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

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20 Most Played Tracks of 2020

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

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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

Blown Away by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.   

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

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
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:
* Blown Away is a piece that is about surprise, although it actually contains few true musical surprises.
* Holding tight to shaky foundations that you know will not last, in order to survive one big difficulty, leads to yet another big difficulty further along.
* Blown Away is a reminder that next time, one should trust one’s intuition and refrain from such tomfoolery.
* The key for Blown Away is E major and the tempo is 125 BPM.
* The whole tune grew out of the C# minor to C section quite quickly in October 2000.
* There are quite a lot of guitar parts, quiet ones that you don’t hear on the first listening.
* A guitar far back in the mix is playing G# while the rest of the band plays C.
* This helps to set up a weird dissonant mood.
* The lead part where the sustained notes turn to feedback was fun and very satisfying to record.
* George says it is something he learned from Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, lead guitarist of Blue Oyster Cult.
* Dave plays the bassline on his Fender.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/blown-away

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/blown-away
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

Blown Away

Flicker: Blown Away

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
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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

Farsight by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/G. Barbe/N. Board.

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

Samples:
Maharaj Ji, Jonathan Agnew, stinsv.com

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
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 ℗ 1995 Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* Farsight is the oldest piece on the album At Least 1000 Words.
* It is a piece that George wrote around March 1995, during the days of The Ug Brothers.
* Any recordings of the original have been lost to the vortices of time and the land of refugee cassettes – the Tape Void, as the Ug drummer Graham used to call it.
* Originally there were words for it too.
* These lyrics described the kingdoms of the mind, those inner spaces, places and temples; the mythology of the self that begins in early childhood, a mysterious and magical place that is a sanctuary where only you can go, a place that is reachable in the blink of an eye yet can be so far, far away in space, time and reality.
* This place never really allows any other individual, however close a relationship and understanding they may have with you, ‘access all areas’ – perhaps for the best, as we all need our own castle to retreat to occasionally.
* Farsight is dedicated to that very world that exists within all of us, our private fantasy space, where we go in our dreamtime, and the place from where art comes or is filtered through to us from the farside perhaps, and the zone you are in when you are ‘in the zone’.
* Dave then wrote some other more Ug-like words.
* The only two that can be recalled are “wondering why”.
* The Ug Brothers disbanded before the song was ever performed live.
* This was a great shame as Farsight was one of the band’s collective favourites and one of the last new pieces they worked upon.
* We have been unable to dig up any Ug Brothers recordings of Farsight.
* Natalie, the Ug singer, came up with a vocal melody for the lost lyrics penned by Dave.
* A small fragment of that melody remains, in the very beginning of the lead guitar part, the rest again vanished forever to the realms of nilspace.
* This instrumental version of Farsight seemed to be a convenient resolution.
* In as many ways as possible it is largely true to the original Ug Brothers version.
* The piece begins in G minor but ends in C major and runs at 120 bpm.
* That was exactly the speed of the rhythm of the bridge on the USS Enterprise in the first Star Trek series, a sound which we used from the website www.stinsv.com, and just seemed perfect by its synchronicity.
* As the piece begins you can hear a Klingon door opening, from the same site – to let you in.
* Flicker tried to get the sound of a motor race into the soundscape, but it didn’t work so was left out.
* The percussion is probably not so different from the original played by Graham, again lost to the mists of time.
* Dave certainly delayed coming in with the full drumkit to the exact same point as The Ug Brothers.
* Dave’s beautifully expressive and critically acclaimed bassline, played on the Fender, was what drove and made the piece distinct.
* All the guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden apart from the lead line, which was recorded using Nicodemus.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/farsight

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Farsight

Flicker: Farsight

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
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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 ℗ 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

Rage in Heaven

Medicines

Dark Company: Medicines

Paperchase was one of the first songs that The Ug Brothers performed and it has a curious history. It began life when George went to Totnes to see the final degree performances of some music students at the art college there in the early summer of 1990. The most striking thing for him about the entire performance was the music played by the main guitarist of the event, on "a crusty old Aria Pro 2". Time signatures, modes and a rough, clunky yet delightful sound was the inspiration for the piece of music that George subsequently composed.

Upon taking the piece to Alien Heat, George's band of the day, they took up the music. A set of lyrics called Ulysses seemed to go with it quite well. Unfortunately, Alien Heat was about to disband in a rather violent and fiery set of situations and the piece became a solo acoustic guitar piece.

Eventually when The Ug Brothers formed, they revisited the ground that was once Ulysses. New lyrics were written by Dave, it was retitled as Paperchase, and the song rapidly became a live favourite, with its various virtuoso passages and Rush-like big sound.

After The Ug Brothers disbanded, the tune was again taken up by Dark Company, although the lyrics - which Pete confessed to not caring for as they were about somebody who he no longer liked - had gone astray. It is scheduled for recording to Dark Company's Old Hands album as Dark Company's sole instrumental, separate from the & Co material.

These recordings of  instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.

There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.

Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995

The Ug Brothers: Paperchase (Ugstrumental)

White Water began life as a bass groove by Dave, to which George added guitar and Graham the tom-tom twinklings at the beginning. Then there came a key change and finally some surfing-related lyrics and thus was born perhpas the most well-known song by The Ug Brothers.

These recordings of  instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.

There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.

Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995

The Ug Brothers: White Water (Ugstrumental)

Spin Gone Crazy was one of the very first songs that The Ug Brothers composed. It began from the guitar riff, which George had had hanging around for several years already, without it ever finding a proper home. Dave's awesome bassline and Graham's rhythms made this song a big live favourite with the crowds with its raw power and energy.

The words were written by Dave a few days before the band's first live show. It is a song about riding motorbikes, something Dave and Graham both had a passion for. It was one of the songs that was able to degenerate into feedback and noise at the end, to allow The Ug Song (the band's set closer) to grow out of the chaos.

These recordings of  instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.

There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.

Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995

The Ug Brothers: Spin Gone Crazy (Ugstrumental)

Deep Space was one of the last songs to be added to the set of The Ug Brothers before they disbanded. This recording would have been a very early version of this as it was composed in early 1995, originally written as a melodic guitar groove, Dave then added some lyrics about aliens and UFOs and after further rehearsals this song proved to be a live success.

These recordings of  instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.

There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.

Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995

The Ug Brothers: Deep Space (Ugstrumental)

Grin was never performed live and never had a full set of lyrics written for it. It was going to be a song about smiling at strangers in the street. The piece developed from a rather unusual one-finger chord that appears after the Dm in 5th position. An updated version of Grin is slated for recording by Flicker.

These recordings of  instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.

There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.

Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995

The Ug Brothers: Grin (Ugstrumental)

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.

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

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

Lyrics included so the listener can sing along. :)

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_ugstrumentals
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

Cute But Weird Ugstrumentals

Wibble and Bling (CBW Ugstrumental)

The Ug Brothers: Wibble And Bling (CBW Ugstrumental)

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)

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