Never make you cry #2

Kingdom Come

From the new EP 'Glow Baby' released June 2022

Funk driven number that calls out social media and its shallowness

Presence of mind is made
Already here not given away
Given away like gifts
The love received and not really made

You cant fake your mind
Not to those that really care
Give it away, give it away
Keep your cards close to your chest

Presence of mind is made
Give it away, dont give it away
Presence of mind is made
Give it away, dont give it away

Presence Of Mind [feat Dione Leigh Wasup]

It was 50 years ago today, Ziggy Stardust taught the band to play....
Previously unreleased version of the David Bowie Classic 'Ziggy Stardust' recorded at Pirate Studios in 2013 with the 'Fig Jam' band of Richard Lawson [Guit/Vox], Erin Kelly [Bass], Josh Gow [Drums] and special guest David Sparks [Guit]
https://youtu.be/3ovEEEse6u0
MAXING OUT THE METERS ON THIS ONE!!!!

Ziggy Stardust

Firefly radio edit
Sept 1 2022 official release from the upcoming LP 'Music at Night; Selected Ambient Works 1994-2014'
Available Youtube/Spotify/Apple and on CD at shows and Bandcamp/Discogs

Firefly

PORCELAIN II IS THE 2ND SINGLE FROM ‘MUSIC AT NIGHT’ SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS 1994-2014.  VAGUELY SURF AMBIENT AND LIKE ‘TAMAM SHUD ON VALIUM’ IN RICHARDS OWN WORDS, IT IS A CHILLED MOMENT BY THE SEA AT NIGHT AND FEATURES SEASIDE SOUNDS FROM HIS OWN PLACE ON THE FAR SOUTH COAST.
CRYSTALLINE IN TEXTURE AND PORCELAIN IN STRUCTURE IT IS SEDUCTIVE AND RAVISHING IN ITS TENDERNESS.
IT FEATURES THE EXQUISITE CLASSICAL GUITAR WORK OF LIME SPIDERS AND PIRATE STUDIO TATHRA OWNER DAVE SPARKS.
THE COVER ARTWORK IS BY RENOWNED AUSTRALIAN PAINTER JUSTIN PEARSON IN A FANTASTICAL LANDSCAPE BY THE SEA AT THE DAWN OR THE END OF TIME.
AVAILABLE SPOTIFY/YOUTUBE/APPLE AND ON THE SOON TO BE RELEASED PHYSICAL LIMITED EDITION CD ON BANDCAMP

Porcelain II

The new LP; ‘Music at Night; Selected Ambient Works 1994-2014’ being released November 2022. The compilation includes 6 reworkings and 6 unreleased songs and the second single Porcelain II is set for a November 11 RELEASE. The album will also be available as a CD at shows and on Bandcamp/Discogs as well as the usual streaming platforms
The album covers Richard’s more quiet reflective works and soundtrack pieces from his extensive career and clocks in at 80 min of chilled out ambience, indeed it goes all the way back to field recordings from Istanbul and Paris

Segue For Lost Civilizations

Dark Streets Classical Qt 3

Fibonacci 24 - 2-23

Silent Chorus 25 - 2-23

THE MOST ANOTHER DAY EP RELEASE JUNE 2023
The Most, who ruled the inner city rock scene in the early 80s are remastering and releasing the EP Another Day digitally in June 2023. Members of the band went on to from successful Australian bands The Cruel Sea nd the Lime Spiders and their high energy Psych Pop gigs were legendary on the burgeoning inner city rock scene of Sydney.
They supported such bands as the Sunny Boys, The Church and Machinations and were finalist in the Battle of the Bands series of concerts at the Strawberry Hills Hotel in 1982 eventually won by The Lime Spiders.
The Most recorded this EP in 1982 and it was the first foray into the studio for them but the recordings have a maturity about them.
The Most were Phil Thornton, Vocals / Richard Lawson , Drums and vocals / Ged Corben, Lead guitar / Tony Bambach, Bass / Greg Owens , Guitar

The Most / Another Day

The Most / Highs And Lows

Ecopoetry Soundtracks

Forest Sketch 2

Seven Breaths synth

The Grooveyard's brand of sixties infused Power Pop was against the grain of the hard Detroit style rock in Sydney in the burgeoning mid-1980’s. The songs that flowed from Jon Scofield’s pen are world class and show great maturity and craftmanship. Now with the digital release of the Avalanche of Love single and self-titled EP we have evidence of a peculiar time in the glory days of Aussie pub rock and the enduring quality of these songs.

The Grooveyard / Mess In Distress

Picture yourself amidst the opulent Belle Époque era, where the spirits of Ravel, Debussy, Phillip Glass and even Vivaldi dance in harmony. It's a classical marvel, elevated by the virtuosity of Australia's esteemed Acacia Quartet. Based around the poems of Australian author and musician Elizabeth Walton the first single ‘How to read a city’ is available now and we are going to give it a spin. The album of the same name is due in June and we cant wait.

'How To Read A City' with Acacia Quartet

Lime Spiders w Jim Keays Live 1988 Turn up your radio

RICHARD LAWSON
As an ARIA-nominated, chart-topping punk rock drummer for The Lime Spiders, Richard’s legacy in Australian music history was cemented as the first drummer to appear on RAGE ABC TV. His music has evolved over a career spanning five decades through multiple instruments, bands, and genres.
As an inner-city band promoter/manager for The Scientists and an early version of the Cruel Sea, he left management behind when the Lime Spiders were signed to Virgin Records in 1987. Their international tours featured supporting Blondie, Iggy Pop, Johnny Rotten, The Ramones, and The Cult. They topped the American Independent charts, played Universal Amphitheatre, the Hammersmith Odeon, and smacked it out to 10,000 at Roskilde Denmark. Their hit Slave Girl was used as a soundtrack to epitomize an era in the ABC production Paper Tigers and covered by the Goo Goo Dolls.
Richard’s first solo release in 1994, Figtree Renaissance, garnered acclaim from Rolling Stone magazine, with classical, ambient, and electronic music influenced by Philip Glass, Kraftwerk, Vivaldi, and the Penguin Café Orchestra. As an autodidact performer and composer, he has a back catalogue of 200 works ranging from punk to classical and is interested in organic traditional classical ensemble work. With over 2,000 performances and 25 full length recordings Richard is a a multi-instrumentalist, recording percussion, guitars, mandolin, keyboards, collaborating with an eclectic array of Australian talent from Caitlin Hartnett to Acacia Quartet as well as emerging talent. He is an accomplished tenor, baritone and counter tenor and has tutored 300 music students. 
In 2014 he received an Australia Day Award for services to music and community. Richard single handedly revived the acclaimed Gulgong Music Festival from 2010-2015 featuring over 80 Australian acts. 
He performs over 100 shows a year in various line ups from solo to 'Kings', drumming at festivals, playing with Honey and other ensembles. In 2023 CreateNSW funded his collaboration with Acacia String Quartet, who recorded his song cycle, ‘Ideas of Home’ based on the works of Australian writer/musician Elizabeth Walton, due for release in Oct 2024. 
This work has generated interest from Screen Tasmania and will debut at public recital at Four Winds in 2024 with negotiations underway for programming at a key Australian chamber music festival in 2025. There are plans for a Medieval/Renaissance song cycle with the Marais Project and compositional studies in Paris in 2025.
Work is currently underway on 2 electronic Eps for release in 2024. His most recent release ‘Music at night’ features his ambient/electronic soundtrack works from 1992- 2017.

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