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.

Purchase "In Search of Silence".

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

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",

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.

"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.

David Wright on the Terry Hawke Show

David Wright will be a guest on the Terry Hawke radio show on Saturday 17th September.

www.harboroughfm.co.uk

David will talk about his new studio album, "In Search of Silence" and the show will exclusively preview music from the new album which is scheduled for October release.

David Wright on Terry Hawke show 26th Septmeber 2011

David Wright will be a guest on the Terry Hawke radio show on Saturday 26th August 2011. David will talk about his new studio album, "In Search of Silence" and the show will feature music from the forthcoming album.

David will also talk about the Trinity project so this will be a premiere for music from the "Music for Angels" CD released next week, along with "The Spirit of Light" CD, a DW volume 2 Best of featuring re-recorded and remastered works which is also due for release next week.

David Wright interview on Terry Hawke show postponed.

Sorry to report that we had to cancel the planned live interview tonight on the Terry Hawke chill out show. We've rescheduled for 26th August. This was down to my hectic schedule and Terry wisely taking the stress off me by re-arranging the dates. It does give me time to finish the new space music studio album "In Search of Silence" so that extracts will be available to play.

The "Spirit of Light" new age CD is now complete and full details will be posted next week.

New version of Rysheara for 2012 AD Music compilation

I've decided to submit a brand new, and as yet unfinished version, of "Rysheara" for the recently announced AD Music double compilation to be released in 2012. I've been working on an updated studio version of this track, on and off, for a while. It's based on live arrangements from the last few years and features electric lead guitar. I'll finish this later in the year when music for my current space music albums projects are completed.

David Wright produces Dreamer Project

Glad to hear that "Dreamer Project" has assigned its first space music CD release to AD Music. The album "The Road to your Heart" will be released in 2012. I'm producing the space music project and the first 40 minutes is 90% complete after artist Kjetil spent 2 weeks at my home and studio recently. The space music isn't too far removed from my own melodic style but it has its own core identity that I'm sure fans of melodic electronic music will enjoy. More news will be posted later this year.

Music for "Trinity Project" completed.

A productive evenings work last night saw the music for The Trinity project first new age space music album "Music for Angels" completed. I still have some production work to do, but musically, it's done and we're really quite pleased with the result. There are 3 tracks" the lovely 8 minute opener "Love's Purest Light", followed by the gentle groovy 18 minute "Angels in the Sunlight", and the spaced out 32 minute epic "Eternal Reincarnation". Album time is around 60 minutes and its a nice space music blend of pads, melody, acoustic guitar and gentle rhythms. Still on track for an early September release. Expect to hear music from the CD on up and coming "Man of Two Worlds" radio show.

The Trinity Space Music Project update

Back to work on the Trinity project new age space music album "Music for Angels" today. Neil and Nigel will be round to the studio later and hopefully we can put the electronic music album to bed. We have a 35 minute drifting electronic music track titled "Eternal reincarnation" completed - nice acoustic guitar over gentle pads and delicate rhythms. The beautiful "Love's Purest light" is an unashamed romantic gem and is also complete. There are a couple of space music tracks to work on and hopefully we can be inspired today and finish them.

David Wright on up and coming Terry Hawke electronic music radio Show

Just arranged to appear for interview on the Terry Hawke electronic music Radio Show on 102.3 HFM [UK] "Hawke Chill Out Sessions" on Saturday night/Sunday morning 6th/7th August, ie less than 2 weeks time. Looks like it'll be the 2.00 am slot so it can be heard by American listeners.

I'll be talking about my forthcoming electronic music CD releases and there will be plenty of space music from them to listen to, so I look forward to chatting with Terry and of course, your company.

Back to work on David Wright solo electronic music........

After two week concentrated work on Norwegian "Dreamer Project" space music as arranger and producer, with sequencer programming and even a mini moog lead thrown in, it's back to work on my solo space music projects. "The Spirit of Light" electronic music album is almost complete, with some minor work required. This electronic music album contains a mix of reworked older tracks plus some brand new music specifically for the new age market. So expect very melodic, drifting space music.

The brand new solo album "In Search of Silence" is near completion with all the electronic music composed. Mixing and production work is taking place over the next month or so.

