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February 2020 Top Ten Tracks

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June 2020 Top Ten Tracks

Here are our Top 10 tracks for September 2020 on SoundCloud.
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September 2020 Top Ten Tracks

These are the Top 20 Most Played Tracks from Wud Records at SoundCloud in 2020.

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https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/wud-records-20-played-tracks-2020/

20 Most Played Tracks of 2020

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Here are our Top 10 tracks for April 2017 on SoundCloud.
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April 2017 Top Ten Tracks

Here are our Top 10 tracks for July 2017 on SoundCloud.
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July 2017 Top Ten Tracks

Here are our Top 10 tracks for August 2017 on SoundCloud.
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August 2017 Top Ten Tracks

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

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http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/wud-records-20-played-tracks-2017/

20 Most Played Tracks of 2017

The Paranoia Song by Clonk!

Lyrics by E. Williams.
Music by E. Williams/G. Davies.
This arrangement by E. Williams/G. Davies/J. Ings/A. McGill.

Recorded, engineered and produced by Joe Ings and Amy McGill.

Copyright © 2003 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2003 E & G Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Emma Williams - voices
George Davies - guitars, bass
Joe Ings - synths, drum programming
Amy McGill - synths, drum programming

THE PARANOIA SONG
Maybe there’s a little paranoia creeping in
Hard to extract from the ratrace you’re living in
Consequences change but you’re sure
Once or twice you’ve played the game you realise you can’t win
Considerations falter when you’re
Hanging with gamblers with an open hand
Caressing the table
That creche is too sad
Scrambling down on all fours
Chasing the spade that ain’t yours
What about the times that we set
The safety net to knock down regret
Regulations that we met
Turbulent debt is not over yet

Some kind of wonderful’s about to fall
Can’t seem to reach out enough when you call
Feeling the knife slash through my skin
Following a fucked-up set of rules
What is this pain that I live in
Walking through gangsters with a loaded gun
Cursing the shit that I’ve left undone
Following a crowd without sense
Holding on to some innocence
What about the times that we set
The safety net to knock down regret
Regulations that we met
Turbulent debt is not over yet

Maybe there’s a little paranoia creeping in
Hard to extract from the ratrace you’re living in
Consequences change but you’re sure
Once or twice you’ve played the game you realise you can’t win
Considerations falter when you’re
Hanging with gamblers with an open hand
Caressing the table
That creche is too sad
Scrambling down on all fours
Chasing the spade that ain’t yours
What about the times that we set
The safety net to knock down regret
Regulations that we met
Turbulent debt is not over yet

Hanging with gamblers with an open hand
Caressing the table
That creche is too sad
Scrambling down on all fours
Chasing the spade that ain’t yours
What about the times that we set
The safety net to knock down regret
Regulations that we met
Turbulent debt is not over yet

Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of A.
The electric band of Clonk! with four members attempted to learn The Paranoia Song.
It was never performed live as an unplugged acoustic open mic song.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/clonk
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/clonk/clonk-lyrics/the-paranoia-song
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Demo

The Paranoia Song

Clonk!: The Paranoia Song

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

Dark Company: Abnormal (beta mix)

*** Work In Progress / Demo ***

Don't Look Down by Dark Company
Album: Bad Habits

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter.

Copyright © 2008 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2008 The Dark Brothers/Explicit Music.

Performers:
PJ Speed – vocals, harmonica
Zak Black – guitars
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - drums

DON’T LOOK DOWN
What you got are you hot
Are you free for the Turkey Trot
Dance with me glance at me
Give me a sign your spirit’s free

Don’t look down lose the crown
Don’t be late for the ride down town
Walk with me talk with me
Give me a sign your Spirit’s free

Ring ring ring goes the telephone
Is that God?
No, he ain’t home
Well then, the other guy
I don’t mind who if they can tell me why
I don’t mind who if they can tell me why

Get on up take the cup
Drink the drink before the door is shut
Be with me let me see
Give me a sign your spirit’s free

Ring ring ring goes the telephone
Is that God?
No, he ain’t home
Well then, the other guy
I don’t mind who if they can tell me why
I don’t mind who if they can tell me why

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of Em.
Pete uses two different harmonicas to make the harmony with his vocal, but that's a trade secret so don't tell anyone.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/bad-habits
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/bad-habits/dont-look-down
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Bad Habits

Don't Look Down

Dark Company: Don't Look Down (beta mix)

Another Star in the Sky by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/L. Welsman.

Performers:
George: guitars, keys, synths, percussion
Dave: Plank, drums
Lucy: cello

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings, synths and percussion recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.
Stratocaster solos recorded by Dan Davies.

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:
* Another Star in the Sky is dedicated to George’s father, who passed away around the time of its creation.
* He never heard it.
* In the evening of the day when Mr Davies senior died, the sky was cloudy and only one star could be seen.
* Another Star in the Sky was almost named Another Scar in the Sty due to an outburst of mispronunciation.
* This would have been appropriate in some ways, because George (bass) and Dave (drums) were playing in a kick-ass folk band called Pyg at the same time.
* Pyg’s live performances could be a bit hit-or-miss, due to some of the dynamics within the band.
= Some of Pyg’s songs can be heard in the Archives section of the Wud Records website.
* Another Star in the Sky is based around the acoustic guitar part.
* It is in 6/8 time at a sedate 75 BPM.
* The key is G# minor, and it ends on a B major.
* Lucy’s cello copies the acoustic’s melody.
* George’s son Dan helped with the recording of the Stratocaster solos.
* Dan took up playing guitar that day and has now become a fabulous and accomplised player.
* No real horn players could be found at the time, so those parts were played using MIDI.
* The horn parts are actually quite amusing and rather scrappy.
* One of the guitar parts was made by setting the old Marshall to the most horrible sound possible, with maximum overdrive, presence and treble, and no mid or bass.
* The idea for this came from a track by Tindersticks, called Vertrauen II, from their second album.
* Dave was wincing as if to say “This just isn’t gonna work!”
* The part was dropped back in the mix and treated to a little reverb and it was “just right”.
* The idea for the simple yet distinct piano came from a piece George used to play on piano as a boy of about nine.
* It was from Forest Fantasies by Walter Carroll.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/another-star-in-the-sky

