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These are the Top 20 Most Played Tracks from Wud Records at SoundCloud in 2017.

We hope there are some you like! Thanks very much for your support. \,,/(^_^)\,,/

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20 Most Played Tracks of 2017

Well, its been six months since I last released a track and who better to create a new song with but the incredible Ren Faye! We wanted to create something upbeat, something chilled yet positive - and here it is. 

Hope you like it!

You can hear more of Ren's work at 
https://soundcloud.com/renfaye-1

Sunset Sky (feat. Ren Faye)

wanted to put this out for now,
im still working on it but felt like its time for a demo.

dirty hands demo.mp3

Appalachian Verdict

Lucia Santos (Vocais, guitarra, baixo e bateria eletronica)

2024

Perda De Tempo

Strange Town

My remix and master of The Western Den performed live at Telefunken Studios.
All audio files have been engineered and recorded by TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik and are presented for educational and demonstrational purposes only.

The Western Den- Like You Do (Live) KRB Mix MP3

Abnormal by Dark Company, from the album Alien Heat.

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe/P. Jones.

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1989 Explicit Music/Pig Pen Music.

Sequenced at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by G. Davies and J. Willmot 1992.

Performers:
Vocals - PJ Speed
Guitars - Zak Black
Bass - Maxx Damage

ABNORMAL
Have you got a compass
Do you know where you are
Starless and Bible Black
But you hear guitars
Light years away but they’re there
And I can tell you where
Where, where, where

Have you got a problem
With finding the sun
Heart stopped and blinded
Hearing melodies run
Light years away but they’re there
And I can show you where
Where, where, where

Abnormal, unforgivingly
Already warmed up
We’ve come to set you free
But there is a payment for reality
Unless you wanna wait
For Hell to freeze

Will you want a pilot
Will you want a fast plane
Ground-bound and lonely
Chained to a refrain
Light years away but it’s there
And I can tell you where
Where, where, where

Will you sign agreement
Will you pay for your soul
Godless and friendless
Down on Echo Road
Light years away but I’m there
And I can show you where
Where, where, where

Abnormal, unforgivingly
Already warmed up
We’ve come to set you free
But there is a payment for reality
Unless you wanna wait
For Hell to freeze

Fun Facts:
Abnormal was originally written and performed by Alien Heat.
It was the very first song that the whole Alien Heat band created together.
Abnormal was composed by five blokes squeezed into a small bedroom in Topsham Road, Exeter on a particularly rainy November afternoon in 1989.
George studied Graham’s original drum parts and programmed them into the sequencer.
Jeff then added the extra percussion parts.
The bassline in this recording is an amalgamation of Marc’s original bassline and Jeff’s subsequent bassline, both of which we loved.
Richard programmed the original keyboard sounds himself and these are approximated on the studio synths, which we tend to feel did a reasonably good job.
The guitar solo at the end before the swoops, howls and feedback had contributions from Jeff and from Phil the Fiddle.
Phil’s contributions were from when this song was performed in Prague by Doctor Watson.
Pete would always try to stick his head as far as it would possibly go into the speakers of George's cab when the feedback and howling started.
This song is in the key of F#m, the other chord being Em.
The tempo is 124 BPM.
The original version of the song suddenly and inexplicably broke into some different chords at the end.
The updated ending retains the bi-chordal simplicity of the rest of the song.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/alien-heat-2
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/alien-heat/abnormal
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/abnormal
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/abnormal-2
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Alien Heat

Abnormal

Downloads

Dark Company: Abnormal (beta mix)

Moonpath by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.    