The 3rd electronic music solo album is a space music soundtrack in conjunction with a sci-fi book written by Matt Howarth. The provisional title for this electronic music CD is "The Alpha Colony" and the book has been written. I'll be composing later in the year, although I already have a number of space music ideas sketched out. The CD will be released on AD Music in 2012 and the book will be available as a file on the CD.

Amazing sky-ablaze sunet over Bungay tonight, 22nd July 2011

Just taken this pic of a lovely sky over Bungay tonight.........enjoy!!

Bungay Bash Rehearsals

Rehearsals for the Bungay Bash have gone well this week. A lot of work has gone into the graphics and the lighting - well done Dave M and Nigel - it also gave us the opportunity to get some rehearsal pics and close up shots for the DVD. Here are a few pics.

David Wright Volume 2 "Best of & Rarities" to be releasd in September 2011.

AD Music will be releasing a second David Wright "Best of" which is also being described as a "rarities" CD, containing some older reworked tracks, plus some music that has been released on download or for other compilations, plus some new material. This album is specifically targeting our New World Music distributors "new age" fan-base, but I'm sure em fans of my more melodic, drifting space music style will enjoy it. Here are details of the album.

1. Beneath the Surface (3:52)
Previously unreleased piano track

2. Romance '89 (5:51)
2009 re-recording of a popular track from 1989 release "Reflections".

3. Illusions (25:51)
Digital remaster of popular track from now deleted 1991 CD Between Realities.

4. Internal Reincarnation (26:27)
2011 track written with Neil "Geigertek" Fellowes. A version is available on the Bungay Bash limited edition CDr for 4th June, but this is a reworked and remixed version.

5. Depth from Motion (16:36)
Remixed version of the space music track from Sines of Life (Volume 2) download

New David Wright CD "In Search of Silence" coming soon.

Work on my new space music studio album "In Search of Silence" is coming along nicely. There have been some delays in recent months due to the distraction of the forthcoming electronic music event The Bungay Bash - rehearsals and local promotional work - plus the small matter of my heart problem. I'm also working on a Sci fi book soundtrack with US writer Matt Howarth, which I hope will be released towards the end of the year. 

Back to "In Search of Silence"; this has been a fun album to do, not least because I've been rediscovering a lot of sounds from my hardware synths and relying less on the soft synths - not that there's anything wrong with the soft synths - they're still in evidence on the new album, but it is dominated by hardware synths this time round, including the Kurzweil PC3x, JP8000, JD990 and Karma Even my old 01W, 05rW and K4 had the cobwebs blown off them and used.

Musically I think this new album is a departure from recent works, I'd say that some of the music is structured in the same linear way I approached "Walking with Ghosts", but does include some improvised and drifting segments circa "Momentum".

I think it's probably fair to say that I've been less concerned about the "technical" this time during the writing and recording process and concentrated more on being spontaneous and creative. I'm pleased with the results so far and the album should be available for release end of July, beginning of August 2011. More details including tracks titles and soundbites will be available soon on the AD Music website.

Official 2011 Bungay Bash Flier

Bungay Bash - Electronic Music and beer Festival update.

Full details about the Bungay Bash electronic music and beer festival are now posted on the AD Music website concert page and the AD Music blog pages. Tickets should be sent out soon to all those who have already ordered - there was apparently a delay at the Theatre getting them printed. We're all getting quite exited about it, although a lot of work still to be done. Code Indigo rehearsals start 16th May, while Callisto and solo rehearsals have already commenced.

I'll probably feature new music from "In Search of Silence" plus some old favorites from my space music catalogue on my set. We're putting a lot of emphasis and work into the lighting and graphics backdrops too. We hope to have two separate projectors with graphics on stage and on one side wall, so should be interesting.

The event is being filmed for DVD releases later in the year to fulfill a long outstanding ambition to get DVDs released for Code Indigo, Callisto, Geigertek and Me. The DVDs will feature some of the stunning high quality stage graphics we've used over the years along with concert footage and maybe even some interviews. AD Music is looking to release these towards the end of the year.

Thanks and New Music

Many thanks to all the well wishers who have contacted me recently, either via email or facebook, myspace, twitter etc concerned about my health. I'm "Okay", but I do have to go to hospital this week for tests and scans to find out what the problem is. So hopefully, in the next week or so, the Doctors will know how to solve the problem.