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/another-star-in-the-sky
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://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/pyg-2/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

At Least 1000 Words

Another Star in the Sky

Flicker: Another Star in the Sky

Hair and Eyes by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Performers:
George: guitars, Plank, synths, EDP Wasp
Dave: drums, analogue synth

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Strings and synths 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:
* Sometimes if a person has especially beautiful hair and eyes, it is impossible for a person attracted to said lovely being to see beyond their beautiful hair and/or eyes.
* It can sometimes be impossible for the infatuated to realise that there is in fact a whole person there, with things like a character, a soul, intelligence, aspiration – even a nose.
* Hair and Eyes is a reminder to the wilfully blind that sometimes there is more to a person than the superficial.
* The wud-wud-wud-wud-wuds at the end were made using the EDP Wasp.
* Flicker recorded lots of sounds on it in a few long takes and just chopped the waves up, dropping small parts into various tunes throughout the At Least 1000 Words album.
* Dave played the analogue synth part in the F and G section.
* The instrument was very new and needed some of his technical wizardry to work it.
* George played the bassline on the Plank and the other synth parts.
* All of the guitar was played on the Ice Maiden.
* Hair and Eyes is in the key of A minor.
* The tempo is 150 BPM and there is a repeating section in seven-time.
* Flicker started creating a remix based around the slower wistful section towards the end.
* There was a part in the DAW called “Guide Plank 69” which was the basis of it, but that whole project was never developed very much.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/hair-and-eyes

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/hair-eyes
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

Hair and Eyes

Download

Flicker: Hair and Eyes

The Percolator by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by D. Danielli/G. Davies.    

Performers:
George: guitars
Dave: bass, percussion
Emma: flute

Project directed by George Davies.

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:
* The Percolator was initally composed by Dave and modified into a Flicker tune by George.
* Dave took George’s Stratocaster home to give it some TLC, and when he brought it back, this crazy tune had sprung forth from it into his hands.
* It seems to be about the vague imaginings one might have that manifest into more coherent thought after musing has occured.
* This may be nonsense though – Dave composed it initially and maybe it was just some tune.
* The time signature is very variable, so Flicker set the metronome to record in 1/8 at 150 BPM.
* This meant it had an insane amount of bars on the sequencer.
* This resulted in comments like “Let’s go back to bar 2340 and try from there” – quite impressive for the shortest piece on the album!
* It can be thought of as being largely in a slow eleven time, with the odd bar of six after the Em9.
* It’s easiest to count ||: 1-2-1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3- :||
* Emma’s flute towards the end represents the steam when boiling takes place.
* The brutality of the djembe doing the bass drum is important.
* George said that the melody seemed quite obvious once he’d understood the chords properly.
* George composed and scored the flute part for Emma after his guitar melody materialised.
* Scoring the part for Emma using pencil and paper was the first time George had had to use music score in a real-life situation for years.
* This piece is in D minor, although the C minor adds a cunning twist.
* One of the keys to unlocking the rhythm of the piece is to follow the cowbell.
* It plays on every other beat, so sometimes it is on the beat and sometimes off.
* More cowbell!
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/the-percolator

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/the-percolator
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

Video of George playing the acoustic guitar part, with out-takes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EzCjSTSyG8
"And now...!"

The Percolator

Flicker: The Percolator

Phoenix in the Bin by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/L. Welsman.    

Performers:
George: guitars, samples
Dave: Plank, drums
Lucy: cello

Samples:
thewavplace.com

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Strings 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:
* Phoenix in the Bin is a situation that will change.
* What would happen if you put a phoenix in your bin?
* Would it fit?
* Do you suppose it would stay there long?
* What would happen when it escapes?
* Would it set fire to things?
* Can you own one?
* If so, can you throw it away?
* This piece tries to examine these issues.
* Phoenix in the Bin describes change, volatility, uncertainty, blurred scenery, alcohol, cold wet November nights, and hope.
* Originally this tune was going to be called simply In the Bin, yet somehow the image of the phoenix seemed an appropriate addition.
* Dave tuned the Plank down to a low-A tuning – the lowest note on a piano – for this number, to match the key it’s in – A minor.
* The band listened to lots of samples of fires, but most of them didn’t sound like fires at all.
* A wonderful saturation of strings occurs in the section towards the end.
* It’s quite dense, with all the cellos and guitars and reverbs.
* Phoenix in the Bin contains more audio parts than any of the other tracks on the album At Least 1000 Words.
* It also took up the most space on the hard drive.
* Even after two bounces, it still filled the memory and was tricky to mix down.
* Flicker wanted an orchestra at the beginning, but alas, none was available.
* Lots of orchestral MIDI parts, that ended up sounding absolutely dreadful, were recorded and subsequently deleted again.
* The tempo is 130BPM.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/phoenix-in-the-bin

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/phoenix-in-the-bin
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

Phoenix in the Bin

Flicker: Phoenix in the Bin

Tomorrow by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.   

