MAY/JUNE - MA ALBUM, BYGONES EP

Been a studio-based couple of months. The above screenshot is the kind of thing I've been looking at all year. We mixed the MA album over a week in May. Can't wait to show it to everyone. Props to Alex Bonney [Leverton Fox] for keeping the mix in check, and to Ben Lamdin [Nostalgia 77] for his engineering skills.

The Bygones EP was originally recorded back in April 2007(!). Betts did the drums at home one afternoon. The next day I drove to my folks' place in Devon and spent a few days in the spare room finishing it. Ben Trigg played cello on one track. At the end of May 2010, I added and replaced a few things but mostly the original recording is intact. I then mixed it with help from Alex again in June. Look out for late 2010 release.

MARCH - OLIVIA LILA PREYE

Finished recording an EP with a banjo-wielding singer called Olivia Lila Preye. Banjo conjures up so many redneck connotations for most, but it can sound really sweet, and her odd-timey songs (math-folk?) are interesting, unusual and beautiful, so I really enjoyed getting into them. We'd started working together in November 2008 but other than a few days here are there the songs sat in the can til March 2010.

John Blease played drums and did a few percussion loops. Ben Trigg played some cello. I did the rest - synths, drum programming etc. Stay tuned for mixes/release.