Invaderband live 26/5/13 (courtesy of Jim Cunningham).
A Farewell To Hexes – ‘Sightings’
12 May 2013 Leave a comment
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I have a new release on 27th May 2013, the ‘A Farewell To Hexes‘ (Tectona Grandis, TEAK02) maxi-single. It’s the work of one bearded man and his synth, and purely as a cynical commercial move, I was going for a sort of Human League MK1 / Bowie’s ‘Low’ side 2 / John Carpenter soundtrack feel. Will.i.am and Tom Jones will have their hands poised over the red buttons for this stuff.
Format is limited edition CD (30 copies only) in stickered, hand-numbered mini-gatefold sleeves, with an insert of the mysterious ‘Solway Spaceman‘ photograph / lyric sheet. Tracklisting is:
- Sightings
- Solway
- Norcross
These are £4 + postage to your location (£1 UK, £2 EUROPE, £3 R.O.W). They’re not made up yet, but you can certainly pre-order one – PayPal to adamleonard@hotmail.com Thanks.
Here’s a video of the first track, which is heavily influenced by (i.e. a rip-off of) early Human League, and amazingly British synth pioneer and Human League MK1 founder Martyn Ware approves.
See Amid the Winter’s Snow
12 Dec 2012 2 Comments
The Poseidon Adventure – Tree Erection
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Tell me, where did 2012 go?
As the end of the year draws closer, here’s a quick update:
1. The BBC session I did for the Electric Mainline show is now available via SoundCloud for your listening pleasure. There is a new song (‘About Much Else’) on there, with the lovely piano work of Chris McConaghy. Presenter and DJ Stephen McCauley has today described this song as “easily one of my Electric Mainline highlights of 2012”, which is very kind indeed.
2. I have a new track on the The First Active Listener Acid Folk Sampler over here. ‘Stille Nacht II’ evokes (in my mind anyway) a calm and quiet, snowy evening.
3. As promised last time, there are now a few Invaderband live video clips on YouTube – ‘Ringtones From The Coffins’, ‘Not Alan Rickman’ and ‘The Implausible Man’.
4. Next year. There should be a number of releases in 2013 if all goes to plan, all of them quite different in style:
- Echoes In Rows analogue electronics album – with David Ansara.
- A Farewell To Hexes analogue electronics EP (solo).
- RELYCS – ‘Songs For Abandoned Tube Stations’ cassette – with Pulco, Gareth Davies and Unexpected Bowtie.
- A track on the forthcoming Kitchen Cynics tribute album from Folk Police Recordings.
- The Poseidon Adventure re-soundtrack (LDC9) – with Gareth Davies.
- Crossing Over With Gareth Davies & Adam Leonard EP – with Gareth Davies.
- Waxen Wasps project – with Dom Cooper.
Merry Christmas people. Thanks for your support this year – I appreciate it massively.
[ Raises glass to 2013 ]
The Message Tapes 