TV & Film Music Update - March 2009:

here are some my most recent Music Commissions
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ITN - 'The Prince & The RainForest'







I was asked to provide the music for the ITN News program 'The Prince & The RainForest'
it aired last week on ITV & followed Prince Charles on his environmental-awareness raising visit to South America.
was a bit of challenge getting past my pan-pipe-phobia though ...he he:)









ECO-BOUDOIR - More Than Pretty Knickers





I Composed the Music for this amazing short film highlighting Exploitation in the Clothing Industry.
It was premiered at London's South Bank Centre as part of the 'Pants To Poverty' Campaign.
Directed by the BBC's own Verity White.



Click The Above PIC for a Link to the .MOV :)





NATURAL WORLD, Buddha, Bees & the Giant Hornet Queen repeats

....& talking of the BBC,
Been getting some nice messages from people who just watched the documentary I scored
It''s currently being repeated on Animal Planet (US) & on BBC Four (UK) as Part of the HIDDEN JAPAN season.

Upcoming Airings:
ANIMAL PLANET (U.S) - 9th & 12th April 2009
BBC FOUR (UK) - 6th April 2009










BURTON SNOWBOARDS - RAILS!




I wrote the music for the Burton TV Commercial 'Rails'




TIPPING POINT



I was asked to provide a couple of tracks for Clay Porters upcoming Biking film 'The Tipping Point'.
Including the track used for the main trailer








SONY IMAGE WORKS




Four of my tracks were licensed by Hollywood CGI Pioneers 'Sony Imageworks' for inclusion in their In-House Animation demos & Showreels.

ROLLING

My Digitalis Track "Connect' was licensed for Inclusion in the upcoming U.S. underground dance culture movie 'Rolling'







IT'S ALWAYS SNOWING SOMEWHERE - released on DVD

I composed a track entitled 'Epic Heights' for this fine Snowboarding film - which has now been released on DVD.








OTHER RANDOM TV BITS -




a couple of my old Library Music Tracks were recently used in CELEBRITY SCISSORHANDS, & in the MTV show PUNK'D.








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Yet another WICKED e-flyer from Aleph Zero. This time for the long awaited 'Natural Born Chillers 2' Compilation:

http://www.aleph-zero.info/media/AlephZ12/flyer/NBC2.htm










It's out next week and there'll be : "a special CD + Poster sale (for only 16 Euros including shipping by registered airmail in a special protective casing"

http://www.aleph-zero.info/shop.html

Echoes Radio Feature... Kaya & Hibernation Interviews, Charts & Reviews....


There have been some really great responses to the new Kaya Project & Hibernation Albums:
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they both popped in at No. 1 & No. 2 in the Saiko Sounds Ambient Sales Chart for a while..... :)








& also featured in the Below Zero Beats Radio Chart .









Interchill hooked up a Kaya Project Telephone Interview with ECHOES radio in the U.S.
They chose '...& So it goes' as their CD of the Month for January.

The feature is scheduled to air this coming Monday - January 26th 2009.





Or click the pic below for a sneak preview :)










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I also took part in quite a few other Interviews centered around the Hibernation & Kaya Project albums.

FLUID RADIO - Interview :: LINK ::





MORPHEUS MUSIC - Hibernation Interview :: LINK ::





ISRATRANCE - Hibernation Interview :: LINK ::





MORPHEUS MUSIC - Kaya Project Interview :: LINK ::




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& It was a real honour to see the new Kaya Project Album being Featured on the Six Degrees Records Blog 'Global Noize' :









& Some Hibernation Reviews below, starting with a couple of itunes Customer reviews:












amazon customer review:




chaishop review: LINK:





Revolve Magazine Review:





BPM Magazine :

heads-up from Aleph Zero HQ! - Holiday CD sale

you can order any 2 CDs + a gorgeous Aleph Zero shirt for 33 Euros, including shipping world wide through registered airmail.


