Max Pokrovsky and his band Nogu Svelo! have been vocal in their opposition to the war in Ukraine and their song “Ukraine” is a searing anti-war message that is at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Since the beginning of this horrifying and senseless war I have been invested in helping Ukrainians who are experiencing unimaginable suffering.…
At long last the virtual instrument library that Andy Narell and I began working on nearly 10 years ago has been released and is now available through Ilio – a producer and distributor of innovative and inspiring tools for musicians based in Southern California. Andy gathered 22 of the best Steel Pans created by Ellie Mannette from Basses…
AOS produces high quality handpans from our workshop here in Belgium. It is a collaboration between myself and Oliviers Trappaniers that began as I became able to tune again after destroying my shoulder in an accident. We created AOS in late 2019 but for many reasons were very quiet about our work until…
A four volume set of new music of chaos and noise. Recently I have thought a lot about the nature of communication and how stories and ideas are transformed as they pass from one person to another, how the retelling stories are filtered through personal experience, mood, relationships with those listening, and ultimately the motivation…
Do you ever have the experience of hearing a piece of music and immediately recalling a time, place or a person from the past? For me – and I suspect most people – music, like the sense of smell or taste can trigger memories very vividly. It is surprising to me, given the ease with…
My new album entitled On The Other Hand is available for pre-order on Bandcamp and will be released officially this Friday August 23. It will also soon be available on all the usual streaming services such as iTunes and Spotify. On The Other Hand by Pancycle This is an album of primarily rhythmic, electronic music.…
Before I say anything else I would like to thank any and all who have followed this video series – or if nothing else have watched even one or two videos. Knowing that these were being seen was key to giving me the energy and desire to keep up with weekly posts. This series of…
I had not followed Elbow before Little Fictions and I am very glad that they are now on my radar, I find Guy Garvey’s lyrics to be phenomenal and compelling and the sound of the band is unique and clearly well thought out and executed. As I say in the video I consider little fictions…
Electronic Music has been around since Electricity was first harnessed but with the end of the 20th Century came an influx of new technology that enabled virtually anyone to experiment with and creat electronic music. Since then the number of musicians making and releasing electronic and computer music has increased exponentially. This week I discuss…