drums / percussion / trombone / studio
On 17th October Hidden Orchestra played to a very warm sold out crowd at Union Chapel, London. It was an incredibly special gig, guesting not only Phil Cardwell on Trumpet but also Tomáš Dvořák – aka producer-composer Floex – on clarinet, and the uber-talented Lumen on the visuals. You can […] Read more »
In late September the shaman Mira Jempe, following some powerful ceremonies in Scotland, came to record some of his songs at Stables. It was an absolute honour to record his music as well as being given the opportunity to collaborate on one tune “Tam Tam Hori“, on congas, kit and […] Read more »
This year’s Journey of a Thousand Wings Orchestra, part of the Tinderbox Project, had some brilliant Edinburgh Festival gigs to complete the course in August. With the usual amazing array of international collaborators and talents, they took the Liquid Rooms and the Edinburgh Mela by storm. A joy to be […] Read more »
At this year’s festival gig of the year Orkestra Del Sol welcomed back their very special guest The Boney Kit Steppa to the Queens Hall stage to join forces with the lyrical talents of Phil Philadopolis to create “proper-ill raggatastic rapping mayhem.” To see it was to believe it and […] Read more »
Returning to our favourite Scottish festival Knockengorroch after last years trials and tribulations was emotional to say the least. Mima and myself did a wee set in the Longhouse, which was really lovely. Thanks to the very dandy Douglas Robertson for the snaps below. Also this years Knock witnessed one […] Read more »
Sink returned to Stables Project Studio to apply the final layer of polish to their beautiful tracks. Mixing now done n dusted. Keep an eye on www.theplughole.org to see when and how they’re gonna release this thing… Read more »
> I recently had the privilege of playing kit, trombone and tuned percussion alongside Rojika Marius on piano and keyboards, and Robbie Ward on bass up at Tpot Studio, Path of Condie, Fife, run by the inspirational Robin Wynn Evans. Having never played music together before or even met, Robin […] Read more »