Check it out here: http://www.aleph-zero.info/shop.html

With Contributions from Irina Mikhailova, Deeyah, Randolph Matthews, Flo Comment and many more amazingly talented musicians.... the cover Artwork is by Suzanne Brady (Who's artwork graced the first 2 album covers).

It's been out as an iTunes exclusive for a couple of weeks already, but the CDs have now been pressed up & it looks fantastic!

Check out the Interchill Records site for more details:












& you can download the Interchill onesheet here (PDF format):

Hot off the Aleph Zero press..... Click the pic for full details:)

Hibernation Album - october 27th!

...a little later than planned, as usual:)


It's been in the pipeine for such a long time, I'm very excited to have this released on Aleph Zero records;
the Debut LP release from my Hibernation Project entitled 'Some Things Never Change'.





there are a couple of previews in my myspace player - & other mp3 snippets can be found at various places including the stores below (Click the small Pics):



be sure to check out the superb e-flyer from Aleph Zero (Click the Big Pic)

2008 Stuff.....

here are some of the projects i've been working on since the last blog post:





KAYA PROJECT & HIBERNATION ALBUMS - both scheduled for September Release!!

Unbelievable that they should reach the final mastering stage at the same time. Considering I haven't released an album for 3 years.

Kaya Project (3rd Album - '...& So It Goes') keeping it Real, Worldy & Organic
Hibernation (Debut Album - 'Some Things Never Change') keeping it Experimental, Glitchy & Electronic.

Definitely the best 2 albums i've produced IMO.

Keep an eye out on Interchill & Aleph Zero Records. Preview tunes are up in the myspace player now.



Nice Lava Lamp:).......Mastering the 3rd Kaya Project Album with Dave Blackman @ HiltonGrove Mastering.





COMPILATIONS: Ministry Of Sound, Buddha Bar X Compilations etc....

I've had a few tracks included on new & forthcoming Compilations from the likes of Ministry Of Sound, Below Zero, Buddha Bar, Ball of Waxx....

& donated a couple of tracks for a very special benefit compilation 'Healing Ananda' . Compiled by Gus Till & available now!
all proceed go toward Ananda's medical fees. check out:

http://healing-ananda.blogspot.com/








Estee Lauder

I wrote some more AD music - This Time for ESTEE LAUDER'S cyber White TV Commercials.
In a Phillip Glass Minimalist Stylee.....












Digitalis - 'Dealing With It' & Karton 'Mugstar' w/ Remixes.

Very happy to have some of my Digitalis Breakbeat Tracks released on Swedish Label SOUND OF HABIB.
I've been a big fan of their sound for ages. Also did a remix swap with Australian Artists 'Karton'.
out now in Digital & soon to be released on Vinyl as a 4 track E.P.

Some nice reviews in iDJ Magazine, M8, ATM......









Been developing a great working relationship with Canadian Production Music company Soundtrax.

That has resulted in me composing some original music for the following titles:
(Lots of extreme snowboarding & Stunt biking here:)





Burton Snowboards - Thanks In Advance

Smackdown - New World Disorder 8

Burton Snowboards - It's Always Snowing Somewhere





Soundtrax were also responsible for placing the Kaya Project Track 'Ghasi Ram Blues' in the Film 'Let it Ride'.

The film is Narrated by Metallica's James Hetfiled & has a Soundtrack Featuring Artists such as: Pearl Jam, Adam Freeland, Metallica, Gaudi, Johnny Cash, Fort Knox Five, Adham Shaikh & of course...Kaya Project:)





& finally

I don't do that many gigs these days - generally prefer to be in the studio - but the recent Australia gigs were wicked! Got to spend some time with old friends down in Melbourne & played a couple of DJ sets at the Tribeadelic 12 year birthday party. (Happy Birthday Ozzy!!!)





