The next Aethellis album will be called
Northumbria,
named after the title track. "Northumbria" will kick off the album with
a cacophany of dissonance with moments of modal solemnity.
Other
tracks include "The Penal Colony" (written with guitarist Mark Van
Natta), "Exchequer Prague," "Sounds Good" (written with bassist Erik
Marks) and "The Peace Path Suite."
"In Grief Unbound" will
feature the vocals of Dyan Brown. This track with a more conventional
orchestral arrangment will also appear in the feature
Beside The Manor Selby.
The album cover was designed by my wife, Cheryl.
I've just completed writing the rest of the music for
Selby
and expect the whole production to be completed by the end of October
(see below in an early post for link to the trailer). Once that is
done, I will begin the process of fine-tuning the recorded tracks for
Northumbria and hopefully be mastering the new album by early 2010. Thanks to everyone for their interest and patience!
