RELEASES
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A new melancholy song from Alfie Gidley. This time exploring grey areas of communication and dyslexia. 'When the carpet gets pulled from beneath your feet, it takes an inner blanket with it, and you have to learn to love chaos for a little while'.
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Silky African-influenced guitar and cross rhythms underpin an exploration of a phenomenon which seems to be shared by a lot of artists; the feeling of being creatively awake in the middle of the night. More fiery drumming from Ashley Height.
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Pádhraic Mullholland - Fiddle
Alfie Gidley - Acoustic Guitar Joyous guitar and fiddle duo, playing Irish tunes with intensity and lift. Spontaneous and alive, evocative and lively. This was a farewell recording session in a shed in a field which hurriedly took place when Pàdhraic announced that he was moving to Norway at the start of 2018. The wonderful wily hare illustration is also by Pàdhraic. Listen |
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Joyful West African dance vibes contrasted with lyrical grief processing. Big drums from Ashley Height and energetic layers of electric guitar.
Beautiful artwork by Polly Meyrick. Listen |
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This is an album of solo guitar pieces (and one mandolin piece). It is all instrumental and sits somewhere between Folk, Jazz and Classical. It is a dynamic and intricate conversation between player and instrument, an evocative and colourful array of dexterous fingerstyle arrangements.
The title is a phrase which my subconscious dreamt up and attached a lot of meaning to before I realised that it wasn’t part of the English language! I would like it to mean: Forale noun 1. Architecture: Small room leading to a larger room ie. porch, lobby. 2. In the lead-up to something bigger ie. 'in 1982 she was in the forale of great success'. Listen |
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This is a brand new track I've been working on, drawing on my latest obsessions; percussion and absurdism. It addresses the element of humour I find within absurdist philosophy. It is a dark humour; bizarre and nonsensical. And probably not funny.
This will be released as a single and the aim is that it will be followed by a further 10/11 tracks as and when I finish writing and recording them. When they are all fledged I will release the collection as an album entitled 'Mud and Noise'. The album is shaping up to have a hint of West Africa and a danceable full-band sound. It is introspective in style with especial concern for the last two years of my life. The wonderful artwork is by Phoebe Barnicoat. Listen |
