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.

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................

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.

Welcome to my blog

Going to attempt to write a daily blog - not sure how successful that will be, but I'll give it a go. Set this blog up a while ago so about time I made use of it. I'll probably expand a little on items the are feature on the AD blog that are relevant to me, and will do some product reviews on items used in the studio. Of course, I'll also talk about music in progress. See you later..........