Performers:
George: guitars
Dave: bass, drums

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Strings 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:
* Tomorrow was almost called Tomorrow Will Be Better, as it’s good to have something to look forward to when one is feeling glum.
* When things are bad, there is cause for optimism.
* If one has a bad day, the law of averages would suggest the next day will probably be better.
* The “…will be better” part is therefore implied in the title.
* This is a tune of hope.
* Smile in the teeth of adversity!
* Tweak the nose of terror!
* It is another tune where some brass would have been desirable, but none was forthcoming.
* Three different guitars – Nicodemus, the Ice Maiden and the Stratocaster – all have their parts to play here.
* Tomorrow starts with the Stratocaster, which plays the main theme in E.
* Nicodemus plays the long chords, including some really unlikely inversion of D major.
* The Ice Maiden does the swoopy noisy harmonic parts.
* Dave plays the bass on his Fender.
* The key change to A at the end was something Flicker did in a jam in Tomorrow‘s formative stages.
* It was outstandingly good on the first time and Flicker never felt they quite recaptured the magic of that groove.
* Despite searching high and low and numerous different takes and versions, this was the closest they could manage.
* The tempo is 116 BPM.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/tomorrow

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/tomorrow
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

Tomorrow

Flicker: Tomorrow

Oily Road Hideaway by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.   

Performers:
George: guitars, Plank, string fish, synths
Dave: bass, percussion, keys, programming

Project directed by George Davies.

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:
* Oily Road Hideaway is in the key of G minor and the tempo is 85 BPM.
* It was composed at around eleven o’clock on a Friday morning in October 2000.
* Instead of being at home composing a tune, George should have been in Luxembourg to celebrate Floyd and Kat’s wedding.
* Unfortunately, Joe’s old Ford Sierra wasn’t up to the task of completing the journey.
* At around 3am, the old Ford emptied the contents of its sump all over the A303, about two miles from Stonehenge.
* The stricken Sierra was towed right back to Exeter and its sleepy occupants returned to their homes, disappointed.
* Within 15 minutes of returning home, George had composed this piece on a Hokada classical guitar.
* Nearly all the other pieces on the album At Least 1000 Words had their drums recorded at Tim’s house in North Devon, in a room about the size of a toilet.
* The mics were all pretty horrid too, and the whole system looked like it had been built by Captain Hook at a Heath Robinson school for elementary electronics.
* Oily Road Hideaway is the only track on the album that uses programmed drums.
* The rhythm breakdown in the middle of the piece was somewhat longer originally, and cut down quite drastically to save precious space on the CD.
* The Hokada classical guitar, on which the piece was written, plays two parts panned to the left.
* One is the main rhythm part, and the other a melodic motif, which only uses the two top strings.
* The nature of the part means that if one should find oneself at a party where there is a wreck of a two-string guitar, it is still possible to play Oily Road Hideaway!
* The other lead guitar part is played on the Yamaha steel string, which is panned to the right and plays unison with the bass to begin.
* Oily Road Hideaway features a delicate, wistful ostinato played on the string fish, an extraordinary instrument built by Martin from Pyg.
* It starts at 2:05 and continues to the drum break, then reappears at 2:54 and plays until the end.
* A string fish is a like a pair of dulcimers or zithers, joined together at an acute angle.
* The strings are vertical and to play a scale, the player must alternate between the left and right side, like a kalimba.
* Dave and George both play a unison bassline, on the Fender and the Plank respectively.
* George and the Plank are panned right, Dave and the Fender panned left.
* Just after the drum break, at 2:48, George plays two notes that Dave doesn’t play.
* Other than that, their parts are beautifully in sync.
* Flicker would have liked very much to have found a brass section for Oily Road Hideaway, but none was available.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/oily-road-hideaway

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/oily-road-hideaway
http://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

Oily Road Hideaway

Flicker: Oily Road Hideaway

Lucky Stone by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Performers:
George: guitars, keys, synths, samples
Dave: bass, drums, percussion

Samples:
thewavplace.com, the wildlife and nature of Sidmouth seafront

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Everything else 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:
* Lucky Stone is an intriguing track, with all its different styles and sound effects.
* Its moods encompass jazz, rock, reggae, funk and sea shanty.
* Lucky Stone describes a day at the seaside when George took his young son and new girlfriend to Sidmouth.
* There was a sudden thunderstorm and everyone was soaked.
* The sound of the thunder and the playing children represent those memories.
* The new girlfriend gave George a stone from the beach that day.
* It was a talisman for the duration of their relationship and lived in the dashboard of George’s car.
* Lucky Stone also describes a fortunate and unexpected encounter with a trader on the same day, who had an excess of goods he could impart.
* Lucky Stone started coming together the day Dave and George first played with Adi on drums in Bandspace in October 2000.
* Flicker were also auditioning a possible singer called Vince, and his mate came too.
* They were both sailors in the Royal Navy, on leave.
* Each had a large bottle of vodka and they both got absolutely smashed while Flicker were setting up.
* Poor Vince felt quite embarrassed because his mate started getting a bit out of order.
* He had to be stopped from playing Adi’s drums and fiddling with the settings on the amps.
* Soon after, the pair were forcibly ejected.
* The origin of the tune was the reggae section.
* Dave’s bassline is performed on the Fender.
* The acoustic guitar plays both electric guitar parts.
* The low electric guitar and reggae parts were played using Nicodemus.
* The higher rhythm parts and swoops were performed on the Ice Maiden.
* It starts in E major, morphs into E minor and ends on a G major.
* No ducks were harmed during the making of this tune – although it was close.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/lucky-stone

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/george-interviewed-in-2002/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/lucky-stone
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

Lucky Stone

Flicker: Lucky Stone

Welcome to the Family by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/F. Zoboki/A. Celestine. 

Performers:
George: guitars
Dave: bass, drums, keys, synths

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings and synths 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 ℗ 1999 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* George had made friends with a Hungarian man called Floyd who showed him a new chord from a Portuguese sea shanty.
* The mystery chord is Bm11b5.
* It is played by holding the A and G strings on the second fret with the first and second fingers, and the D and B strings on the third fret using the third and fourth fingers, with the hi-E open and the lo-E muted.
* The other two chords in the song were A minor and E.
* When George was headhunted by the MD of the company Floyd worked for, Floyd gave him a copy of Mario Puzzo’s book The Godfather, and wrote ‘Welcome to the family!’ inside the front cover.
* Obviously this piece could have no other name.
* Welcome to the Family is in the key of A minor.
* The tempo for this tune is 98.0035 BPM.
* Emma recorded an extra part on the keys that was not used in the end.
* The Stratocaster enters to play rhythm on the second verse.
* The Ice Maiden takes the twin lead parts at the end.
* Some trombone was also planned, but there were no players around at the time, so the final mix remains without it.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/welcome-to-the-family

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/welcome-to-the-family
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

Welcome to the Family

Flicker: Welcome to the Family

Week Five by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.