Performers:
George: guitars, Plank, synths, percussion
Dave: drums, djembe

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Strings, synths and percussion recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* After dark, when the moon is low in the sky, it makes a beautiful shiny road to itself all the way along the top of the sea.
* The moon always looks so beautiful on the sea at Sidmouth, where Flicker and their friends used to go.
* Sidmouth is bang in the centre of Lyme Bay, and the sea looks so big.
* The moonpath there was even better before all the breakwaters were built.
* The guitar parts for Moonpath were all played using the Ice Maiden, which is double tracked left and right.
* The rhythm guitar was the origin of the track and carries the melody as well.
* The tempo is 138 BPM and the key is C# minor.
* There are many hybrid chords involving fretted notes and harmoonics.
* Moonpath ends up on a B.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/moonpath

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/moonpath
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

At Least 1000 Words

Moonpath

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Flicker: Moonpath

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992-3.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1993 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals, harmonica
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing

LAST TRAIN TO HEAVEN
It’s the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling
Sleep slipped out the window
To where the stars are falling
And the sandman points a finger
And the shadows begin their crawling
This is the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling

How many miles to Babalon?
Three score mile and ten…
Will I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again…
And the joker shuts his eyes
And the dream begins to end
This is the last train to Heaven
And it won’t call again

Well, it’s the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling
Moonlight minds the night time
Rides while day is walking
Lights the way to paradise
And dawn lets in the morning
It’s the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling

How many miles to Babalon?
Three score mile and ten…
Will I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again…
And the joker shuts his eyes
And the dream begins to end
This is the last train to Heaven
And it won’t call again 

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of G.
Pete plays the harmonica parts on a full-scale harp which simply would not do concert pitch no matter how many hammers we bashed it with.
It was a popular acoustic number when performed by Dr Watson and in George’s TEFL classes.
Most of the sequencing is played on the Yamaha TG33.
The clicky guitar that we wish was considerably quieter is a sample.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/last-train-to-heaven
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Rage in Heaven

Last Train to Heaven

Dark Company: Last Train to Heaven

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992-3.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1993 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing

MEDICINES
I can see that dark-set face
Hands crawl by fingering fate
Parsely, sage, rosary of time
Herbs to heal the modern mind
A wounded lover with a clockspring heart
Hears not the Heavens only metal stars
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Night’s sweet hush is for us all
No creeping thing is too small
Wings and webs a mottled map
Dawn will take the empties back
A solo soldier with a gunmetal head
Hears only the music of the marching dead
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Writhing vines climb the hill
Where we stand so very still
Columbine perfumed dark
The whitest flowers an eternal spark
A parish priest with a Bibled mouth
Speaks unnoticed of God and Doubt
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden 

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of A#.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
Jeff played his bassline into the S900.
When Pete sang the melody to George for the first time it took him ages to decide which of the multitude of different possibilities to go with.
There are two simultaneous guitar solos at the start of the song, both of which were recorded on the first take.
Pete was initially sceptical about the whispered vocal.
Various acoustic versions of this later appeared with the song transposed down to A.
It was performed by The Bastard Sons of Dennis and Dr Watson and used as a teaching resource by George in his TEFL classes.
Some of the bassdrum and snare parts were recorded by randomly bashing keys and then quantising.
It produced some remarkably pleasing results.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/medicines
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Medicines

Dark Company: Medicines

Crash by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker

CRASH
No more candid picture shows
Just soap bubble opera’s shallow glows
They tell me it’s a story about my life
To just ignore what I don’t like
It’s so real I must live like that
Script in my pocket and a ticket in my hat

We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back

No more cracks in the temple walls
Next week’s episode will save us all
Your mirror becomes a TV tube
What was reflection now is a view
The face you see is not your own
It spends its time in someone else’s home

We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back

No more thoughts in a lazy way
They scream from the glass: “We’ll make your day!”
I believe it’s true because it’s on the screen
But you can only see what they have seen
We’re all plugged in to one beating heart
Life don’t begin until the programme starts

We gotta stop
We’re gonna crash
Life is money you can’t pay back
Life is money you can’t pay back 

★

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe. 

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, Boss DR220A drum machine, organ, EDP Wasp
Jeff Willmot – bass 

Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.

Originally released 19th December 1991.
First re-release March 1992.
Second re-release June 2000.
Third re-release 16th December 2010.

