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Thanks to Steve Richer for spotting the missing apostrophe on this page!
Due to Becky having other commitments, I (Howard) am looking for a new singer/lyricist/poet once again. The text of the advert is as follows:
I am an established musician (male, age 40, living in fairly central Edinburgh), working in electronic music with the addition of an accordion. I recently completed an album on which a great young vocalist sang on some tracks, but I would still really like to find somebody who is a bit older, has some stability in life and is ready to commit to a longer-term, more serious collaboration. Ideally I would like to work either with somebody who has alternative influences, perhaps rooted in the 1980s (Cocteau Twins fans very welcome), or with someone who writes wordy songs of a folksy nature (Joanna Newsom or James Yorkston style) but would like a rather unusual musical accompaniment.
I only require that you write words and sing; either you can compose your own vocal melodies, or I can supply mine. What is most important is that you have the time and commitment to meet once every week or two to make steady progress, with a view to composing and recording some songs and playing live. You must be over 25, and must live in Edinburgh or Glasgow or anywhere else within easy reach of Edinburgh.
To make it easier for people to hear what we sound like, we now have a representative selection of eight tracks up at Soundcloud. The music is interrupted every forty seconds by a loud bleep, however; if you want the bleep-free versions, you will have to buy them!
Unthinkable Skies is released on 20 June! Buy it as a download from CD Baby, Amazon or the iTunes Music Store, or order a home-made, beautifully packaged CD-R direct from us here.
See the blog entry below for full details of the release.
Our next release is coming out on 20 June: it is a three-track, 22-minute EP, entitled Unthinkable Skies. It is a spoken word/music collaboration, consisting of Juliet Wilson’s poetry being read to an accompaniment of Belvedere Mountain Express music. The first track is a piece in three parts which was commissioned for the launch of Juliet’s chapbook Unthinkable Skies in May 2010, in which the music was specially composed to three of the poems from the book. The other two tracks are instrumental pieces from the first two Belvedere Mountain Express albums, to which Juliet has added some poetry.
Unthinkable Skies will be available as a download from the usual places (iTunes Store, Amazon and CD Baby) from 20 June. For those old-fashioned folk who prefer a physical disc with packaging, a home-printed CD-R will be available to buy from this web site too.
For a sneak preview of the CD packaging, see Juliet Wilson’s blog at Crafty Green Poet.
Thank you to all who came along and listened to our semi-acoustic set at The Golden Hour at the Forest Café in Edinburgh on Wednesday, 18 May. It was semi-acoustic because the venue had lost all power to the main sound system for the first half of the evening. Becky sang as loudly as she could, I (Howard) played the accordion, which is loud anyway, and the electronic backing was played through the café’s everyday sound system, which is used for background music. The audience gathered round and were very quiet!
We shall be playing a short live set at The Golden Hour at the Forest Café in Edinburgh on Wednesday, 18 May.
Cauldstane Slap has received another review, in the online fanzine Leicester Bangs.
Poet and occasional collaborator Juliet Wilson has written a clear and informative review on her blog, Crafty Green Poet.
Cauldstane Slap has received another review, with a score of 78%, in Coke Machine Glow.
Our third album, Cauldstane Slap, is now out! Click on the Buy tab at the top to order a copy.
Cauldstane Slap has received a four-star review in The Skinny, the Scottish arts/music monthly free paper. Apparently we have ‘a delicate ear for sounds and samples’ and ‘a genuinely haunting, unearthly atmosphere not quite like anything else out there’. See the full review here.
Our third album – the first one featuring Becky Rose Fisher on vocals – is currently in production. Its title is Cauldstane Slap. It will be officially released on Monday, 15 November. In the first instance it will be available from CD Baby, in both CD and download forms.
Meanwhile, in the spoken-word collaboration between Howard and the Edinburgh poet and blogger Juliet Wilson, we now have two completed pieces, and one which is awaiting a little more work. Now that work on Cauldstane Slap is complete, maybe I shall find the time to do this. Eventually we hope to release a three-track EP, probably for download and as a CD-R.