one of my final independent projects! pulled all of these from my voice memo

fear of separation

PERSONNEL:

Drew Davies - Vocals, Electric Guitars & Synthesisers
Chris Haddleton - Lead Guitars 
Dany Serrano - Bass & Rhythm Guitar
Andrei Ilie - Drums 

Produced by Drew Davies 
All songs written by Drew Davies 

Artwork by Christian Longhi
Photography by Stephanie Zapolska

STUDIOS AND OPERATORS:

Mixed by Danny Whitewood at Whitewood Studios, Liverpool
Mastered by Graeme Lynch at 209 Mastering, Liverpool

Holloway Nights

xenomorph queen

Songwriting by James Gable
Arranged by Two Headed Horse

Two Headed Horse is Leigh Baines, Tristan Gable, James Gable & Gary Hanratty

Bass by Gary Hanratty
Drums by Leigh Baines
Vocals by James Gable
Backing Vocals by Tristan Gable & James Gable
Bouzouki by James Gable
Piano by James Gable

Engineered by Tristan Gable
Mixed by Tristan Gable & James Gable
Mastered by Tristan Gable
Artwork by James Gable

See For Miles (Bounder's Motif)

“Alex Nicol writes hauntingly enigmatic tunes and this new EP is a simply beautiful collection of songs. He sings like an angel and his fragile vocal truly touches the soul!”
Guy Chadwick, HOUSE OF LOVE

“full of floating melodies and dark textures” 
UNDER THE RADAR


“Simple Fires” reflects the concerns and realities of our shared, climate-connected world. The Canadian wildfires of 2023 saw several global cities (including Montreal and New York) report some of the worst air quality on record, causing widespread alerts and evacuations. The smoke not only impacted North America but also crossed the Atlantic, impacting the lives of Europeans. In response, Nicol ponders if what is done cannot be undone. 

“The farther we come, the closer we get to destruction…” Nicol laments, “Simple fires can be mended, but not the kind that’s burning up in me”. 
 
“Simple Fires” is accompanied by an animated official video by Quentin Delobel (Poppip Studio), which paints a moving picture of humans' destruction of nature. Of the music video, director Quentin says, “I followed the feeling of child-like naïveté conveyed in the song and came up with this imaginary yet unfortunately familiar world - one that ends with a dark real life twist.” Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdJgsDWxXWQ

Hallmarked with the kind of thoughtful lyricism and graceful melancholia that have become his calling cards, in his latest outing Alex Nicol casts a withering gaze upon a natural world being laid to waste at the hands of ignorance, governmental inaction, and corporate industrial greed.

Simple Fires

Alex Nicol - Simple Fires

We find ourselves submerged beneath a derelict central Berlin building occupied by artists and anarchists. It is flooded with heavy electronic noise, smoke, damp stale air, and unfettered indifference.

The individual creating the noise is not visible, all we see are the loudspeakers behind a barrier. The performer becomes utterly irrelevant, and I decide the sound might as well be coming from a swollen tomato. 

As the noise reaches its peak, bouncing off the dirty brick basement walls, I feel compelled to shout back in response. A German lady asks if I am part of the performance, and I tell her that we all are.

The Madness Begins

BE KIND

Coming Up For Air

No Way - a newly released single to mark 5 years since Brand New Moon's debut album, 'Difference & Repetition'.

Mike Barrett - vocals, keyboards, percussion
Meg Woof - backing vocals
Rob Shuttz - bass guitar
Phil White - guitar
Jacob Smedegaard - drums

Produced & Mixed by Mike Barrett
Mastered by Peter Fletcher at First Love Studios

LYRICS:

no way
i came here to forget those things
i can't stay
but let me be un-cynical
for one more second
one more lightyear
one imploding sun
wherever this may go
it has begun

far away
far away from earthly troubles
life again
pirouettes among the corals
does every heart
does every alien
get the urge run?
wherever this may go
it has begun

a face you remember
and all those you forget
and then there’s everyone
you’ve never even met
but the question of scale
is easily dropped
as the face across the table
grows larger

no way
got no room
for any major changes
but take this thought wherever you want
and rearrange the furniture
my kidneys and my lungs
wherever this may go
it has begun

no way
and then i find a way of saying
maybe
and then i find a way of saying
yes please
and then i find a way of saying
change me
change me
change me

No Way

The assignment: describe a shadow using sound.

More on this 622nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Know the Shadow (The Assignment: Use recently discarded material to make something new), at: https://disquiet.com/0622/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0622-know-the-shadow/

throwing shade [disquiet0622]

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Know the Shadow.
The Assignment: How do you depict a shadow in sound?
https://disquiet.com/0622/
From a field recording:
https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/cloche1

Excerpt from "I Have Never Seen A Sound" by R. Murray Schafer 2009:
"Sounds tell me about spaces, whether small or large, narrow or broad, indoor or outdoor. Echoes and reverberation inform me about surfaces and obstructions. With practice I can begin to hear “acoustic shadows,” just like the blind."

The distant sound of the carillon bells at Reims Cathedral.
The shadow and light of stained glass.
The people. Their footsteps. The birds.

With a PureData bandpass filter patch:
https://github.com/gerardparesys/ARGOPd/blob/master/ExMM/ExMM190-FFTEqualizer/ExMM190f-FFTEqualizerHalfOct.pd

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Participation au projet "Disquiet Junto" de Marc Weidenbaum: Connaître l'ombre.
Comment représenter une ombre dans un son ?
A partir de cet enregistrement:
https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/cloche1

Extrait de "I Have Never Seen A Sound" par R. Murray Schafer 2009:
"Les sons me renseignent sur les espaces, qu'ils soient petits ou grands, étroits ou larges, intérieurs ou extérieurs. Les échos et la réverbération me renseignent sur les surfaces et les obstacles. Avec de l'entraînement, je peux commencer à entendre les "ombres acoustiques", tout comme les aveugles."

Le son lointain du carillon de cloches de la cathédrale de Reims.
L'ombre, la lumière des vitraux.
Les gens. Leurs pas. Les oiseaux.

Avec un patch Pure Data:
https://github.com/gerardparesys/ARGOPd/blob/master/ExMM/ExMM190-FFTEqualizer/ExMM190f-FFTEqualizerHalfOct.pd

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: 
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0622-know-the-shadow/

Coming Up For Air

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