A short sound collage made for Old Tunes, Fresh Takes podcast inspired by a piece I saw performed live by John Cage in Huddersfield, I think in 1989, it was Roaratorio, an Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake. I was captivated by the location recordings from places in the book that he used, this was mixed with musical excerpts played by Irish musicians and dancers.

I tried to weave my own little music excerpts into the sound recordings I made in and around Newport, plus a little bit of Dylan Thomas at the start. I was also reading a novel called ‘The Hopkins Manuscript’ by RC Sherriff about a countdown to the end of the world (due to a collision with the moon) where the main character is frustrated by the way people take this devastating news in their stride, without panic etc and my wife noticed that there are modern day parallels with Global Warming etc. I used recordings of a couple of old chaps in Newport talking about rugby, and people generally just getting on with life, shopping etc without particularly thinking about their own destiny.

Lyke Wake Dirge

image, music, guitars, vocal sounds by Steve Walker

Portrait in blue....by  Stephen Walker (as Doboonie Tunes)....demo sonic doodle

An hommage, if you please, to the late, great Terry Hall & the Fun Boy 3 by The International Jet Set.

Written, produced and all instruments by JHM

Transformation (An Hommage)

Uncast - from The Butler's Pet Mole.

Shimmering

words, music, guitar, voice Steve Walker

electric lead guitar John Phelps

bass guitar, drum programming, recording, production Owen Hamer

Fell Into A Pool - littlesomethings

words Walker/music Walker, Phelps & Hamer
vocals Steve Walker 
guitar (with additional bass & keyboards)John Phelps
keyboards Jason Clark Cox
bass guitar, drum programming, recording, mixing & production Owen Hamer
arrangements by Owen & John
production consultant Bruce Teberon @ The Hill of Dreams Recording Studio April 2016.

Looking out at the sea - littlesomethings

I think this was the first song I recorded on my Tascam 4-track machine 21 years ago...

The Kitchen Sink Collection

Left

Steve Walker...words, music, guitar & vocals
 Owen Hamer...recording, mix, production, drum programming & bass 
 Jason Clark Cox...guitar, keyboards 
recorded at The Hill of Dreams recording studio August 2018

Down At Skew Fields - littlesomethings

I have finally realized my ambition to take Don Henley's signature uptempo hit and bring out its inner dirge. It's all a bit ragged, but try to hang on until the beginning of verse 3, which is my favourite bit.

Boys Of Summer

February 3rd 2023....Violin Sect (bass and vocals 1981)... to hear/purchase remastered/rereleased digital and/or 12 inch ep vinyl of Highdays & Holidays, Rivals, MILK and Fit & Anxious, check out Minimum Table Stacks Bandcamp site. New completed Wrennish tracks available to hear/purchase on Bandcamp

Down At Skew Fields - littlesomethings

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