O.R.k. - "Inflamed Rides" October release

The official release of "Inflamed Rides" is set for October the 2nd via Cargo Distribution.

Burning Shed are also running a pre-order of the CD here:

https://www.burningshed.com/store/hardworld/product/195/6909/

You will find digital pre-order links below:

Amazon
itunes

Please also check out "Funfair"




Below a selection of press, with some album reviews and interviews:

http://www.chromatique.net/chroniques/item/15375-inflamed-rides
http://progpraat.com/2015/07/15/o-r-k-inflamed-rides/
http://www.liverpoolsoundandvision.co.uk/2015/07/16/o-r-k-inflamed-rides-album-review/
http://www.dprp.net/reviews/201550.php#ork
http://neoprog.eu/critique/o_r_k_/inflamed_rides
http://www.shiverwebzine.com/2015/06/23/o-r-k-il-supergruppo-debuttera-a-settembre-2/
http://www.themusicalmeltingpot.com/2015/06/20/o-r-k-interview/
http://www.themusicalmeltingpot.com/2015/05/31/o-r-k-inflamed-rides-review/
http://www.sound36.com/o-r-k-inflamed-rides/
http://www.hardsounds.it/recensiones/11182
http://www.grindontheroad.com/2015/05/27/ork-inflamed-rides/
http://sentireascoltare.com/news/carmelo-pipitone-marta-sui-tubi-lef-colin-edwin-pat-mastelotto-ork/
http://www.rockit.it/news/carmelo-pipitone-marta-sui-tubi-king-crimson-porcupine-tree
http://www.sound36.com/o-r-k-inflamed-rides/
http://prog.teamrock.com/news/2015-04-10/porcupine-tree-king-crimson-colin-edwin-pat-mastelotto-ork
http://bravewords.com/news/porcupine-tree-bassists-o-r-k-launch-pre-order-for-debut-album-pyre-video-jellyfish-track-streaming
http://survivingthegoldenage.com/o-r-k-the-insignificant-coldlights-remix/
http://www.musicoff.com/articolo/ork-inflamed-rides-arriverà-ottobre
http://www.jerrylucky.com 
http://www.musicwaves.fr/frmReview.aspx?ID=13172

Live dates in Europe are being organised for February 2016, please follow the FB and Twitter pages for more info.

Best,

Colin

Twinscapes out now

The Twinscapes album is out now, from all the usual outlets and of course Burning Shed and the Rarenoise store.
Please check shipping dates, as the vinyl is scheduled to go out after the CD version, due to a longer manufacturing time.

You can now hear two complete tracks from the album streaming from the Rarenoise Jukebox here:


 

or following this link:  https://www.rarenoiserecords.com/jukebox/twinscapes/twinscapes/

See also my previous Blogs here and here.

See above, Lorenzo Feliciati and I will be at the London Bass Guitar Show on Saturday March 1st, performing a set and then talking about our approach to playing together.

Best,

Colin

Endless Tapes - "Punto Di Vista Differente"

The four track "Endless Tapes EP" is out now and shipping from burning shed.

The picture below shows the CD cover, plus a couple of the limited edition cassettes :

I am also very pleased to present this very fitting video that graphic artist and visualist  Petulia Mattioli has made for our track "Punto Di Vista Differente".

Best,

Colin

Endless Tapes CD +Cassette pre-orders

"Endless Tapes EP" - CD's have landed, pre-orders are now being taken via burning shed here:

https://www.burningshed.com/store/exwiseheads/

.....note that the 8th July shipping date is the correct one, as the cassettes are still being manufactured....

See my previous entry for more about it.....click here

NB>... fisheye Polaroid not included*

Best,

Colin

Lo-Fi Resistance - Chalk Lines

Another release I've been involved in earlier this year that is finally being made available is Lo-Fi Resistance's "Chalk Lines"

Lo-Fi Resistance is the "nom de guerre" of New York based Randy McStine. 

Randy's compositions are not only full of great ideas, but he also knows how to develop them into fully fledged, absorbing, emotive songs with a strong flow. It's an album I've really enjoyed working on, and listening to the finished thing, I think it's a great listen that deserves some serious attention.