Performers:
George: guitars, samples
Dave: bass, dums, djembe, clave, EDP Wasp 

Samples:
The Prague Metro 1997

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings, percussion and synths 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 ℗ 1996 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* Week Five is a tune that George wrote around the time of his TESOL course in the spring of 1996.
* It was a four week course, so Week Five is all the stuff that happens to you as a teacher after completing that initial course of training.
* The sound of the train was recorded on the cassette recorder George hauled around Prague for teaching.
* He left it running on a journey from his room at the Hotel Opatov to the office of his school, English House, in Albertov, in order to capture some ambient sounds of the city.
* Week Five is essentially a two-chord tune – F# minor and E.
* The tempo is 135 BPM.
* There are five ‘verses’ to Week Five, one for each week.
* As the piece progresses, each ‘verse’ becomes a little more intense than the previous one.
* The fourth and fifth verses are slightly longer than the first three.
* The fourth week involved a great deal of work, so that deserved an extra few bars.
* The fifth week represents the rest of one’s life after the course is finished, which hopefully is longer than four weeks.
* Week Five is dedicated to the guinea-pig students at Sidmouth International School in Spring 1996 – Sandi, Tammi, Keiko, Myrtle and Dilek, and tutor Vincent, as well as the other trainees, tutors and students.
* A little credit must go to Adi Celestine for defining the ending.
* In a perfect world this tune would have been 5:05 minutes in length.
* 505 was the number of the night bus, or the “magic bus”, that would take George back to Opatov after a night of revelry in Prague.
* The acoustic guitar rhythm gives the tune a train-ish vibe.
* The percussion and latin feel were intended to make the piece appear more cosmopolitan.
* Due to lack of space on the CD, the soundscape at the beginning was drastically curtailed.
* This was a shame as it took ages to make the panning and editing just right.
* Pražského Povstání was chosen because that metro station was very close to where George lived to begin with, before moving out to Opatov.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/week-five

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/week-five
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

Week Five

Flicker: Week Five

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

Moonpath

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

TERMINAL ROAD
Flares burning, night stars turning
The jugglers and the clowns of the circus are returning
And the ghost of the hunter doesn’t stay any longer
He’s killed all the old things to make himself younger

Smoke rolling, red fires melting
The kings and the clerks of the money streets are running
And the sign of the soldier has been eaten by a creature
The world doesn’t need violence for a teacher

Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road
Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road

Lamps bleeding, rain clouds twisting
The mechanics and the mayors of the small towns are missing
And the mark of the beast is getting much clearer
It’s right up close and getting weirder and weirder

Flags flowing, colour fields glowing
The jokers and the knights of the past are cloning
And the shadows of the moon paint darkened faces
With a mere mirrored light that midnight chases

Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road
Here on Terminal Road
We’re on Terminal Road 

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of Dm.
George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus.
Jeff played his bassline into the S900 and parts of it were used throughout the song.
When the band were to play live, the plan was to perform this song as the very last one so that they could leave the stage with just the machines working away.

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/terminal-road
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Terminal Road

Dark Company: Terminal Road

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 (Eastenders RMX) by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker
Bonus track!

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, 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.

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

Cover Art:
Dark Company Vol. 1 by Peter Greatorex

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

Fun facts:
* This version of Crash is essenially identical to the oher version on the Signmaker album, except for one extra track on the reel-to-reel machine.
* This extra track is full of EastEnders voice samples and some raher flaulent sounds from the EDP Wasp.
* All the samples were taken from a single omnibus episode of EastEnders, which was broadcast on uk terrestrial TV in December 1991.
* The sampling was done using the Alesis Quadraverb Plus, which has a maximum sample length of just 1.55 seconds.
* Crash was Alien Heat’s set opener, although sadly no recordings of the Alien Heat version still exist as far as we know.
* The key is B minor.
* When George went to entertain the folks of Plymouth in the subways with his acoustic guitar, he used to play Crash sliced together with another Dark Company song called Ulysses.
* Ulysses was not developed very much by Alien Heat.
* Pete then lost the lyrics.
* The music for Ulysses later became an Ug Brothers song, called Paperchase.
* Crash was the very first song that Jeff played bass on for Dark Company.
* All the guitar dirt is natural Marshall overdrive.
* George had just had his Mk I head revalved and spent around 45 minutes playing feedback, until Pete appeared and asked him very politely to stop.
* The guitar parts for Crash were recorded within a few days after that.
* George and Richard wrote the organ part in George’s Haldon Road bedsit one day, when Richard came to visit with his keyboards.
* Whatever contributions Marc and Graham made to the writing of Crash 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-eastenders-remix
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 (Eastenders RMX)

Dark Company: Crash (Eastenders RMX)

Future Sadness Past by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker

FUTURE SADNESS PAST
Slow light, runway from the sun
So right, time and times are done
We must pay the price for fun
Until we have Night Man on the run

Slow light, MacBeth witches’ brew
Best seen from some distant view
We know, do what you have to do
It’s an icy night we must all live through

Now we rage against the cold sky
Now we hate tomorrow
Now we say we will try
To kill the birds of sorrow
To kill the birds of sorrow

★

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals, cigarette lighter, fast fret tin
George Davies – guitar
Jeff Willmot – bass

