Orlando
Orlando is a short episodic piece comprising 3 distinct movements - realisation, acceptance & hope.
It began life as a doodle on guitar as I watched the horrors of the Orlando massacre in the US unfold on television. It is dedicated to those souls, both with us and departed, and to all who have been touched by this senseless tragedy.
Players
matty - voices
andy richards
Writer
andy richards
Introduction
‘This Time… an imaginary soundtrack’ is a movie soundtrack album - but with a difference. Namely that there is... NO MOVIE!
In our case, the movie IS the music, it's in our heads and imagination, and so is not restricted by the requirements of a particular film genre, director, producer or music supervisor. So in this sense it IS imaginary, and we all get to play as we listen.
I co-wrote ‘This Time’, the title piece, with Joanna de Seyne 25 years ago. Now, in 2017, it becomes the title piece for the album which comprises 12 tracks.
‘This Time… an imaginary soundtrack’ will be offered as both a digital download and music stream from most online music services in both Stereo (2.0) and 5.1 Surround Sound coming may / june 2017.
more artist, lyric & track information coming soon
Postscript
(including ‘Prayer for Larry’)
Postscript, the last track on the album, is in two parts: Prayer and Mantra.
Prayer is dedicated to our friend Larry who passed away in the Fall of 2015. Larry heard this piece before leaving us and asked that it be played at his funeral. It evokes fortitude, in the form of a simple trumpet note and more elaborate piano part, and moving from our world into the next with the invocation of forests, textures, angels and backwards motifs.
Prayer merges into…
the more rhythmic Mantra - the final notes on the album. This suggests a sense of nostalgia, reflection, joy and finality. The last words ‘au revoir’ suggests our meeting again.
Players
matty - voices
lucy crisfield - sul g violin & gãyatrī mantra
andy richards
Writer
andy richards
Words
wann’ed to be no other
be like no other lover
wann’ed to be with you
be the one who’s always true
we said our time together
could be forever never
never wann’ing to say…
goodbye
’cos… This Time!
yahway…
yahway…
(gãyatrī mantra)
om tát savitúr váren(i)yam
bhárgo devásya dhīmahī
dhiyo yó nah prachodayāt
( we meditate on the glory of that Being
who has produced this universe;
may He enlighten our minds)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri_Mantra )
the words we said
the life we shared
the way we were
we only, only ever, had to say…
au revoir...
This Time ft. Matty
This Time is a song about discovery. It's about connecting on a deep and intimate level - both physical and spiritual. It's about self awakening. It's that magical and exquisite moment of connection when sparks foy and shoot through the sky. And then one's like is changed forever.
Originally written and recorded by Andy and Joanna almost 25 years ago, the initial demo music remains in place but has been built up and added to over the years. Its journey reached completion in early 2017. The song had never felt complete until Matty came along and sang it for us. Phew, thanks Matty!
Players
matty - voices
joanna de seyne - ambient backing vocals
chris cameron - string arrangement / conductor
elliott randall - guitars
john themis - guitars
andy richards
Writers
joanna de seyne & andy richards
Words
Click here for This Time's lyrics
Armour ft. Matty
Written by Matty, Armour is both a battle cry and a love song. It’s structured as a hymn, to be sung to uplift our spirits - one of the clues to the tune being in the words... ‘filled with adoration’.
Armour is about God and the universality of faith. It’s about how, as his children, we are warriors on this earth, and being confronted every day by conflict and sadness we need to be spiritually nourished and uplifted.
Some months ago, Matty played Andy the first verse of her song. He loved it so much that he asked that we record it and it be included on the album.
Players
matty - voices
lucy crisfield - violin
andy richards
Writer
matty
Words
Click here for Armour's lyrics