Holes

Covered In Holes (Live from the garden)

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Elephant Feet

Jet lag insomnia led to me to record this at 4am

In Somnia We Rust

taken from the 1981 album 'Running Out Of Time' to be re-issued on URU/Lucky Number on March 18th, 2016. 

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Rexy - Alien

From the first album - 5 string litungu, gongs, santoor, bells, metallophone, vocals, shakers

Maggie

Musuc for recent Kathakali performance.  Keith Bray Bansuri Flute and Mohan vocal.

Old wounds

Instrumental Track Created by Jerry Hope of the Dust Collectors around 2006 or before.

Folky Stuff

Shipping Forecast - Jerry Hope

Eulogy for Peter

Jerry Hope solo spoken word in studio recording

Solo performance

Hindsight - Jerry Hope

'Odes to a 1940s Film Set' is another work partly inspired by a visit to Crystal Palace Station Booking Hall before it reopened. The words are titles to 1940s films placed in sentences.

Part of A Series of Pieces Expressing Experiences of Migration, Transition, History and Friendships... Live at the Crystal Palace Overground Festival Soundtracks Event at Crystal Palace Station. 

Players are:

George Harris - Spoken Word / Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Harmonica / Percussion / Voice

Alison O'Palace - Piano / Accordion / Percussion 

Agatha Lisowska - Violin /  Percussion / Visual Creative Direction

Mitzy Valentine - Flute / Voice / Percussion / Style


Odes to a 1940s Film Set

Rookery Ensemble would like to say a few words in honour of Alison O'Melia founding member who passed away just before Christmas 2020 after a illness. We will miss you; love you in so many ways. Its still so hard to comprehend but we will follow the paths you set in music and sound. Your patterns of spirit are there rich with colour and transcend the mundane. We hold our hands up and touch those stars above in which way they shine xxx 

Rookery Ensemble were founded by
George Harris and Alison O'Melia 
they were previously called Brother G and The Trouble and World Of Surprises and started in 2011. Performing a number of concerts as a duo and ensemble.
They have ploughed several furloughs in the land of contemporary music. Currently based around George E Harris with Erik Moore and Mark Hill bringing in others in the hear and there. 
Through the lockdown in UK, Alison and George played a number of home performances for Crystal Palace Lockdown Live online which you can hear a best of album on soundcloud and bandcamp.  As well as view some on YouTube and the CPLL Facebook group page. The bandcamp album is available to buy and is raising money for St Christopher's Hospice. This was with the help of Erik Moore on various tracks virtually. 
Rookery Ensemble have just released their first vinyl album Islets Of Langerhans that was started with Alison and completed since her passing.  This album is available on Bandcamp as well as here and other streaming services and the sales are part going to St Christophers Hospice.
Other members of Ensemble  of late have been Hilary Robinson - Piano, Melodica and keyboards, David Rothon on various instruments including the Omni Chord, Pedal Steel and Melodica, Mark Hill - Electronics and Radio, Erik Moore - Bass, K- Keyboards and Percussion, Annabella Maneljuk - Melodica, Glockenspiel and Keyboards.
With previous  collaborations  from Agata Liswoska on Violin with occasional appearances by  Mitzy Valentine - Flute and Voice, Victoria Potterton on Trumpet and Voice. 
Rookery Ensemble continue to build on the fluid nature of the music through various incarnations and sounds.

Odes to a 1940s Film Set

Rookery Ensemble

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