In the meantime, I'm actually getting on with new space music quite well, with half the new album "In search of Silence" completed. I think it's different to recent releases, probably more in line with "Walking with Ghosts" than anything I've done since that album, because the songs are much more structured. Also, I think there's a Vangelis feel in parts - not sure how that came about, it just did. But I'm very pleased with it musically so far. I'm hoping to have the album ready for the Bungay Bash.

I'm also working on a sci fi book soundtrack, written by Matt Howarth, which is in its early stages (the space music that is - the book is basically complete). The book will be on the CD as an ebook with the music. I'm hoping this will be released towards the end of the year. Not sure about the title yet......

Another project I'm working on is under the name "Trinity", a new age project of relaxation style space music. I'm working with Neil Fellowes and Nigel Tuner-Heffer on this one and we're hoping the CD will be released in 2-3 months.

More news to follow........

Callisto for Bungay Bash

So the Bungay Bash moves ever closer............and today we decided that we would also perform a Callisto space music set to open the evening proceedings. Seems logical as Neil and I are there and we also want to get some live film for the Callisto DVD - yes, there will finally be a Callisto DVD, and a Code Indigo DVD and a David Wright DVD. Well, assuming all goes well with the filming at The Bungay Bash that is!! Seems quite strange to be performing as three separate space music acts, although I guess you can't call Code Indigo space music, more instrumental rock I suppose. So, performing three very different styles of instrumental music, but it should be fun. Full details can be found on the AD Instrumental Music website concert page and tickets are a very reasonable £10:75 plus postage for an all day event, can't be bad, eh?!

Schallwelle Awards 2011

Back home after a great time in Germany.

Stayed with Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock and wife Dagi at their lovely "Mill" near Sonsbech. Arrived Thursday and had a very chilled time - just what the doctor ordered!

Schallwelle on the Saturday was great, nominated three times, twice for Callisto in best international album and best international artist, and I was also nominated in best international artist category. However, no awards this time round, but nice to be "in the mix" and had a really good day chatting to fans and other musicians.

Great to catch up with Robert Schroeder, amongst other, whose music I've always admired. Due to a problem with the first act not arriving until late, I was asked to perform first, and I think the set went down well - I enjoyed it and the audience wanted more, so a good sign. Played 20 minutes space music from forthcoming new solo album plus a new version of Rysheara and short space music version of Walking with Ghosts as encore.

Many thanks to everyone involved in the awards, especially those behind the scenes.

David Wright and Bekki Williams collaboration

Bekki Williams and I have at last talked seriously about a space music collaboration! I'm often asked by fans why we haven't done this before, and it's only because we're both busy with other projects - not to mention "Life".

Not going to give a time frame yet, but it now looks very likely that there will be a David Wright and Bekki Williams instrumental music album at some point in the future.

Brian Wilson Concert

Just got 2 tickets for the Brian Wilson concert in London in September - can't wait!! Easily one of the greatest composers of our generation, his recent albums "Smile", "Lucky Old Sun" and "Gershwin Reimagined" are simply outstanding. Even though I compose instrumental music and space music, Brian's influence on my music has been quite profound, and his music has been a part of my life since I was just 12 years old. Rock on..................

David Wright nominated in Schallwelle Electronic Music Awards Best International category

Well I missed this when getting so excited about the Callisto nomination, which, by the way, is for NYX in the Best album category, but I've been nominated in the Best International Artist category - second time having won the award 2 years ago.......................

Trinity Project gets off the ground at last!!

After a lot of delays caused by outside distractions, Neil and I finally managed to spend a productive evening in the studio and compose 15 minutes of music for the "new age" project we're doing "Music for Angels", and the track, titled "Lazy Heaven" is a great start. Definitely has strong space music overtones with a great feel, so we're very pleased by the start we've made.

There was some gentle ribbing and amusement to begin with, (and several cups of strong coffee!) as I managed to totally mess up my studio midi settings - it's been over seven years since I last set up all the external synths for simultaneous multi-recording. But we were soon up and running and and by midnight we had a pretty nice track.

More news to follow as the album progresses.

