Just some pictures from a week ago when I went to see Deerful at the Shackleton Arms.
Deerful at the Shackleton Arms
Tag: music
I love music. Making music, listening, talking about it and anything else too.
Whilst I’m at it, there’s this too
This is a set of pieces I did for a children’s show at the end of last year / the beginning of this year. All the tracks were done in Ableton Live.
Jóhann Jóhannsson with Hildur Guðnadóttir & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe End of Summer
End of Summer
A beautiful album and beautiful music.
New stuff on bandcamp
Just to let you know that I’ve got some new stuff on bandcamp now. You can find it here. It’s the soundtrack to a show that I worked on. It was a children’s production of the Jungle Book (the Kipling version not the Disney version) and I wrote some pieces for it. I thought you might be interested.
Whatever happened to Ian Craig Marsh?
I’ve been a fan of Heaven 17 for years and years, and I’ve really enjoyed their recent shows but it does make me think of a few things, one of which is, whatever happened to Ian Craig Marsh? He was a big part of Heaven 17 and of course The Human League before that, but now, according to Wikipedia, he’s a music teacher. No more information than that.
That’s fine, but a shame for fans on H17.
Bandcamp
Mad Dog McRea at the Half Moon
I’ve seen this band a number of times now and they’re always good fun live. A great sound and highly enjoyable. I’ve never listened to them recorded mind you, I’m not sure that I would actually. But live they’re awesome.
Fennesz Box Set
I couldn’t help but get this new limited edition box set by Fennesz. Even though it’s live I really wanted it, and got it, and it’s beautiful. 2 x LPs, 2 x DVDs and a CD too, plus a very beautiful overall package.
Can’t fault it really.
Seeing Louis Andriessen at the Barbican
I’ve liked the music of Louis Andriessen for some time. Years probably, and I haven’t heard any of his music performed in a very long time, so when the opportunity came to get tickets to this at the Barbican, and at an amazingly reasonable price too (thanks Sound and Music) then it was to be jumped at. Two of the pieces were premieres too, which was was of course great to hear.
Overall it was a really good concert.
A signed copy of Steve Jansen’s ‘Slope’
I already have this album, I got it when it first came out, but when I heard that Steve Jansen was selling off the last remaining stock and signing them I thought I ought to buy it again. It’s always lovely to have a signed copy of things and this album especially so.
I hope he releases some more stuff from Bandcamp in the not too distant future.
I am Ashley Elsdon 