& then up to Cairns for one of the best festivals i've ever had the pleasure of playing at, What a great bunch of people & an awesome festival vibe. (Thankyou Waz, Sol, Aimee & the entire Solstice Crew)





If only the long haul flight & Jet Lag weren't such a nightmare. - Reminded me exactly why i don't do it more often.





Solstice Festival photos taken by SID SCOTT

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It's been a while since my last update (Haven't had much time for myspace recently) so here goes:





JAPAN!
A big shout out to all our friends in Japan. We had an amazing time over there doing a couple of KAYA PROJECT live shows & I played some SHAKTA Sets as well....heres some pics of the gigs (taken at YOGAJAYA & PSYKICK SCRAMBLE)



Photos by: Chie Araki, Mark Oxley & KURO (SubLine).





& talking of japan, the bbc film I scored has just picked a couple more awards, 1 from the japan wildlife film festival, the other from the highly regarded Jackson Hole festival in the US.




it's also just been released on DVD as part of the natural world. available at amazon.








ANNODALLEB remix cd RE-RELEASE!



Los Angeles Noise Merchants ANNODALLEB re-release the DAath REMIX CD on METROPOLIS records via NEGATIVE 3. Was great fun working on this one (I provided a few of the remixes) & features reworkings by HALLUCINOGEN, MANMADEMAN, OTTO VON SHIRACH, DIGITALIS, EFM...covering a broad spectrum of Dark Electronica - Industrial, Trance, Breaks, Glitch-Dub-Darkstep, etc....... check out the Fanky Malloon Secret track at the end of the CD...'cos thats where it's really at;)



Natasha & I were approached by the above Label (Negative 3) to write a full Album & it's coming along nicely. The Act name is SUBTERFUGE & it's wicked having an opportunity to explore some fresh musical territory. Will definitley start up a dedicated myspace page for the project when it's completed. Watch this space.





Aleph Zero release the eagerly awaited MIDNIGHT SOUL DIVE compilation.
Featuring some cutting edge Glitched up Downbeat & Dreamy Chillout from the artist such as:
SHULMAN, BLUTECH, RENA JONES. Top Quality release!




My track on the comp: "MELT' by HIBERNATION is a taster of the HIBERNATION ALBUM which I've been working on for a while now. It's due to surface on Aleph Zero Records in the not too distant. Will post up some preview tracks sooooooon.







AD work.
Yes, Bill Hicks would be spinning in his Grave.....but I've been selling some of my soul to the corporate devil:)
Recently composed the music for DELL Computers & Capital One Commercials.


CAPITAL ONE





DELL








UPCOMING BREAKBEAT RELEASES:

Got a great response from my recent Breakbeat releases considering it's a style I haven't produced for quite a while now. both the DIGITALIS & EIGHT:BALL releases (on Sinister & Point Red) both popped into the beatport & trackitdown DOWNLOAD top 10s:, & the vinyls sold niceley:) so theres a few more lined up for imminent release:




on SINISTER RECORDINGS: Digitalis - 'I Make Beats' w/ EK REMIX



on BALL OF WAXX - Digitalis Remix of DATABENT 'Ana'. (John Kelley & Brian Saitzyk)


A Few of these tunes have already been aired on BBC RADIO ONE during Introspectives' guest mix on the Annie Nightingale Show,



& also in Pathaans awesome 'musical rickshaw' show on BBC Asian Network.



forthcoming releases:
on POINT RED: Digitalis - 'Circuit Control' w/ 'Silent Running'
on SINISTER: Digitalis - 'Mind Games' w/ Introspective REMIX




you can check out most of these tracks on my DIGITALIS myspace page HERE.




Other TV bits:

The Kaya Project track 'Ghasi Ram Blues' has been licensed for inclusion in the Snowboarding film 'Let it Ride'.

'From Mumbai' was included in the film "Kelrick Mountain Experience'.

The Track 'Olelo' made an appearance in the season 2 finale of SLEEPER CELL.





Currently working on the music for a short film for the UK Homeless Charity CRISIS.