Recorded live at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Audio lifted from a cassette bootleg and cleaned.
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:
Mushroom Baby by Peter Greatorex

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

Fun Facts:
* This song was composed using just a bass, a guitar, their volume knobs and a shiny new set of lyrics from the prolific pen of Pete.
* An Alesis Quadraverb Plus and a few pipes of some extraordinarily good gear also deserve accreditation.
* Several subsequent attempts were made to record Future Sadness Past using the reel-to-reel machine.
* This live version was by far everybody’s favourite.
* It is lifted straight off the rehearsal cassette from the day when it was originally created.
* George plays Nicodemus for the beautiful icy ringing of the strings when played beyond the bridge and the nut.
* Jeff was rather fond of using his Mighty Mite bass to make whale noises and would often break into them during quieter moments.
* He would also play a solo version of Misty by Johnny Mathis on the bass, which was completely wonderful.
* An acoustic version of Future Sadness Past song emerged a few years after the original.
* It is based around an Em9 chord, exactly the same chord as the start of Ship to Shore.
* Future Sadness Past is completely atemporal and relies on the performers’ interactions.
* There are no beats at all until Pete starts flicking his unusual Zippo gas lighter by the mic and then tapping George’s Fast Fret tin with it.
* We felt these added sounds were very atmospheric, reminiscent of the clicking of dry bones echoing from inside a fog over the darkened River Styx.

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

Future Sadness Past

Dark Company: Future Sadness Past

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

Spin Gone Crazy by The Ug Brothers

Words: D. Danielli
Music: G. Davies/D. Danielli/G. Barbe/N. Board

Recorded, engineered, mixed and produced by George Davies at Wud Records Studio Three, Fore Street, Exeter in Spring 1995.

Album art by Barb Design/Wud Records.

Copyright © 1995 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1995 Ug Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Natalie Board – vocals
George Davies – guitar
Dave Danielli – bass
Graham Barbe – drums

SPIN GONE CRAZY
Always on the outside I’m working on the inside
Always on the outside I’m focused and free
A taste for freedom will beat the system
I’m focused and free

A force for freedom feeling good in my veins
I’m cutting loose from the city
I’m cutting my chains

Always on the outside I’m working on the inside
Always on the outside I’m focused and free
Lives keep on changing it’s synchronicity
It’s something so natural
Life and love are free

Spinning of the wheel getting faster and faster
Get out onto the road and ride into the future

A force for freedom feeling good in my veins
I’m cutting out the conflict
I’m cutting my chains

Always on the outside I’m working on the inside
Always on the outside I’m focused and free
Going through the changes
Watching you watching me
It’s something so natural
Life and love are free

I feel the wheels turning round and round and round
I hear the engine howling
I feel the wind on my face
Shiny metal in the hot summer sun
Flashing lights through the trees
Watching people wondering why
Burning rubber in the haze
Spin gone crazy

Fun Facts:
This song began life as a guitar riff in Dm, which appears right at the start.
This riff seemed to be an endless loop that didn’t go anywhere else for several years and then one day, during an Ug Brothers jam, it developed into this.
Dave wrote the words to describe his feelings about motorcycling.
This was something of a favourite when played live with its pounding bass and musical harmonies.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-ug-brothers/cute-but-weird
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/the-ug-brothers/cute-but-weird/spin-gone-crazy
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cute-but-weird
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Cute But Weird

Spin Gone Crazy

The Ug Brothers: Spin Gone Crazy

Lookout by The Ug Brothers

Words: D. Danielli
Music: G. Davies/D. Danielli/G. Barbe/N. Board

Recorded, engineered, mixed and produced by George Davies at Wud Records Studio Three, Fore Street, Exeter in Spring 1995.

Album art by Barb Design/Wud Records.

Copyright © 1995 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1995 Ug Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Natalie Board – vocals
George Davies – guitar
Dave Danielli – bass
Graham Barbe – drums

LOOKOUT
Eye to eye
Station to station
Face to face
Nation to nation
Head to head
One on one
Heart to heart
All or none

Looking at me looking at you
We see each other’s points of view
In each other’s ways on each other’s face
A moment’s harmony a touch of grace

Falling for the fantasies
I can see behind your eyes
Reaching out and touching me
Smiling with your mind
Looking out and looking back
The feelings deep inside
Your mystery is plain to see
Too late to run and hide

Eye to eye
Station to station
Face to face
Nation to nation
Head to head
One on one
Heart to heart
All or none

Face to face we come in view
Eye to eye me touches you
A smile exchanged a remembered face
A chance to dream of days of grace

Falling for the fantasy
I can see behind your eyes
Reaching in and touching me
Smiling with your mind
Looking out and looking back
Cutting to the chase
A chance to dream eternally
Of perfect days of grace

Fun Facts:
The overdubbed guitar solo at the end of this song was intended to be a guide track.
It was recorded in one take using a lot of fingernail and hammer-ons to illustrate the existence of a guitar solo there.
The band liked the part and it was kept.
When this song started out its life it had the working title of Sponge, which the band would say in more and more preposterous ways until nobody could remember why they were saying it.
It was created at around the same time as another Ug Brothers song, also in the key of Gm, that had the working title of String.
When this song was first created, it had completely different words and the vocal melody was what became the second half of the guitar solo.
There are several key changes in this song:
the verse section is Gm-Bbno3rd-Dm7-Cno3rd, Gm-Bbno3rd-F-C;
the chorus is Em-Fmaj7-Am9-Bb(-5);
the solo section is Dm-Bb-F-C, Dm-Bb-F-Am-C.
Shortly before the words for this song were finalised, Dave went to a party where he met a girl whose name was Grace.
Natalie added the word ‘like’ to the line ‘One on one’ although no such simile was intended by the author.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-ug-brothers/cute-but-weird
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/the-ug-brothers/cute-but-weird/lookout
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cute-but-weird
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Lookout

The Ug Brothers: Lookout

Wibble and Bling by The Ug Brothers

Words: D. Danielli
Music: G. Davies/D. Danielli/G. Barbe/N. Board

Recorded, engineered, mixed and produced by George Davies at Wud Records Studio Three, Fore Street, Exeter in Spring 1995.

