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Jazz Lounge Bar Playlist - part 2

first pass

It's All Good on Soundcloud

hawkwind 're mix stuff

All The Things You Wanted

Watching The Walls

Another of my patches for Modular Synthesizer for iOS, and like the other one I posted a demo of recently, it's an attempt to recreate one of the ARP synth sounds David Hentschel programmed for Peter Hammill to play, on Hammill's 1974 album "In Camera". This time, I aimed to mimic the high melody synth which doubles Hammill's vocal in the first two verses of the song "Faint Heart And The Sermon".

This demo is rather rough, partly because (as with all three patches I've so far programmed in Modular) I've experienced a problem with notes not quite triggering the way I would expect, especially when playing "legato"-style. I wonder if it might be the way I've set up the envelope generator for the "master" VCA (amplifier), but that's something I will have to look into.

Modular Synthesizer for iOS: demo of "Faint Heart" patch

Calm & Relaxing Background Music

For a Lifetime

Romantic Morning French Vibes Music

Bouddha café lounge bar

The Hakwlords live at the bush hall shepherds bush playing the track Flight from their second album Dream 
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Flight - Live At Bush Hall London - 02 - 11 - 2013

Straight-up space-rockin' and shamelessly derivative in a Sun-Dial-meets-Hawkwind-meets-Kyuss-meets-Monster-Magnet kind of way .... And so, quite good fun! :) 

Afterburner

I Kissed A Girl - RMX(Katy Perry vs. HawkwindAndFire)

My tribute to the late great Lemmy. A song from his days with Hawkwind. RIP.

Lost Johnny - Lemmy Kilmister (Hawkwind)

Another track we've had a mess about with whilst putting together our first EP of original material, which we're hoping to have out by November 2018.  It's a homage to a message still relevent today. Maybe now more than ever. Enjoy. 

Vince Cory - Lead/Noise/Arrangement.
SL - Beats/Noise/Samples. 

The original is an absolute cracker is available to listen to here:

https://youtu.be/pG4EF2eYfTs

We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago - Hawkwind (Startrippered Edit)

Buddha Room 2015 - 50 Lounge Tracks & Background Instrumental Buddha Music to Chill and Relax

Just Chill (Chill Out and Relaxing Music to Slow Down)

The debut album of the band DÖDAREN. 
Recorded in 2012 in Kanon Studios, Falkenberg, Sweden
All songs written and producded by DÖDAREN
Mastered by Thomas Eberger @ Stockholm Mastering
Engineered by Jon Solheim
Cover art by Eric Rådegård

01 Ågren Ner i Graven

I am indebted to Keith Kniverton for sending me this slightly ropey (in terms of audio quality) demo of my song 'Turn It On Turn It Off', which must have been recorded totally live at The Mill House (the residential rehearsal facility owned by Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire), where the Hawklords/wind were resident sometime in 1979.  I seem to remember sunshine and no money, with me doing all the cooking on no/low budget. I have no memory of why Martin Griffin (and the great Bob Calvert) left, and how the brilliant Simon King came to be playing drums with the band again, albeit briefly. It's a loooong time ago!

This first version of the track features the classic line-up of Simon King (drums), Harvey Bainbridge (bass & harmonies), Dave Brock (guitar & harmonies) and myself on vocals and keyboards.

It later appeared as one of the stand-out tracks on my 1980 album Fresh Blood (featuring Simon King, Huw Lloyd-Langton and Nic Potter), which is now  - I'm pleased to say - remastered and available on iTunes and all the usual online outlets  - via Atomhenge/Cherry Red.

Words and music by Steve G Swindells (c) All rights reserved..

Turn It On Turn It Off (Hawklords/wind Demo 1979)

Quality is a bit dodgy, but it's the real deal.

It was recorded onto cassette, I think!

Brock, Bainbridge, King and me.

The pic is of me in the porch of Rockfield studio's  Mill House, where we recorded this first demo, in the beautiful adjoining, linked ex-chapel, where we rehearsed.

