Sunday, 26 February 2012
Code Indigo MELTdown session.
Just finished a creative weekend with Neil Fellowes writing music for the new Code Indigo album "MELTdown". It would be no exaggeration to say the time spent was hugely successful! Some music was already in the "In Progress Can" from last year, so the plan for this weekend was to "be creative" with new songs to add to those ideas so that we had the basics for the album. We think we achieved the aim and look forward to formulating the ideas into finished tracks when the rest of the band get involved.
Sunday, 25 December 2011
I see the Schallwelle Music awards listings for 2011 Best International artists and best albums for 2011 were been published today, Flattered to see I'm listed in both so if you want to vote the head on over to
http://voting.schallwelle-preis.de/index.php and follow the voting
instructions. You have up to three votes in each category.
Friday, 23 December 2011
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
David Wright & Ian Boddy on Eurock radio show
Here is an archive link to an hour long show hosted by Eurock's Archie Patterson featuring space music by Ian Boddy and David Wright.
http://www.kusf-archives.com/2011/11/kusf-in-exile-111811-7-8-pm-set-of-dj.html
http://www.kusf-archives.com/2011/11/kusf-in-exile-111811-7-8-pm-set-of-dj.html
David Wright live on Zero Hour 24th November 2011
David Wright will be live in the studio with Steve Sheppard on the Zero Hour show on Thursday 24th November 7:30 - 8:30pm talking about his new space music CD "In search of Silence", other solo projects and the new Code Indigo album in progress "MELTdown",
Friday, 4 November 2011
David Wright interviewed by Ambient Visions.
I was recently interviewed by Michael Foster of Ambient Visions and that interview is now online at the Ambient Music website.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
"In Search of Silence" finally complete and master off for CD production
After 10 months work, my 23rd instrumental music solo album "In Search of Silence" is finally complete. The master was sent to the CD manufacturer today, a month behind schedule, so the release date looks likely to be 15th November 2011. Apologies to fans who have pre-ordered but I promise it'll be worth the wait.
The album is very much a journey through musical styles linked to the ebb and flow of life and that is reflected in the different moods you'll find on the album and cover art. However, I do believe that the 12 tracks present a coherent "whole" album in the best tradition of journey style space music.
Those who have heard the album pre-release have likened it to a cross between "Dreams and Distant Moonlight" and "Walking with Ghosts" with something extra added. Those comparisons please me a lot and I think the "something extra" is a different approach to both the compositional and production techniques. It's easy to get lazy after so many years making music and with so many sound sources to chose from it's easy to fall into a "same old same old" rut, so, I made a conscious decision on "Silence' to approach things differently and almost re-invent my style, but in a way that didn't change who and what my fundamental musical style is all about. I certainly felt a lot more adventurous on this album simply by sitting at the Kurzweil PC3x and other hard synths and just "playing" instead of sitting in front of a computer screen which I've felt in recent years I was doing more and more of!
Okay, so what can you expect to hear on "In Search of Silence"? Well, modesty, I believe it's my best work too date - a subjective opinion I know. But, I feel that this album pulls together all the best elements of my musical styles from over the years in a fresh new way. It has an ethnic flavour, without ever being world music; it does have an atmospheric, space music feel without being space music and on other tracks it gets close to classic rock, lounge chill out and ambient. So like I said at the start, a variety of styles and moods. But I think it's all imbued with the emotional sensibilities that people associate with my music and I hope that that emotional element is what links me as the composer with the listeners and what ultimately people enjoy and relate to.
I have to thank Dave Massey, who, while not credited on the album, has helped enormously by being my executive producer, double checking the final mixes and helping me to get the great sound by pointing out details I missed.
In Search of Silence is, of course, released by AD Music, on 15th November 2011 and the CD is distributed worldwide by New World Music. It's available from AD Music and all major stores. It will also be available from iTunes and all major download stores from 15th November as well from the AD Music site. It's also available from AD Music in Flac format.
The album is very much a journey through musical styles linked to the ebb and flow of life and that is reflected in the different moods you'll find on the album and cover art. However, I do believe that the 12 tracks present a coherent "whole" album in the best tradition of journey style space music.Those who have heard the album pre-release have likened it to a cross between "Dreams and Distant Moonlight" and "Walking with Ghosts" with something extra added. Those comparisons please me a lot and I think the "something extra" is a different approach to both the compositional and production techniques. It's easy to get lazy after so many years making music and with so many sound sources to chose from it's easy to fall into a "same old same old" rut, so, I made a conscious decision on "Silence' to approach things differently and almost re-invent my style, but in a way that didn't change who and what my fundamental musical style is all about. I certainly felt a lot more adventurous on this album simply by sitting at the Kurzweil PC3x and other hard synths and just "playing" instead of sitting in front of a computer screen which I've felt in recent years I was doing more and more of!
Okay, so what can you expect to hear on "In Search of Silence"? Well, modesty, I believe it's my best work too date - a subjective opinion I know. But, I feel that this album pulls together all the best elements of my musical styles from over the years in a fresh new way. It has an ethnic flavour, without ever being world music; it does have an atmospheric, space music feel without being space music and on other tracks it gets close to classic rock, lounge chill out and ambient. So like I said at the start, a variety of styles and moods. But I think it's all imbued with the emotional sensibilities that people associate with my music and I hope that that emotional element is what links me as the composer with the listeners and what ultimately people enjoy and relate to.
I have to thank Dave Massey, who, while not credited on the album, has helped enormously by being my executive producer, double checking the final mixes and helping me to get the great sound by pointing out details I missed.
In Search of Silence is, of course, released by AD Music, on 15th November 2011 and the CD is distributed worldwide by New World Music. It's available from AD Music and all major stores. It will also be available from iTunes and all major download stores from 15th November as well from the AD Music site. It's also available from AD Music in Flac format.
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