Album art by Barb Design/Wud Records.

Copyright © 1995 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1995 Ug Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Natalie Board – vocals
George Davies – guitar
Dave Danielli – bass
Graham Barbe – drums

WIBBLE AND BLING
It’s just in my nature to get a little deeper
It’s in all the people all the time
We get a little deeper and go and hit the beach
And on the sands we sit and drink the wine
It’s just in my nature to get a little deeper
It’s in all the people all the time
Keep the fire going til the daylight comes
Keep the music flowing like the wine

Music loving feeling nature reason sunshine sky
Music loving feeling nature reason sunshine sky

We’re at home with nature, it gets a little deeper
We’re all here together getting high
Happy making memories we share our thoughts around
Good times just get better
Pass the wine
We’re at home with nature, it gets a little deeper
We’re all here together getting high
Keep that feeling moving round and round forever
Keep the fire going through the night

Drifting through the years
That day keeps coming by
Telling me it’s here

Music loving feeling nature reason sunshine sky
Music loving feeling nature reason sunshine sky
Music loving feeling nature reason sunshine sky
Music loving feeling nature reason sunshine sky

It’s just in my nature to get a little deeper

Fun Facts:
Some of the guitar part that comes after the “Drifting through the years” section was later borrowed, transposed and inserted by George into Another Star in the Sky, a piece of music that appears on Flicker’s At Least 1000 Words album, and is of a somewhat slower tempo than Wibble and Bling.
The key for this song is Cm and it was born when George sat and played Nicodemus alone late one night in the huge front room of the flat where Graham and Cliff lived in Fore Street above McCoy’s Arcade.
That same night a couple more Ug tunes were born too.
‘Wibble’ was something that Fay would say to express surprise or wobbliness or both, and at the time ‘Bling’ didn’t mean ostentatious displays of jewellery and riches, rather the unexpected manifestation of something agreeable - how language can change in a relatively short time!
This song was titled by Graham and was one of his favourites.
Exactly why this song received such a title is now largely mysterious.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-ug-brothers/cute-but-weird
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/the-ug-brothers/cute-but-weird/wibble-and-bling
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cute-but-weird
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Wibble and Bling

The Ug Brothers: Wibble and Bling

Treasure by Mark Drower and the Everyones.
EP: The Blaze Tape

TREASURE
Operator, fornicator
Grabbing and duping your friends
Wheeling and dealing
Tricking and stealing
Double-crossing, double-dealing
Renting and selling
Buying, shopping, lying, leasing
Lending and swapping
Bullion bonds and real estate

Sorry fella, it’s too late
Don’t slobber, I don’t wait

Cheating for a million
Cheating for a dime
Cheating is cheating boy, every time

You two-bit swindler millionaire
Well now it’s over, I don’t care

Sorry fella, it’s too late
Don’t slobber, I don’t wait
You will never
Never, never see the sun again
You’ll never
Never see the sun again
You’ll never
Never see the sun again

★

Music and lyrics by Mark Drower.

Performers:
Mark Drower – acoustic guitar, lead vocal
Simon Miller – lead guitar
Lisa Williams – talkover
The Everyones – backing vocals

Who were The Everyones?
> https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/mark-drower-and-the-everyones/

Recorded 2nd September 1982.
Engineered. mixed and produced at Blaze Recording Studios, Torquay.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios.

Copyright © 1982 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1982 MGD Music/Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* The acoustic guitar is tuned DADGBE for Treasure.
* It is possible that the first verse of this song was taken directly from the Everyone play itself, so may need to be credited to Frederick Franck, the play's author.
* This song was played when Everyone was left unfulfilled by his material possessions and his money.
* It was always called Treasure, its working title, and was never given another name.
* On the occasion of the Blaze expedition, after lunch and a few ales, another version of this song was recorded.
* It was arguably not quite entirely triumphant.
* The post-lunch version, along with The Cabbage Blues, is available only to people who were present on the day, and only by request.
* Treasure evolved into a Now song called Obsession, which was a truly ghastly and prolonged outburst of drunken nonsensical rantings.
* Treasure was also subsequently performed by Fooog Dinboffin and the Release, Now, Lemming Meringue and Wud.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/mark-drower-and-the-everyones
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/mark-drower-and-the-everyones/the-blaze-tape/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/mark-drower-and-the-everyones/everyone-gallery/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/mark-drower-and-the-everyones/poks-memories/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/mark-drower-and-the-everyones/emmas-memories/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/mark-drower-and-the-everyones/georges-memories/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-blaze-tape
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/treasure
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/mark-drower-and-the-everyones/the-blaze-tape/treasure
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

The Blaze Tape

Treasure

Mark Drower and the Everyones: Treasure

Spoiler (Heavy Bass RMX) by & co

This is a remix of the Dark Company song Spoiler, which you can hear here:
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/spoiler

The challenge to the listener is to compare the two tracks to find out what elements of the sequencer mix are present in both versions!

Original lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Original music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.

Remix recorded, engineered and produced at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1994 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Lost In Space/Explicit Music.

This track was crafted mostly by Jeff and was subsequently remastered by George at Wud Records Studio One.

The remixing arm of the Dark Company project was named & co, and Drifting Stars is the album that features various remixes of assorted tunes.

& co have more of a dance flavour and lack guitars and vocals apart from samples.  Some parts are lifted from the original song and you may hear them if you listen carefully.

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

Drifting Stars

Spoiler (Heavy Bass RMX)

& co: Spoiler (Heavy Bass RMX)

This is what I do when I'm not making space rock, I guess.

