Name: Resolve by Nick Stewart
Duration: 4 min 11 s
Description: I've had a problem with some rogue distortion on this track. Most has been edited out but there's still a little in one or two moments ...

The Secret Garden

The Youniverse ~ το Σύμπαν

Anásana

The Witch ~ η Μάγισσα

The Water ~ Το Νερό

BIMINI - No Way (with Avi Snow)  Latin Dance

I've had a problem with some rogue distortion on this track. Most has been edited out but there's still a little in one or two moments ...

Resolve

This Rain piece is the next level of my piano pieces I think.....

Rain

Silent is an emotional piece with great dynamics. Don't tell anyone about it, because it has to stay secret.....
Update: The attempt to keep it secret didn't work, it's now on spotify ...

Silent

another track from "holding on - letting go" (published by Trace Recordings in the U.K)artwork by Stephen Spera

in the face of loss

'Just Let Go’ featuring Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes) is taken from the 'The Appearance of Colour' out now on Real World Records.

Available via:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/appearanceofcolour
Real World: http://realworldrecords.com/johnmetcalfe
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/vxrbpo

John Metcalfe takes to the road for a series of dates in May 2016. 

For these live shows Metcalfe has assembled an incredible line up of musicians from the worlds of folk, electronica and post-classical; crisp, jazz-influenced beats from Rae Morris’ drummer Daisy Palmer, deeply felt groove from Red Snapper's bassist Ali Friend and the exquisite voice of Rosie Doonan, fresh back from touring with Birdy.

2016
8 May BRISTOL Colston Hall Lantern	
www.colstonhall.org 0844 887 1500

13 May CORK Triskel Arts 
www.triskelartscentre.ie +353 (0)21 427 2022

19 May BRIGHTON Great Escape Festival 	
www.greatescapefestival.com 0870 264 3333

20 May OXFORD The Bullingdon	
www.thebullingdon.co.uk info@thebullingdon.co.uk

21 May STROUD, SVA, Brunel Goods Shed	
www.sva.org.uk 01453 751440

28 May LEICESTER Cookie	
www.thecookieleicester.co.uk 0116 253 1212

29 May LONDON Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room	
www.royalalberthall.com 020 7589 8212

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‘A stirring, atmospheric slow-burner that pits cinematic pianos with Khan's auto-tuned vocals, 'Just Let Go' is a perfect marriage of two innovative artists in harmony.’ – NME

'...a sparse, piano- and string-driven song that’s not so out of place in this everlasting winter the Northeast’s been fending off this year' –  SPIN

'AutoTuned vocals against a mystically creeping orchestral slow build and, eventually, a deconstructed trip-hop thump. It’s a 
marvellous piece of music, so listen to it.' – Stereogum

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Composer, producer, classical violist, guitarist, and arranger to A-list pop stars, John Metcalfe has always been a name worth seeking out. The Appearance of Colour presents Metcalfe as a recording artist -- as front man, maestro and manipulator of sounds. Moreover it's a 'proper' album, carefully crafted as a listening experience with a beginning, middle and end, in which no two tracks sound or feel the same.

To make the album, Metcalfe enlisted the support of a small 'repertory company' of trusted collaborators, including drummer Andy Gangadeen (The Bays, Chase and Status), bassist Ali Friend (Red Snapper), pianist Tom Cawley (Curios, Peter Gabriel) and singer Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes). Metcalfe then meticulously assembled his arsenal of electronics, strings, guitars and layered vocals in his Oxford garage studio. The Appearance of Colour may share some of the programmed perfection typical of contemporary electronica, yet there's a 'played' feel that animates the tracks -- the sense of musicians giving everything they have in the first take.

http://john-metcalfe.co.uk

Buy on iTunes

John Metcalfe - Just Let Go (ft. Natasha Khan)

final track from my last album Senessence - with vocals by Jenny Jo Oakley

Lullaby For The Lost

For more collaborative pieces with Simon Morley, https://soundcloud.com/utopiapress 
I've come to the piano relatively late in life. I'm teaching myself and, as yet, am far from professional level. However, I can't help making stuff up - maybe call it composing - and so am putting my "compositions" on here in the hope that, in spite of their limitations and flaws, some of the pleasure I get from them manages to communicate to you the listener. Initially, most of what I put on SoundCloud was exploring possible music for moving image contexts. Increasingly, I am considering music simply for its own sake. I am also collaborating with artist, Simon Morley who lives near the DMZ between north and South Korea, hence our band name: DMZ, https://soundcloud.com/utopiapress Simon does electronics and I contribute piano.

For some 40 years I have created exhibitions encompassing drawing, installation, photography, performance, video, film and book publishing. I have exhibited widely in Ireland, UK, Europe, Canada, USA and India. Major exhibitions of his work have taken place at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (1997), Chisenhale Gallery, London (1998) and in Belfast (1996, 2005). I have received awards, residencies and commissions from the Canada Council, British Council, British Film Institute, Arts Council England and the Royal Festival Hall, London. In 2007 I published, No-one’s Not From Everywhere, a two hundred page text and image book, funded by Arts Council England. In 2012 the John Hansard Gallery published, Which is The: 49 Views. In 2017 I completed his first feature length film, “… as sure as the rain”, in collaboration with Helen Blejerman. http://assureastherain.com  Other moving image works can be seen at, https://vimeo.com/user11338598

Resolve

Nick Stewart

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