Lucan Mills’ brand new EP ‘Level’ is out now 1 on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc. I am proud to have contributed piano, organ and synth parts to this collection to exciting new hip-hop tracks.
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The long-awaited hard copies of this spring’s Jamie Roe Band EP, Reach For The Tide, have finally landed! Contact Jamie through the website to order your copy now.
Reach For The Tide – Jamie Roe Band Unsure? Listen to a track from the EP now:
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Here are a few photos from this weekend’s sessions with the Jamie Roe Band – recording with Lee Jacobs at Tide’s Reach Studio on the east coast, working on our first set of studio tracks for the new project.
Ben, Kit, Jamie, Joe
Jamie Putting Down Lead Vocals
Joe Recording Drums
Guitar Amp In The Studio
Recording Piano Parts · Ben Parker
Ben On Bass Guitar
Jamie Listening Back To A Take
Kit, Joe, Jamie, Ben
Jamie Laying Down Lead Guitar
Ben Capturing The Action
Jamie Recording Guitar Solos
Piano And Organs · Ben Parker
Piano Solo · Ben Parker
Joe With His Istanbul CymbalsKeep an eye out for the tracks, when they’re available.
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Here’s Undivided – from Witchers‘ forthcoming album:
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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.
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!
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Here are a few shots of my keys rig in the studio with Lucan Mills yesterday:
Keys In The Studio
Nord Stage 2
Little Phatty And Prophet 08
Keys In The StudioFull specs:
- Kawai MP8ii stage piano
- Nord Stage 2
- Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08 PE
- Moog Little Phatty
Lucan’s EP will be released online soon.
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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!
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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.
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I am proud to have been asked to compose and produce part of the soundtrack to a new original play at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A FullFuse Theatre production, Sochi 2014 deals with Russian cultural and political attitudes towards gay rights through the prism of the recent Winter Olympics in Russia, and will feature clips of my music during several scenes.
The play runs from 1st – 10th August and from 12 – 21st August at 12:50pm each day at Bunker One of the Pleasance Courtyard in the centre of Edinburgh. Tickets can be purchased from the official Edinburgh Fringe Festival Box Office website.
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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:
Joe In The Studio
Rehearsals
Recording Drums
About To Record Keyboards
Jamie’s Amp In The Studio
Jamie Recording Vocals
Backing Vocals Pose · Jamie Roe
Backstage With Joe And Jamie
Jamie Roe Band Live At The Rivergarden · Rory MarsdenCatch us live next at Carlfest, Lowestoft (23rd August) and Ferryfest, Reedham (14th September).
