I wrote this song in 2009 after reading some J G Ballard stories. They fascinated me. After reading Kingdom Come, I decided to write something that would try to capture some of the essence of the story. Materialism. Tribalism. Fascism. As the Observer review says: The book is mired in ambivalence and the only things …
When I started thinking about writing again, I decided I needed to update my knowledge. Technology and the world has moved on slightly since I last studied electro-acoustic music in 1989! I did some research (by which I mean I used google) and got a kindle copy of the Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music, edited …
Several weeks ago, while walking along the South Bank in London, I came across a wonderful, independent thing. In the Oxo building there are shops and galleries. It’s all very arty and interesting. There are ceramics shops, artists’ collectives, gift shops, curiosity shops… and a watch shop. Mr Jones Watches, in fact. The designs were …
When I was growing up, music was everything. Well, that is music and Ipswich Town FC. Girlfriends took over at some point but music was always there. Music school on Saturday mornings from maybe 8-18. Brass band, dance band on Tuesdays and Thurdays, County Youth Jazz orchestra. And by my mid-teens I’d started writing music. …