Interview on Innerviews.

Click this link to read a new and extensive interview with top music journalist Anil Prasad on Innerviews.com

We covered pretty much everything I am currently working on and bit more besides, so it's bang up to date with what I am doing as of now.

I have been a longtime reader of Innerviews, and it really does live up to it's tagline "Music without Borders".
For anyone unfamiliar, it's chock full of informative, intelligent interviews with a host incredible musicians working in all sorts of genres, and well worth perusing.

Best,

Colin

"Novorichna" - Happy New Year

It appears Ukrainians celebrate the festive season a little later than the rest of us, something to do with the Gregorian calendar.



I am hoping to have some news about the Astarta/Edwin project at some point in the not too distant future, but for now it's probably appropriate to share the song "Novorichna" , a Ukrainian NewYear song, not part of the forthcoming album. The lyrics and language may be unfamiliar, but as an expression of hopefulness for the coming year it's easy for anyone to relate to.

Jon Durant is on guitar, Inna, Yulia and Eduard Prystupa on vocals with bass, programming etc, yours truly.

All the Best to all for 2015…..


Colin

Obake live at DesertFest in April

I am pleased to report that Obake will be on The Quietus Stage at the Underworld in Camden, London on April 25th, with some more European dates to be arranged for the same period, I'll post them here in due course,  for now,  Magasin 4 in Brussels the next day, April 26th is also confirmed.

Click here for Desert Fest tickets.

Best,

Colin

Fisheye Berlin

For some reason Flickr no longer allows embedding, but if you like, please click here to see some more redscale film fisheye shots from Berlin last summer:

Or paste the following link- https://www.flickr.com/photos/colinedwin/sets/72157650073845195/

Best,

Colin

"Dissemble" - Burnt Belief

Video for the Burnt Belief track "Dissemble" from the album "Etymology" by Alistair Peck of Human Eye Studio



Best,

Colin

Studio Bass Day - January 18th Ananda Studios

Myself and my good friend and fellow bassist Martin Elliott will be teaming up for a one off Studio Bass Masterclass at Ananda Studios in Cambridge on January 18th 2015.

Martin Elliott

Ananda Studios have hosted some similar events before focussing on guitar and drums, but the idea is to present, in an intimate studio environment, some solid advice, ideas and also to answer questions that will hopefully enlighten, not just bass players but also recording engineers and producers about all the options involved in recording the bass and creating bass parts.

Between the two of us, myself and Martin, whose career has encompassed everything from gigs and sessions with composer Michael Nyman, albums with Gary Numan, numerous West End Musicals as pit musician, as well as the more  "traditional" type session work (orchestral scores, film soundtracks and pop bands), we have had a really diverse range of recording session experiences between us, so we're ideally placed to cover a wide spectrum of questions about how to get the best out of your studio time, your bass and your recording set-up.

It'll be very much a hands-on bass recording workshop covering subjects like:

Tone: how different basses, or different tones from a bass, sit in the mix.

Muting and getting a clean sound.

Reading notes/following a chart.  Chord charts vs notation.

Use of effects, order of effects, and blending effects.

Post processing, use of plug-ins and editing.

Aural skills.

Being consistent and focusing your concentration.

Listening and making creative decisions. Offering opinions and developing judgement.

Creativity, creating basslines and playing appropriately for the setting.

Timing, rhythmic awareness and use of space.

Playing fills.

Common problems, what to watch out for.

..and of course, whatever else the day throws up!

There will inevitably be some discussion about equipment as well, so there will be some information about and also an opportunity to check out some of the tools I use with assistance from EBS, D'Addario and Spector UK and also IK Multimedia.

More details and bios are on the press link below:

http://bit.ly/1vLvLMW

Other links, you can see the studio website here http://anandarecording.co.uk , Martin Elliott has his own website at: http://beachhut.demon.co.uk, and for anyone unfamiliar, my own website is located at www.colinedwin.co.uk

Lastly, of course places are very limited, so booking early is advisable, please contact       info@neilcowlan.com 

Best,

Colin

Obake - December European Dates

See below, trailer for a series of Central European Obake gigs, taking in Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, kicking off next week in Kufstein.




More dates are in the works for 2015, check the dates here as they are confirmed, and you can also follow the band on twitter @obakemusic.

The new album, "Mutations" (available on CD, vinyl and all the usual download formats) has been getting some great reviews too, you can read a selection below:

The Quietus

SlowEnd

Rock'n'Reel

Echte Leute

Metal Italia

Echoes and Dust

Angry Metal Guy

The Sleeping Shaman

IyeZine

Sentire Ascoltare

Queens of Steel

You can also read my previous blog posts here and here

Line-up will be Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari on Vocals, Eraldo Bernocchi on Guitar, Yours truly on bass and Jacopo Pierazzuoli (from Morkobot) on drums.

Best,

Colin