As the title says. Got distracted from something else I should have been doing.

Distraction

A very still, very hot day on a Corsican hillside. 

Recorded using layered tremolos and time-stretched single guitar tones.

Cateri

A version of Rev Gary Davis's 'Candyman', arranged by Stefan Grossman and a bottleneck slide guitar part added by me.

Candyman

Walking down the drive from Dartington Hall very late on a cold and brightly moonlit night. Recorded using bowed notes on a resonator guitar and looped natural harmonics.

Moonlit

Balagne

Slow jazz feel - it came to me during a long walk along the Ridgeway in Hertfordshire

Aldbury

An arrangement of a tune by Turlough O'Carolan

Separation of Soul and Body

This piece is called 'Belle' ; a ‘recomposition’ of a 16th century pavane by Thoinot Arbeau, ‘Belle qui tiens ma vie’  in which I’ve increased the number of voices (SSAATTBB) and stretched out and shifted in time the individual notes of the original. 
The score and a ‘virtual’ performance using a sampled choir is attached. Much of the detail is lost in this version, but hopefully you'll get the general idea.

Belle

Summer of 1973. Excavating an Iron Age hill fort just outside Andover....

Andover

Spring

A light jazzy piece for three acoustic guitars.

Aylesbury Jam

A number of pieces which I have wanted to record, in some cases  for many years.  Most of this stuff is by me;  other pieces are arrangements of 16th century and traditional material.  Everything written for one, two or three guitars, with occasional use of time stretching software

Allan Seago

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