Words and music by Steve Swindells (c).

Shot Down In The Night. Original demo. 1979.

My take on the classic song written by Robert Calvert and Paul Rudolph, originally performed and recorded by Hawkwind (and, since, by many, many other people). My recording of this song is strictly not-for-profit-or-sale (well, actually, this applies to all musical output under my name! ;) ) but I encourage you to purchase any or all of the various officially released recordings by various bands and persons. :)

Hassan I Sabha

Just for a few Days ! This "cover" of the a Great Brock-Calvert song .."It's my favorite"
was comissioned for the "Daze of the Underground" Album

Is that the Spirit of the Age ?

Laid-back Soundscape for Weekends

Moments for Brunches

RED FANG - Prehistoric Dog

Steve Swindells is a singer/songwriter/musician/producer and artistic polymath. He owns all the rights to the tracks featured on here (PRS/MCPS) -  apart from the Hawklords, Tre Nation, Findike and Spirits Burning tracks (and 'Shot Down In The Night' and 'Turn It On Turn It Off', which Steve wote, but are published by Warner Chappell) - so all the other tracks and co-writes are available to sample (with permission and a suitable publishing split!) and to cover and/or licence.

The Plastic Sturgeons, Steve's ad-hoc, all-star jamming band, were honoured to be joined by one of the best bass players in the world, Guy Pratt (just google him - I'll mention Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson for starters) at their live gig at The Real Music Club In Brighton. Then Amy Winehouse's bass player and musical director Dale Davis guested at the next super-jam @ The Brunswick in Brighton on Nov 23rd.  That was Steve's 61st b/day party too. All tracks were recorded by the most excellent Roy Weard.

Steve's new(old) double CD The Lost Albums was released in 2012 on Flicknife Records (http://www.flickniferecords.co.uk) and you can read the first review of it here: http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/8099 - also available from iTunes, Amazon.co.uk, Play.com and HMV.com

Steve's 1974 Album 'Messages' was digitally remastered and reissued on Esoteric/Cherry Red, in 2009, as was his classic 1980 album Fresh Blood (Atomhenge/Cherry Red). The latter is also available on Spotify, iTunes etc etc.

Steve's double compilation album of home recordings and demos from the late 80s through to 2013 is called 'New Crescent Yard' and is available to download for just $10 here, as his new album 'The Hanging Baskets Of Babylon' : http://steveswindells.bandcamp.com and they are also on most streaming and download platforms.

Steve's burgeoning multimedia EBook 'Sex N' Drugs N' Sausage Rolls' is now free to peruse (for a limited period) on http://steveswindells/wordpress.com/about

Steve also played with the re-convened Hawklords (he was in the band in 1978/9), which features the cream of the ex-members of Hawkwind and The Hawklords. Steve also played quirky keyboards on The Hawklords' 2012 release 'We Are One' before leaving the band.

http://www.facebook.com/TheHawklords

Stream and download (please 'fan' for loads of free downloads) more of Steve's songs and music at:
http://www.reverbnation.com/steveswindells

Then there are the ambient/chill/healing albums - perfect for film, library and TV music.  These CDs are now available to buy direct from the artist. 

http://www.reverbnation.com/steveswindellsbamboo

http://www.reverbnation.com/steveswindellsenigmaelevations

And please 'like' me @ http://www.facebook.com/SteveSwindellsMusic

Don't forget to check-out my Bowie-esque alter-ego Thom Topham too:
http://soundcloud.com/thom-topham and http://www.reverbnation.com/thomtopham

The double DanMingo album featuring Jon Moss, Winston Blissett, Dale Davis, Jerry Richards, Kit Morgan and Moos in now available as a download and to stream on all the usual digital suspects.

Steve released the double album 'The Unplanned Obsolescence of Thom Topham' and it's available to download/stream on all digital outlets.

Turn It On Turn It Off (Hawklords/wind Demo 1979)

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