To commemorate the 20th aniversary of Jeff Beck’s ground breaking, Acadamy award winning album ‘You had it coming’, the French organisation Canope put together this set of interviews with the main people behind the album – including yours truly (third interview down).
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New project – twilight i – first EP released
Been quiet on here for a while but lots of new music is bubbing under… And the first thing to be released is a 4-track EP from my new project ‘twilight i’. Electronic and emotional twisted pop – you can find the twilight i Bandcamp page here to have a listen!
Music For Film – New Tracks
Here is a taster of some music for film/sync I have been composing on commission.
Brand new Forty Thieves Orkestar remix
As part of the Global Local remix competition, I have done a remix of Leeds based Klezmer group, Tantz’s track “Pomander”. Check it out!
Forty Thieves Orkestar’s ‘Seven Wonders’ album release
So it’s finally here! The brand spanking new 11-track album from Forty Thieves Orkestar – my main studio project is finally here. The album’s release date is 14th November 2016. Available here
New Music on the way…
So, a busy period of working on several of my own projects is finally getting to a point of payoff! A brand spanking new Forty Thieves Orkestar album is now mastered and awaiting release (sometime in May/June 2016). And a couple of tasty other projects are also on their way. Watch this space!
Banu Savas
This project has come together really nicely – there are now six mastered tracks and various managers and labels are being courted here in Turkey. Here is one of these tracks ‘Dahi’ showcased by a recently made video:
Exhibit L
I’ve been working over the last year a few times with my old sidekicks Steve Jones and Ricky Symmonds – better known as the Space Brothers / Lustral / etc,etc. The project is known as ‘Exhibit L’ and is fronted by talented young singer Laura Jenkins. Here is one of the tracks from these sessions.
Goldfrapp
Just returned from the West Country from a week of working on tracks for Goldfrapp’s forthcoming album. Album is due out some time early next year and is already sounding gorgeous. Looking forwards to hearing finished results….
Forty Thieves Orkestar album released in Turkey
On the 21st of February the Forty Thieves Orkestar’s second album ‘Last Band Standing’ will finally be released in Turkey on the label AK Muzik. This version will feature an extra track – a cover of the well known Turkish classic ‘Yildizlarin Altinda’.