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Here is a little video snippet from ‘Dear Darkness’ out now on Vinyl, CD and download from Bandcamp.

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Ok, there are so many problems with making music, where do we begin?

But here we’re really looking at the reason for making it. Are you making music for yourself, or for other people? And if you’re making it for other people, which I think is what is really going on, then you may have a problem. This is the strange thing about making music. It can

You have the actual thing in your hands. You pull it out of its sleeve, carefully handling the vinyl so you don’t knock or scratch it. You check you’re starting on Side A, place it on the turntable and then the anticipation begins.

Is the turntable set to the right speed?

The table starts to rotate. You lower the needle and hear that familiar sound

Sometimes it’s great to revisit a tune, especially one that has been long forgotten.

For me, “Over” is one of those songs and ‘“Under all the shame” is the revisit.

Over has very special memories because I remember the writing and, more

I’ve never been particularly comfortable with genres and tags.

I understand why we need them. They’re useful for putting music into categories, helping people find things they might like and, of course, giving algorithms something to work with.

Today I’m very happy to share the first single and video from the forthcoming Alpha album, Dear Darkness.

Every song begins somewhere, and Holding On To Nothing began with just two chords on an acoustic guitar.

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On 27 July, that changes.

Alphaheaven Recordings officially launches as the new home for my music, production work and future collaborations—a place where every release has a story, every recording has a purpose, and independent music comes first.

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Featuring the poetry of Sylvia Plath, I am an arrow. Alpha has before been influences by Sylvia Plath, Alpha was in fact called Ariel before Virgin Records made us change our name. In this short extract from the song we hear her read , this is her voice.

I love rivers and have used them many times as imagery to songs. I have always been draw to

This tune’ “Pike” soon to be re-released was recorded in my mum and dad’s house on a 1/4 inch 8 Track reel to reel. Live keyboards played straight to tape, decks used to fly in voices and the mad sounds, a sampler with 8 seconds of memory to play the two loops, a Roland 101 for the bass and live drums. It was a lot of fun which can be heard in the

The word apocalypse means revelation. That which is uncovered.
In Episode 2 we meet Kirk.

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