Includes all tracks selected for the weekly Eclectic Picks Playlist on Freshonthenet in 2022.  

Part 1 - https://soundcloud.com/signalcommittee/sets/ep2022-01
Part 2 - https://soundcloud.com/signalcommittee/sets/ep2022-02

ECLECTIC PICKS - 2022 (Part 2) (Freshonthenet)

Lost Age

Faith

Remixed by Gnoomes

Video
https://youtu.be/stDNr_QIfQw

Nominate 2LX

Taken from the album 'Dreamish' out 5th August 2022 on Soundmaker Records. 

Available in Dolby Atmos format through TIDAL and Apple music. 

Music & Production: Frederick Fuller
Mix Engineer: Al Lawson
Mastering: Pete Maher
Cover design: Ben Clarke

Once around the Sun (Radio Edit)

Programming, recording and production by Ally Morton 2021-2022. Final mixing by Tony James Morton. Artwork by Ally Morton // allymorton.com tonyjamesmorton.com

Restless

Breatheintoit

diamond horsetail

37093

A remix of our track Signs of Life by the artist Amongst the Pigeons

Signs Of Life - Amongst The Pigeons Remix

https://musiqueparavion.bandcamp.com/album/black-and-white-memories-ignited-by-the-scent-of-springtime-explode-in-colour

The first track from an EP/mini-album by me & Lila Tristram. An abstract sound collage/drone that slowly unfolds + ultimately falls away before turning into the beautiful song Lila played on the day I met her (which remains one of the musical moments of my life).

Untitled (Recollections on the Day We First Met, 25th of May 2019) with Lila Tristram

The word saudade means a longing for something or someone that may never be had again. This piece is the second in a series of tracks themed around unusual names for sensations.

Saudade (Red Bridge Horizons)

Vasasinfónía

In anticipation Halfway People's #CincoDeMayo debut full-length record release, #TheTransatlanticExpress, we present our track #DevilDog featuring the master lyricist Lusty , Art Villalobos on bass, guest Boz Boorer and John Hernandez on guitar and the drumming chaos of Gus Arellano. 
From the UK to Texas via Portugal...enjoy!

Devil Dog

Polybius

Mountains Are Just Tree Stumps

It's a bunch of atmosphere and harpsichords until it isn't.

Made By Thawing Ice

Sandbags On The Flood Of My Insecurities

The Great Escape Live Dates
May 12th Jubilee Square 3.15pm
May 12th Fiddlers Elbow 18.30pm
May 13th St Nicholas Church 5.30pm
June 22nd 26th Confirmed at Glastonbury Festival

In The light follows ‘’Look Up At That Sky’’ added to Spotify New Music Friday and Apple Music New In Indie
“The simplest of things can be most effective. Michael’s music is sparse, skeletal yet often deeply moving” 

Mahogany
“Gorgeous, singer-songwriter would give Ben Howard a run for his money” Tom Robinson 
“Michael was phenomenal, really blew us away“ Adam Maestro Head of Booking Sofar Sounds 

Michael released his magnificent debut long player Dust & Bone in 2016 (Michael lived in his van for two and a half years whilst recording the album) working with Producer Dan Brown. It features the critically acclaimed ‘Steady And The Stuck (premiered by The Independent) and Revolving Doors co-written with Ben Christophers (Guy Garvey Bat for Lashes) he followed this debut with his stunning sophomore album ‘Salt ‘in 2020 which Atwood praised as “an achingly honest & heartfelt reckoning full of striking vulnerability & intensely intimate, beautiful songwriting.” Michael released his 3rd studio Album ‘How Come You Sleep’, in 2021 recorded with Lucy Rose band member Andrew Stuart-Buttle & mixed by Oliver Baldwin (Aldous Harding, First Aid Kit). ‘‘How Come You Sleep resonates with soaring melodies & glistening string arrangements that add depth & colour. It weaves stirring wonders, a cathartic release of tension & visceral self-reflection.’’ Atwood Magazine 

After recently releasing a self-produced covers EP, Michael is now gearing up to release his 4th studio Album, produced & recorded with Luke Potashnick (Gabrielle Aplin, Alberta Cross, Tom The Lion) at the renowned Wool Hall Studios (Van Morrison, Tears For Fears). 

Live 
Michael’s newly formed Live trio set- up features Michael on guitar, keys and harmonica, Alfie Weedon on double bass  & Bv’s and Andrew Stuart-Buttle on violin, mandolin, synths, drum machines & BV’s. The trio frequently lean into the possibilities of their set up with songs featuring shimmering electronic chords and drones, and occasional bursts of controlled feedback or skittering drum patterns.

Michael says of the track.
"Often when confronted with something beautiful, a happy moment, I’m overwhelmed with how ephemeral everything is, thus finding sadness. It’s a vicious cycle. I have this tendency to be able to find the blues in most things (I think the medical term is singer-songwriter). 
I originally wrote In The Light imagining that feeling of being ready to die. It came from a memory of Dad turning to me, around the time of his retirement, and saying 'If I died now I would die a happy man.' Imagining that feeling of being fulfilled to the top, actually turned into the realisation of the song.
This song is the spring in your step as you walk down the road, sun on your face, feeling complete. It’s a list of all the beautiful things achieved, and a tip of the hat to the idea that I came, saw and got the t-shirt." 

Producer Luke Potashnick says of the track: 
Arh man - a real cruiser - again built on a live performance at the Wool Hall - regimented drums and bass, with some floaty overdubs trying to match the dreaminess of the lyric - this one takes you somewhere warm and light for a few!

In The Light

In The Light Michael Baker

The title track from my EP released on the 6th May 2022.

Silver Lining

Collaboration release with Vancouver based artist Laucan.

Laucan 2

So What?

Sparklehorse cover featuring Jason Lytle, 
Grandaddy
Produced by Stew Jackson, Massive Attack

Saint Mary

Saint Mary ~ featuring Jason Lytle {Grandaddy}

Alternative | Psychedelic | Dancey

From Bury UK, Signal Committee carve out their own sound somewhere between New Order, Radiohead and Arcade Fire.

Played on BBC6 Music once or twice, otherwise undiscovered.  

Don't read, listen...