Lost In The Desert

https://jguerreiro.bandcamp.com/releases

For better quality, out now.

Imperfeições

Visões de um outro tempo

Caminhando por uma linha ténue

2017-04-15

colors of the rainbow

The Furniture (part 1: overture) by The Bastard Sons of Dennis, from their album Cherry Smoke Empire.

The Furniture (Los Muebles) is a traditional northern Spanish sea shanty from the Asturias region.

It tells a tale of how a dysfunctional family of linguistically challenged fishermen lost and then found some furniture following a flood, and the consequences.

Linguistically challenged means, in this case, they were not terribly bright and could not even speak their own language very well.

The Spanish version has been loosely translated into English by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.

From an idea by Daniel Richardson.

This song and its anomalies of translation make a great teaching aid, if one happens to have students learning English or Spanish.

THE FURNITURE (PART 1: OVERTURE)
Donde esta mis muebles de los hermanos? 
Donde esta mis muebles de los hermanos? 
Se pierden, se pierden 

Where is the furniture of my brother? 
Where is the furniture of my brother? 
It is lost, it is lost. 

Donde la guaderropa, la tabla? 
Donde la silla, es banera? 
Donde la gabineta, la oficina 
Se pierden, se pierden 
Los incontrareos 

Where is the wardrobe, the table? 
Where is the chair, the bathtub? 
Where are the cabinet and the bureau? 
They are lost, they are lost. 
We will find them! 

Creo que esta perdido por siempre 
No! Los incontrareos 

But I believe they are lost forever! 
No! We will find them! 

Donde esta mis guaderropa de los hermanos? 
Donde esta mis guaderropa de los hermanos? 

Where is the wardrobe of my brother? 
Where is the wardrobe of my brother?

Music and lyrics: A. Richardson/G. Davies

Rhythm guitar and Spanish voices: Q.Wim Lijkkes. 
Lead guitar and English voices: Yuri Nation.

Originally released November 10, 2012.
Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered at Wud Records Studio One 2012.

Copyright © 2012 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2012 Explicit Music.

The full length version of The Furniture/Los Muebles is here:
https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis-the-furniture-los-muebles
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-furniture-los-muebles

Cherry Smoke Empire

The Furniture (part 1: overture)

The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Furniture (part 1: overture)

Born Of Stars by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.

The audio file for this song was plagued with hundreds, maybe thousands, of corrupted waves. These ranged in sound from a very big click at the small end of the scale, to something akin to trousers being ripped when bending over in a Carry On movie at the large end of the scale.

The audio file is now massively better than it was. A few blemishes and some sounds not unlike that of a scratchy old vinyl record still exist in places.

Repairing the damaged audio file for this song was an incredibly time-consuming and tedious task. It required massive amounts of the wave forms to be redrawn by hand in tiny, tiny detail.

The first time we attempted to repair it, the work was almost finished when the main hard drive on the mastering machine lost the will to live and mangled itself beyond all recognition. We had to buy a new one and completely reinstall the entire system.

All the repair work already done to Born of Stars was therefore utterly destroyed. It had to be done again from the start. Fortunately, as we are reasonably diligent with regard to backing up our work, no other files were lost.

This is why the Winter version of Born of Stars appeared two years after the rest of the album was released!

* Born of Stars is a highly rifftastic space rock song in the key of E.
* Several sections are deliberately left quite loose to allow for improvisation.
* The lyrics also tend to vary from one version to another.
* Born of Stars was performed by the Spacegoats, including in their brief “Electric Elves” manifestation. 

BORN OF STARS
We are born of stars
We are born of stars
We are born of stars
We are born of stars

Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya 
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya 
Gaia

We are seeds of time
We are seeds of time
You are a seed of time
We are seeds of time

Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya 
Gaia

Create a brighter future
Create a brighter future
We are a brighter future
Create a brighter future

Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya 
Gaia

Earth
Planet Earth
Planet Earth
Our planet
Terra Firma
Has made a conscious decision
A conscious, conscious decision
To become whole
To become one.

Entombed, cocooned
In concrete, metal,  plastic, tarmac
Effluence of all kinds
Chemicals, radiation and  nuclear waste

Yet she shall break free
She shall break free from this prison
Free from these chains

Planet Earth is undergoing
An evolutionary, interpersonal, galactical
REBIRTH!!!

We are born of stars
We are born of stars
We are born of stars
We are born of stars

Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya

We are seeds of time
We are seeds of time
You are a seed of time
We are seeds of… time!

Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya 
Gaia

Create a brighter future
Create a brighter future
You are a brighter future
Create a brighter future

Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya maitraya
Om nam maya 
Gaia

Words and music by Simon Miller/Pete Phoenix/Chrissie Ortner.
This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
Jim Iz – keys and voice
Iggy – drums and percussion
George – bass and technicals

This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 17th December 2008.
Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020.

Cover illustration by Pok.
Graphic design by Sam James.

Released 27th July 2020
Original release date: 15th January 2009

Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1996 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/born-of-stars
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Live In Session Winter 2008-09

Born Of Stars

Alchemeon: Born Of Stars

The Centre of the Cyclone by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Spring 2009.

* The Centre of the Cyclone is more-or-less in the key of A major.
* The rhythm and noises at the start and then in the instrumental section are in the key of E.
* There is a classic chord progression in the first verses, which is A - Em - G - Bm - D.
* This mutates into C - G - D - Am - Em - G.
* The final chord of the whole song is an Asus4, which leaves a giant tantalising question mark dangling in the air.
* The Centre of the Cyclone has several sections, each with a different tempo and texture.
* It was first performed live in 1985 by Laughing Sun in the drama studio at Exeter College during a free lunchtime concert given for the students.
* Jim used his amazing understanding of arrangement to take this wonderful song and make it longer and more elegant with the addition of a guitar solo before the vocals start.
* It seems more and more extraordinary that Pok wrote the lyrics for this when he was only 19.

