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  • New Witchers Music

    New Witchers Music

    As you may have noticed, Witchers have been on something of a ‘hiatus’ lately.  We’ve been through a couple of line-up changes, and various of the band members’ personal lives have taken priority recently.  However, out long-awaited self-titled album Witchers will be finally be released this year, in May – after three years of work! – and tomorrow you will have an opportunity to listen to Undivided, one of the tracks from the album, on Soundcloud for the very first time.

    'Witchers' cover art

    Personally, I’m extremely proud of my involvement with Witchers and my playing on this album; it’s been a long time coming, but I can’t wait for people to hear the fruits of all our hard work!

    The idea is that, as we get closer to the release date there will be some live shows (our first live appearances since Cambridge Rock Festival in August 2013!) to promote the album, and to get people talking about Witchers again.  I will be able to reveal more about these shows, and more about the record in general and its release, nearer the time.

    In the meantime, however, please ‘Like’ Witchers on Facebook, and follow our Twitter account – and, most importantly, check out Undivided online tomorrow!  We love it, and we hope you will too!

  • I am delighted to be able to announce that my debut solo album, Bones From My Back, will be released on 8th December – and available to stream here at www.manek.org.uk from a week before (1st December).

    Making this record has been quite a journey for me, and I can’t wait for people to hear the music I’ve been working on for the past year; I hope you’re all as excited about it as I am!

  • Carrera Cherry Custom Photoshoot

    Carrera Cherry Custom Photoshoot

    I did a little photoshoot to show off my beautiful new Cherry Custom kit from Carrera Drums

    All photos by Rob at Freshpack Photography.

  • Bones From My Back

    Bones From My Back

    I am very proud to announce that my first ever solo album is soon to be released. Although I write soundtracks and other music to commission, and do a lot of songwriting with various bands and other projects with which I am involved, I have never put myself out there as a solo artist, and hadn’t ever expected to be releasing a record under my own name – however, over the past year, the album has unexpectedly come together in a way I never could have imagined, and I can’t wait for people to hear it.

    The title of the album is Bones From My Back, and it will feature sixteen original songs, with contributions from a few of the fantastic musicians I have been lucky enough to work with in the past. All the tracks have been recorded and produced in my studio. The wonderful artwork is by Luke Fairhead, from one of my own photographs.

    I shall keep you up-to-date with more details of the release in the coming weeks.

    Bones From My Back cover art
  • On Wednesday 30th July, the Sistema In Norwich Martineau Chamber Orchestra will be performing at the Royal Sandringham Estate in front of HRH The Prince Of Wales, Prince Charles, as part of the 133rd Sandringham Flower Show.

    The Martineau Chamber Orchestra will perform a specially-written new piece of music for the Prince Of Wales as part of a brand new tropically-designed garden, as well as various other favourite pieces of repertoire.

  • Jamie Roe Band

    A few pictures from the first couple of months with the new Jamie Roe Band line-up, recording some tracks and playing our first live show at The Rivergarden:

    Catch us live next at Carlfest, Lowestoft (23rd August) and Ferryfest, Reedham (14th September).

  • Bring On 2013!

    Bring On 2013!

    It is, sadly, too late to post this with the title “Happy New Year” – but here goes…

    I’ve seen plenty of people asking how 2013 can possibly live up to the wonders that 2012 had to offer.  On a National scale, that may well be the case; 2012 was a Jubilee year, and was the year of a triumphant London Olympics – not to mention the fact that Norwich City Football Club survived to stay up in the Premier League.

    On a personal level, however, my first gig of 2013 last weekend, with Crystal Bats, was a belter, while tomorrow sees a return to teaching at Sistema In Norwich, to which I’m very much looking forward.

    There are plenty of exciting things planned for 2013 – including more shows with Crystal Bats, a debut album with Witchers (our first studio release since the Throw Your Books Into The Fire EP in July 2010), potentially the biggest ever Keyboard Camp Residential Course, and even a film appearance!  So yes, 2013 is shaping up to be pretty good!

    As always, you can keep up-to-date with everything that’s happening here on the site, and by following me on Twitter.

  • Carrera Drums Photoshoot

    Carrera Drums Photoshoot

  • Classic Rock Society Interview

    Classic Rock Society Interview

    Following on from the gig Witchers did at the Classic Rock Society, supporting British Prog acts Credo and Comedy Of Errors, we have also been interviewed by the Classic Rock Society’s own magazine. In this interview – appearing in the May/June issue of the magazine – we talk about going from a four-piece to a five-piece line-up, and the changes that has had within the band, and we discuss our plans for the new album (coming later this year) and what lies beyond.

    You can order your copy on the Classic Rock Society’s website, by choosing the May/June issue of the magazine on this page, and paying with PayPal.

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  • Magnet Man On ITV1

    Magnet Man On ITV1

    My television appearance on ITV’s news programme, “Anglia Tonight”, playing drums for singer Magnet Man, will be broadcast on 15th June 2011, at 6pm on ITV 1. You can also watch on ITV Anglia’s website.

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Kit Marsden // Musician