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

A Power In Me

Five beautiful tracks of wintery piano-led music on mini CD.

01 First Night

words, music,guitar, voice Steve Walker

bass guitar, drum programming, recording and production owen Hamer

keyboard Jason Clark Cox

The Girl with Red Hair - littlesomethings

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

Produced by Owen with The Wrennish Boys at Hill Of Dreams.

The Wrennish Boys - Heads! Or Tails?

Violin Sect were:
Guitar...Steve Jinks
Percussion & backing vocals...Hywel Pontin
Drums...Phil Rimell
Bass guitar & vocals...Steve Walker
* Guest keyboards...Anthony Lambert
Recorded at LSR Studios Usk 1981...Edited & remixed by Owen Hamer at Hill of Dreams Studio 2019

Rivals...Violin Sect 1981 release (edited  2019)

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

Rivals...Violin Sect 1981 release (edited 2019)

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