pine Tree Studio, Lage Vuursche
Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass by Bart van Dalen
Drums by Brian Esselbrugge and Bart van Dalen
Piano by Eelco Topper
Backing vocals by Phyllis Janssen and Bart van Dalen

Calm recorded, mixed and produced by Bart van Dalen with the kind help of Brian Esselbrugge at Pine Tree Studio, Lage Vuursche
Vocals, drums, bass and hohner organetta by Bart van Dalen
Piano by Eelco Topper
Backing vocals by Phyllis Janssen and Bart van Dalen

Artwork by Studio Supernova


Into The Unknown

Written and performed by Bruno Catrambone III
Engineered and Mixed by Dave Drago at 1809 Studios, New York
Mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Music, New York

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RANDM 074
©2016 Randm Records

Former Belle - Honey Bee

I wish I would’ve recognized
The life you had me sit beside
The daffodils are at your toes
That you planted and never watched them grow
They grow, They grow
They grow, They grow

I wish I would’ve recognized
The bags that grew under your eyes
I know you haven’t slept in weeks
All those drinks you had because of me

I wish I’d never recognized
The truth I always lay beside
Where everything can come undone
I watch you sleep until the morning sun
I know, I know
I know, I know

Lay me on the table and tell me what I’ve done
When I was twenty-three this looked a lot more fun
Until I saw how shit works out and everyone runs
Why should you care if I don’t care at all?  

I think I’m finally wearing thin
Getting old and I’m giving in
I’m not proud of what’s been happening
Getting drunk and always staying in

You said that I’m your honey bee
You always smile when you’re next to me
And after all the work is done
When I’m too tired to talk to anyone
I go home, home
I go home, home

Lay me on the table and tell me what I’ve done
When I was twenty-three this looked a lot more fun
Until I saw how shit works out and everyone runs
Why should you care if I don’t care at all?

Former Belle - Honey Bee

Thanks so much for all the love !! Please let me know what you think about this track and leave a comment below! I'm working on the album. Love u much!❤️

Shadow

New EP Swimming Away will be available March 25

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Great Lake Swimmers - Condition White

LYRICS

Pale sun on an August sea
Now the picture’s fading from your bedroom wall
Black mirror watches while you sleep
Yellow dress on the floor

Cold nights are drawing in again
Another future’s left with the summer it seems
Dark clouds still haunt the little boy
In the quiet of his dreams

Oh I know that your lover broke your heart
Oh I know that you feel all alone
And I know that the world’s got no use for us
And that all this’ll go

Don’t walk, don’t walk the red man’s flashing still
Cold rain runs in rivers down your neck
Dead leaves, dead leaves choke the iron grills
That summer’s never coming back

Dead Leaves

From the album 'Lake Jackson, Brazoria', released February 21, 2017
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~ Lyrics:

Falling stars don’t shine the same.
Some shine bright and some don’t leave a trace.
In the end they all just fade away.
Leaving seas of darkness here to stay.
For always.

Lonesome hearts don’t feel the same.
Some grow strong and some just lose their grace.
Rising tides will wash away the pain.
Just like grains of sand you’ll find your way there.

Amongst the thieves they will keep your back like brothers would.

Lake Jackson, Brazoria

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Monaco à Go-Go - And Off You Go

The brand new Summer EP from Keston Cobblers Club - release Date - 01.07.13 

We Will Heel Your Soles

Postcards From Mars is Bart van Dalen, a multi faceted producer and songwriter searching for what it means to be human. Drawing inspiration from otherworldly experiences, consciousness and the harsh reality of running into yourself, Van Dalen weaves together songs that range from intimate folk tunes to more psychedelic, rhythm driven arrangements.

Into The Unknown

Postcards From Mars

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