Callisto nominated in Schallwelle electronic music awards

Well, here's a pleasant surprise, Callisto have been nominated in the Schallwelle Electronic Music awards, presumably for "Best International electronic music Album" or "Best International Artist". I'm going to be there anyway as one of the three artists performing. But I was also scheduled to be one of the presenter/orators, but obviously can't be now because I've been nominated. Shame, but it does give me more time to work on the space music for the event.

So anyway, well done also Dave Massey and not forgetting Neil (Geigertek) Fellowes because the last two Callisto concerts (and future Callisto concerts if he behaves) include Neil on stage for Dave Massey, who as we all know, "doesn't do live". Both those concerts were well received and I think it likely that the concerts may have featured in some peoples thinking when they voted.

So we'll see how we do, but however it turns out, it's nice to know that we've been nominated and people thought Callisto good enough to vote for.

So "Thanks from Callisto" to all who did vote!

Sci fi soundtrack for Matt Howarth story - update

I received the first draft of Matt Howarth's sci-fi story, and an enjoyable read it is too! Plenty of ideas for music and titles and I will be starting work on that soon. Maybe I will perform some of the ideas at the up and coming Schallwelle Music awards in March, we shall see. I'm not going to give away anything at the moment, aside from saying its about an earth colony on a far off world in the future, mans first colony in fact. That's all I'm gonna say for now and I'm looking forward to putting together an evocative and descriptive space music soundtrack to accompany the book, which will be on the CD as an e-book/pdf. More details to follow................

Steve Barnes - Invisible Landscapes

Spent the afternoon completing the mastering of the forthcoming Divine Matrix  album "Invisible Landscapes". A cool chill out music album from Steve Barnes pseudonym. Should be available in March 2011.

New Code Indigo album?

I keep being asked; "When will the next Code Indigo album be released"?
Truth is, I don't know! But I'm really hoping it'll be end of 2011 early 2012. We're hoping to get together during 2011 to start recording instrumental music for an album that already has at title; "A Different Colour", but as yet has no defined theme or direction, mainly because it is still very much in early development. And all Code Indigo albums have always had a fair amount of discussion on theme and direction before the music really got going. And even then, things tended to change.

Biggest problem is that band members are spread around the UK doing many other space music projects, and while we all really do enjoy working together as Code Indigo, sometime the practicalities of meeting up just get in the way.

So the plan is to get together during the early part of the year, which we've got to do anyway to prepare for the Bungay Bash, and get things moving. Hopefully something will be on the go soon, and we'll have good news for the Code Indigo fans with withdrawal symptoms!

For those who may not have been aware, there is an exclusive Code Indigo track "Gaia" on the 2009 elive sampler, available from Groove, plus an exclusive remix of the awesome "Eden to Chaos" from Timecode.

Bungay Bash

Great to know that the Bungay Bash is going ahead on June 4th 2011 and hopefully we'll put on an event every year at the same sort of time, later spring early Summer. Suffolk and Norfolk are such lovely places that time of year, so hopefully we can attract fans from outside the area as well as within to come to the event.

The event is being held in conjunction with a beer festival, so should be a lot of fun. We're testing the waters with this event, hence it being a mainly AD line up of local instrumental music artists. If things go well then well make it an annual event and widen the net as far as acts are concerned. However, I'm thinking that this should be an annual charity event, simply because with the best will in the world, we can't make enough on the tickets to pay for acts to come unless we make the ticket prices high, which we know from experience keeps people away. So, and I'm thinking out loud here it has to be said, if we make it an "expenses only" event and ensure artists are wined, dined and accommodated and give the profit to a Charity, then it makes it easier for future events. It's only an idea, but one that I'm giving serious thought to!

As to performing, I'm looking forward to sorting out a set of new space music for the event.  I'll be performing solo in the afternoon and with Code Indigo in the evening. Rock on!!

David Wright Performing at Schallwelle Music awards, Germany in 2011

I'm really pleased to have been asked to perform at this years Schallwelle electronic Music awards. It's at Bochum Planetarium so it's great to be revisiting the venue where we recorded the 10th Planet CD in 2007 and where we had such a great time. I really enjoyed performing in a space music set up and I'm looking forward to doing so again. In fact that was my 10th and last Planetarium concert, so probably time I did another. The date is Saturday 12th March 2011 and all details can be found on the Schallwelle Music awards website.