Cover Art:
Crash by Peter Greatorex

Copyright ℗ 1990 Pig Pen Music.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* Crash was Alien Heat’s set opener.
* Sadly no recordings of the Alien Heat version still exist, as far as we know.
* The key for Crash is B minor.
* When George went to entertain the folks of Plymouth in the subways with his acoustic guitar, he used to play this sliced together with another Dark Company song called Ulysses.
* Ulysses later became an Ug Brothers song called Paperchase.
* Crash was the first song that Jeff played bass on for Dark Company.
* Jeff was very keen to impress and played some amazing things, including attempting the guitar riff in unison.
* George showed Jeff how to hold the G string of his bass on the 4th fret with his right hand so he could hammer on and pull off with his left.
* This technique fascinated Jeff and he played it over and over in the van whilst Pete gave him a lift home.
* All the guitar dirt is natural Marshall overdrive.
* There are no pedals at all, just guitar into amp and a mic on the cab.
* George had just had his antique Marshall revalved and spent around 45 minutes playing with feedback at high volume, until Pete appeared and asked him politely to stop as the neighbours were having palpitations.
* The guitar parts were recorded shortly after that.
* Pete's vocal parts were double-tracked.
* George and Richard wrote the organ part in George’s Haldon Road bedsit one day in the early spring of 1990 when Richard came to visit with his keyboards.
* Whatever contributions Marc and Graham made to the writing of this song are now lost in the mists of time, although they receive a small credit here nevertheless.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/crash
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Over the years, Crash has drawn a lot of comment as its mix of styles is very appealing. Van Halen, ZZ Top, Talking Heads, The Who and AC/DC seem to be the most frequent comparisons. This was a favourite comment on Twitter one day: "Crash sounds like the Who, Talking Heads and Yes all jamming together." - https://twitter.com/prosperousmu

Signmaker

Crash

Dark Company: Crash

Killer by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker

KILLER
Learning is a clock with only one hand
Dreaming is a beach with speaking sands
Knowledge is a vice that grips a man
And Cain was a killer that didn’t understand

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

Wanting is a boat that doesn’t know the sea
Needing is a pain that hurts to be free
Waiting is a lock that doesn’t have no key
And Cain was a killer that could have been me

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

War is a sore that won’t go away
Night is a bruise on the skin of day
Children are the reason that you say you’ll stay
And Cain was a killer who got clean away

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

Teachers are people who shoot at sparks
Lessons are knives that shine in the dark
Sins are boats on the lake in the park
And Cain was a killer right there at the start

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

★

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/R. Parsons.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, bass, Boss DR220A drum machine
Rowena Parsons – tenor saxophone

Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.

Originally released 19th December 1991.
First re-release March 1992.
Second re-release June 2000.
Third re-release 16th December 2010.

Cover Art:
Red Splat 1 by Peter Greatorex

Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* This song is in the key of A minor.
* During the recording of the sax part, Row played a fabulous blort which caused much giggling and can be heard as a bonus track and on the ‘out-takes and blorts’ page at Wud Records.
* Unfortunately much of the giggling cannot be heard.
* This was the very first Dark Company song that was completed.
* It received highly positive critical acclaim from the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers.
* Due to unfamiliarity with the gear, the DBX on the TSR-8 was switched off for the recording, causing a most horrendous amount of hiss.
* The red LED meant the DBX was 'off', not 'on'.
* This was later fixed with cunning use of gates and aural exciters.
* Killer was written in August 1991 and is 110 BPM.
* The guitars were recorded straight into the desk rather than using an amplifier.
* Killer was the first single released by Dark Company from the Signmaker album.
* It was backed with Second Sight and the digital remix of Killer.
* If you listen carefully to Second Sight, you can hear a little ploppy guitar line running through the song here and there, similar to the ones in Killer. 

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/killer
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Killer

Dark Company: Killer

Live Cover of the Gorillaz Feel Good Inc. Performed at Duke St studios recorded by Meirion Townsend 

Feel Good Inc.

Lyrics by The Bummers.
Music by Sean Doyle and Fox Capone.
Sean Doyle - rhythm guitars, vocals
Ben Shooter - lead and rhythm guitars, vocals
Clay Hakes - bass
Fox Capone - drums

Engineered by Michael O'Keefe at Record Office Records, New Orleans LA and by The Bummers at Nut Milk Recordings, New Orleans LA.
Mixed and mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recordings, Montgomery NY.

Art by Tim Dimmock.

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ACTIVE ARTISTS:
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LEGACY ARTISTS:
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