News Judy Dyble proclaims! Well now. It was a Grey October Day here this morning so it seems a good day to tell you that the song will be available as a digital single on iTunes on 31st October 2011. It can be pre-ordered from here... there are four versions – the album track, the radio edit, and two remixed versions. Just for fun . Judy Dyble and Tim Bowness featuring The Curator! Lindsey Mackie, who sang wonderfully on my album “Sometime Soon” has released her new solo album ‘Plaques and Tangles’ She says of the album, Plaques and Tangles are the corrupted proteins found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Since working with sufferers of schizophrenia in my twenties, I have long had a heart for those with such diseases and in Kite, the heartsong of the album, I wanted to engage all our compassion and understanding. The idea seemed apt in other ways…we all spend so much energy evolving versions of ourselves until the layers just get knotted and confused and it’s only when a crisis unravels us that we re-discover who we once were and stop attaching importance to the ephemeral. In their different ways, the songs are calls to action- to be bold and true to all you love and have faith in. The album is available here and I have no hesitation in recommending it I am well into writing and recording my next album. It builds on the ideas of Sometime Soon. Steve Bingham has introduced me to an arranger, Phil Toms who is in the process of creating orchestral arrangements for the album. It will feature Pat Mastelotto on Drums and Percussion, Mark Fletcher on Bass and Steve Bingham on Violin and Viola. As always there will be other guest musicians including Diana Hare and Harry Fletcher as well as various orchestral players. It will probably feature 6 songs. One of which, provisionally called ‘Inside The Whale”, runs to about 20 minutes. Sometime Soon - The new album, featuring Mark Fletcher, Steve Bingham, Laurie A’Court, Diana Hare, Lindsey Mackie, Jeremy Salmon, Judy Dyble, Julianne Regan, Pat Mastelotto. Click here for details, sound samples and lyrics. CD available here. Available for download at Amazon and iTunes. The May 2011 edition of Classic Rock Presents Prog features 3 songs on two CDs which I have been involved with. The Leaves Come Down from Sometime Soon and two tracks from Talking With Strangers, Harpsong and Jazzbirds. Fragile by Judy Dyble - an EP made up of three tracks that were recorded during the Talking With Strangers sessions is available now on iTunes and at Amazon. Featuring Judy Dyble, Tim Bowness, Alistair Murphy (and his kitchen sink), Mark Fletcher, Sand Snowman, Rachel Hall, Jeremy Salmon and some Norfolk wildlife. Reviews of Sometime Soon At 50, Alistair Murphy’s long-incubating musical dreams come to life in a grand folk/prog concept - Gavin Martin Daily Mirror This stunning testament to a bold creative imagination - Catherine Yates Classic Rock Prog A suite of songs, the ripples of each bouncing in a welter of careful, but innovative arrangements - Jeannette Leach, Shindig A unique vision that you take on its terms alone - The Terrascope Indulgent toss - Ed Jupp, Is This Music? Feb 2011 Postcards from Space A collaboration between Alistair Murphy & Tim Bowness of No-man. Two downloads available at burning shed. The first piece is available for £1.50, the second is free! Factory Days is a 25 minute improvised piece. Recorded live during a support to The Durutti Column in June 2006, this marked the first time Tim Bowness (vocals, vocal loops), Alistair Murphy (organ, analogue synth) and Andy Butler (guitar, guitar loops) had played together as a trio. Echoes of early Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream and Ashra creep into a digital-age loop experience. Everything You're Not is a random example of the songs written by Tim Bowness and Alistair Murphy/The Curator between 2006 and 2010, it is scheduled to appear on Postcards From Space's debut album sometime in 2011. A Bowness song put through The Curator's demented 'arrangement mangle', the piece features some flamboyant piano (the ghost of Liberace) and atypical backing vocals from Tim, and evokes aspects of early 1970s David Bowie (Space Oddity / Aladdin Sane) and the more acoustic Tim Bowness solo work. The World Has Been Turned Into Water - live at the 100 Club, May 30th 2010. A song from the album Sometime Soon In February 2010 I joined Judy Dyble, Tim Bowness, Ketil Einarsen, Svein Magnus Furu and Ellen Andrea Wang for a performance of Grey October Day on Norwegian Breakfast TV. Talking with Strangers by Judy Dyble, co-produced, co-written and performed by Judy, Tim Bowness and myself. It features, amongst others, Ian McDonald, Robert Fripp and Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson), Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Julianne Regan (All About Eve) Jacqui McShee (Pentangle) and Celia Humphris (Trees). It also features people that I have worked with before, Mark Fletcher, Jeremy Salmon, Laurie A’Court, Harry Fletcher and Rachel Hall. It is available for purchase here at Burning Shed or here via the Judy Dyble myspace site, there are also samples (amongst other things) here. A very complimentary review on the BBC website by SId Smith here. My last album, Passing… is now available for purchase as a download here . The new album by No-Man Schoolyard Ghosts which is released in May 2008 features a song co-written by the band and myself, Song of Surf. This song first saw the light of day in the sessions between Tim and me over the last couple of years There are 2 mini-sites dedicated to the album www.kscopemusic.com/no-man/ and www.burningshed.com/aconfession, which include photos, links and a video Click below for lyrics and samples to: Passing - Alistair Murphy (2008) islands - Alistair Murphy (2000) Storm Damage - Half Life (2000) Walking Out The Wall - Half Life (1995) All of these albums are available for purchase here as CDs or in the case of Passing as a download. 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