split lathe-cut 7"

Amazing to get a piece of music released on vinyl!  My electronic tone poem Coastal Fulmar is one one side of this lathe-cut 7" put out by TSOKL.  Daniel Spicer and Ron Caines provide their track Hazeblaze on the flip.  Coastal Fulmar is a studio composition based on several live passes on my set-up of the acoustic guitar body and electronic devices.  These are augmented by processing techniques including vari-speed and tape delay.  I love the 7" format; being constrained to a five minute time duration I find oddly liberating!  Being a lathe-cut, it ain't cheap but both sides have been professionally mastered by Julian Tardo at Church Road Recording Co. and the cut itself was done by Phil at 345RPM, both Brighton companies.  Pro b/w sleeves and inners printed by those nice chaps at Brighton Print Centre.  Super-limited run of 20 units.  Very favourably reviewed by Byron Coley in his Size Matters column in The Wire Magazinbe issue 429.

To purchase a copy, please PayPal £15 (including UK shipping) to slightlyoffkilter@hotmail.co.uk

a quartet recording...

I feel very privileged to be involved in a quartet recording at the end of November with Daniel Spicer, Peter Marsh and Paul May.  Marsh and May were in Brighton for a concert at Safehouse of their group Fourth Page, and having arrived early in the day were able to convene with Daniel and myself at Campbell Road Studios.  Three separate performances were recorded featuring Daniel on cornet and piano, Peter on bass and electronics, Paul on drums and percussion and myself using the guitar body and electronic devices.  The results I feel are excellent, ranging from free jazz to pure improvisation and sonic experimentalism.  There's even a bit of a hoedown briefly!  Great fun!  I am now in the process of editing and mastering the recordings for potential release next year...