THE CENTRE OF THE CYCLONE
In forlorn castles too brief for living
We rose to catch the sun but were defeated
Just around the corner beyond the eyes
Beyond the skies we set ourselves as real
Like spaceships casting cosmic lines
Left behind with stars strewn from our astral selves
And planets in our eyes

You walk along the road of life
Too high to see the mountain you are climbing
Casting seeds and scrolls from our outstretched hands
The forgiven forget of the gift
And it’s too late, the ladder stretches up and down
And where do you stand in perspective to it all?

Can you imagine a place
A space where you have not been before
But which is not new to you?
A place you can recall softly
Push through bad dreams
Make it real, remember
Complications contradict but reality sticks
And unbounded has its realms
In everything you see

Yes, what do you see?
Push through the dark vales to the sea
Cast your cosmic line wherever it may fall
Maybe you will find some higher guidance there
Or maybe you will find a place where you may truly rest
Maybe you will find some friends who love you the best

Listen
Listen
Listen

The tides of swirling memories
Are nearly gone but forgotten
Would you choose to beg or lose
The axis which you hold onto
Thirteen is the number, twelve it is the rite
Thirteen red eyed ravens
Outside the house til night

Outward, outward on out
Cast light, cast light about
Outward, outward on out
Look out, which way is far out?

Petty wages are falling like leaves
Calling the master to apprenticeship again
Will he recall the time, the chimes of freedom
Blowing through his keyhole
Step down from your pedestal and mingle once again
With the crowds that you shunned as a youth

At the centre of the cyclone
Where all our thoughts are real
You’re cacooned in your mental egg
Imprisoned inside your head

When you look out the bars you’ve made
Can you maybe follow a little way
To see there are no more shackles to pass
Yet more fresh air, green fields and grass

And we are like the butterfly
Cannot take off, our wings aren’t dry
But soon if we shall heed the guides
The caterpillar metamorphosise

Words and music by Simon Miller.
This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
Jim Iz – keys and voice
Iggy – drums and percussion
George – bass and technicals

This version recorded live at Sound Gallery, Exeter, 22nd February 2009.
Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020.

Released worldwide September 14, 2020.
Original release date: 10th April 2009.

Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1984 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/the-centre-of-the-cyclone
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Live In Session Spring 2009

The Centre of the Cyclone

Alchemeon: The Centre of the Cyclone

Crazy Mandy by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Spring 2009.

* Crazy Mandy is in the key of D minor.
* It was originally performed by Laughing Sun in 1985.
* When this was recorded it was still a new song for Alchemeon.
* Pok had the idea for this song after meeting one of George's girlfriends, whose name was not actually Mandy.
* A new development in the Alchemeon version was that Jim and Iggy made the Boosa Nova section towards the end of the song much more Bossa Nova-ish.

CRAZY MANDY
If you have flown too far from the nest
If they got you under sedation
Come rest in here, come meet your fears
Come greet some human relation
And we shall wait and say the words
That cool you like a breeze
Becoming part of the clothes that you wear
Becoming whole, it’s easy

It’s all in the plan, crazy Mandy
It’s all as it should be
It’s all in the winds of time my love
And it weighs out like sand

Add two and two, it’s all you need do
You already have done that
No sign on the line, everything’s fine
Everyone’s here from the start
And to take a bet and jape and jest
Is all you might have done
This matters not because what you have got
Is really much more than that

It’s all in the plan, crazy Mandy
It’s all as it should be
It’s all in the winds of time my love
And it weighs out like sand

Silently she has to wait in the long halls of stone
Red drops the blood from her fingers to the floor
Will she know?
Will her children grow?
Will she hear?
Is she near?
Watch her go
Mindfire glow
She is seeking

Mandy a bird of some sort she soared
High above civilization
And looking down she gulped and frowned
Saying this is not my inclination
To bank and shop the streets and follow
All these rules I see
Something else must I do
Or am I really being me?

It’s all in the plan, crazy Mandy
It’s all as it should be
It’s all in the winds of time my love
And it weighs out like sand

Words and music by Simon Miller.
This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
Jim Iz – keys and voice
Iggy – drums and percussion
George – bass and technicals

This version recorded live at Sound Gallery, Exeter, 6th April 2009.
Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020.

Released worldwide September 14, 2020.
Original release date: 10th April 2009.

Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs/Explicit Music. 

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/crazy-mandy
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Crazy Mandy

Alchemeon: Crazy Mandy

The Winged Man by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Spring 2009.

* The Winged Man is in the key of A major.
* This is the version with the new ending.
* The Winged Man is an Alchemeon exclusive.
* It was never performed by any of the Masters of Drone bands such as Laughing Sun or Now, nor by the Spacegoats.

THE WINGED MAN
Heaven knows why but he saved us from the furnace
We mistreated his kind and stained his need to see

Heaven knows why
Our people will fly
Memory will die
This winged man he cried

Melting above he drew his energy from below
And seeing the sun he knew he had to go

Heaven knows why
Our people will fly
Memory will die
This winged man he cried

Can you hear the voices?
Hear the voices around you
And the echo of the voices
Hear them too
Play on
Play on

Seething below the man was a wreck of invention
And we brought him down just like a crash landing

Heaven knows why
Our people will fly
Memory will die
This winged man he cried

He was too far ahead for us here and so he flew
Back to the sun where he’s working on something new

Heaven knows why
Our people will fly
Memory will die
This winged man he cried

Words and music by Simon Miller.
This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
Jim Iz – keys and voice
Iggy – drums and percussion
George – bass and technicals

This version recorded live at Sound Gallery, Exeter, 6th April 2009.
Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020.

Released worldwide September 14, 2020.
Original release date: 10th April 2009.

Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs/Explicit Music. 

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/the-winged-man
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

The Winged Man

Alchemeon: The Winged Man

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