Name: Open Road by Disco Tree
Duration: 4 min 14 s
Description: This is the first Disco Tree track to be produced. Beautiful acoustic guitar picking is layered with percussion and strings - with a laid back feel to the first section rising to a techno finish. What a ride!

Oooo, lovely guitar part 😎 fantastic production. I’ve got Tunng vibes 🪴

This midsummer, what better company for Episode 10 of First Impressions than singer-songwriter and visual artist Jude Edwin-Scott? Jude’s work encompasses being at one with nature while never shying from the social issues at play in a world sharing the same heartbeat yet torn apart by social injustice. His highly original songbook is punctuated by traditional folk songs which he reinterprets with careful consideration of the original lyricists as they speak of worker repression and mining disasters, just as Jude documents in compelling words and melodies the fate of those subject to township living in South Africa, thrown to the wind as refugees or forced to relocate after being failed by the UK government in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. 

We also cover growing up in a musical family in rural Cheshire where Jude’s dad Geoff wrote thought-provoking plays and music, and he played and collaborated with brother Tom, mum Juliet and sister Tess as well. Tom’s former band Fish Pie share an appropriately funky song here. There is also a heavy metal sojourn courtesy of Jude’s revived band Hidden by Trees, a paean to The Raven Folk Club in Chester (now online and offering lockdown solace), and generous excerpts from Jude’s forthcoming EP Inequality Blues, which is available to pre-order on Bandcamp now and released across platforms on Friday 25th June. 

The songs - Jude Edwin-Scott: Inequality Blues (1:24 and 34:34), Tell My Heart (6:51), Love Your Neighbour (8:28), Seagulls and Crows (14:28), Charlie’s Blues (19:37), Rambling Rose (29:20), Over the Banks (32:20), Little Princes (36:40), William Brown (41:20), The Gresford Mining Disaster (43:16) and Spinning Gold (52:45) // Tom Edwin-Scott/Jude Edwin-Scott: Crazy Days (10:50) and Shackleton’s Chair (45:46) // Fish Pie: Bad Karma (12:15) // Hidden by Trees: Good Mountain (26:55).

First Impressions - Jude Edwin-Scott - Episode 10

This is the first Disco Tree track to be produced. Beautiful acoustic guitar picking is layered with percussion and strings - with a laid back feel to the first section rising to a techno finish. What a ride!

Open Road

Ingredients:
Strummed guitar with a Spanish flavour -  finely chopped
Hypnotic bass line - Syncopated
Synth strings - layered
Kicking fresh beats - 120 BPM
Beat drops - well timed
Result:
Atmospheric banging tune

The Long Way Home

For Episode 17 of First Impressions we go off-script as the usual Q&A format is replaced by experimental tunes, found sounds, field recordings, and an introduction to the music of Disco Tree from band members Jude Edwin-Scott and George Beasley (who’ve kindly allowed me to include their wonderfully uplifting folk/triphop track ‘Waves’ towards the end of this episode). You’ll recognise a few familiar voices from previous episodes in the mix while cameos come from members of the Peaky Blinders cast who – despite their fearsome reputation – have agreed to advertise my upcoming appearance at Speak Easy in Chorlton, Manchester this Thursday (7 July). Among the new musical arrangements I’ve put together for this episode are sentimental tributes to Casio’s calculator watch and Word’s ‘read aloud’ feature. Who says romance is dead in 2022? As ever, and especially for this summery sonic spectacular, First Impressions is best enjoyed through headphones. The featured artwork is from Mauro Koliva, photographed at MOMA in Buenos Aires. Find more Disco Tree tunes on SoundCloud.

First Impressions - Episode 17 - Soundscape (feat. Disco Tree)

What You Got the Blues for?

Is it a Moose or a Mouse? I don't know but its "HOT"!!!!

Hot Moose Mouse

Well I feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel like I I I I I I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now :-)

Ready Now

Made this on a Tascam 4-track back in 1994 and I’ve been carrying the cassette around for far too long.

Open Road

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