I'm sharing the bass duties with Dug 

Pinnick (he of the mighty bass tone and legendary band King's X, who also toured with Porcupine Tree on the Incident Tour) and also session legend John Giblin (Kate Bush, Brand X, Simple Minds and many, many more)

Gavin Harrison plays drums throughout and Dave Kerzner, who I met up with in the flesh recently, handles the keyboards and co-production and co-writing duties.

There is more info on the burning shed newsletter here, please scroll down the newsletter for info about a free download track from "Chalk Lines" ( ...and also about  "Burnt Belief" pre-order info)

Best,

Colin

Burnt Belief - Coming Soon....

I am very happy to announce that "Burnt Belief" my collaborative album with guitarist Jon Durant, is mixed, mastered, manufactured and  ready for pre-order. Release date is set for "the end of the world"... very soon, so I hope any survivors will enjoy the album....it may well be an essential soundtrack for the Post Apocalyptic Times we will apparently find ourselves living in...(assuming that it isn't in fact the present reality and I just don't know about it....)

In any event "Burnt Belief" is an instrumental narrative, consisting of 8 tracks:

1 Altitude
2 Impossible Senses
3 Prism
4 Balthasar's Key
5 Uncoiled
6 Semazen
7 The Weight of Gravity
8 Arcing Towards Morning

Total running time is just under an hour at 59 m 16s.

As well as Jon on 12 string, his unique lead and cloud guitars, and yours truly (various basses, electronics and programming), Jerry Leake is active on most tracks with an interesting variety of percussion, mostly of the middle Eastern variety, but also Indian tablas and various metallics. I've always enjoyed the blend of electronic and human sounds with rhythmic elements, Jerry has done a fantastic job complementing the electronic programming, with both his sound choice and feel.

Geoff Leigh guests on flute on the diminished tonality of  "Balthasar's Key" and Randy Roos, who recorded Jon's previous album Dance of the Shadow Planets also mixed and mastered the CD at Squam Sound Studios in New Hampshire, USA.

Sometimes a particular atmosphere or sound suggests to me that it might make a good context for a particular instrument of mine. For the vast majority of "Burnt Belief" I've used my new USA Spector fretless, which has proved to be an extremely expressive and responsive addition to my bass sounds, but there's a few other colours too, namely my low tuned Spector Euro 435LX for some extra deep bass, my (phazed and distorted) Wal fretted played with a pick, my double bass on the acoustic track "Arcing Towards Morning" and also my old Ovation Magnum II, lending a fat dub style tone to a minimalist line in one interlude.

There will be two physical editions of "Burnt Belief" a standard CD in a Digipack, and for those who might like it, a special limited "Tin Edition", with a signed insert, see below:

Inside the Tin:













I'll be posting the pre-order information here as soon as I have it, in the meantime, here's an audio sampler of the album: (EDIT- click here to pre-order, and check out the Facebook page also)







Best,

Colin

Ex-Wise Heads Live in Tallinn

Just to mention that Ex-Wise Heads, (also featuring yours truly on bass of course), will be replacing Slow Electric for the previously mentioned live show at the Rock Cafe, in Tallinn, Estonia in October 7th, next weekend in fact.

Ticket and venue info can be found by clicking here

Also, I'm happy to say, I am contributing to the next Slow Electric album, which is currently a work in progress, so all being well, there will be future performances and new material too....in the meantime Geoff Leigh and I are very much looking forward to our first show in Estonia.

On the subject of Ex-Wise Heads live, we will also be playing at the Tonefloat Records evening at the Paradox in Tilburg, Holland on Sunday November 4th, you can get tickets direct from the Tonefloat store, or from the venue here

For anyone unfamiliar, the Ex-Wise Heads album Celestial Disclosure came out on vinyl through Tonefloat a little while back, and was subsequently re-issued on CD in a very nicely packaged Japanese style vinyl CD sleeve, and with a bonus track too. The album is currently available from burning shed.

You can read a couple of reviews of "Celestial Disclosure" here and here.

Best,

Colin