Thanks, Thanking's and Go Raibh Maith Agat's.....

Just a quick post to say thanks very much to SmoothJazz.com "The World's Smooth Jazz Radio Station since 2000!" and 'Sound Fusion Radio' (London) for adding a number of tracks to their playlist. 

Thanks to Aja at UK based Jazz & Soul radio show 'Ketch A Vibe' for featuring 'Stop, Start, Rewind' off the new E.P. on their April 14th edition of the show. The podcast of which can be check'd out at the following link : Ketch A Vibe 282, April 14th.

The show is syndicated each week to the following radio stations.

BluesJazz Radio (NC/ USA)

XRP Radio (Birmingham UK)
Play FM (Austria) 
Electric Lion Radio (London UK)
Cruise FM (London UK)
Impact Radio (Italy)
Hearthis (Germany)

Ketch A Vibe 282 by Anthony Aja Allsop on hearthis.at

Also, thanks very much to Wayne Fleming for featuring various tracks on his 'T-Phunk Funk, Soul & Northern Soul Show' on TCRFM 92.3 (Ireland) the last two weeks. Much appreciated indeed.

Stop, Start, Rewind E.P. ....

The Near Future

Well here it is, the third Near Future E.P. and the follow up to twenty-fourteens 'Atoms for Henrietta (Spinning Carousels In Her Mind)'....

'Stop, Start, Rewind'

A twenty-one minute long Trip-Hop journey that takes place inside your grandfathers vintage nineteen-seventies video-cassette-recorder. There's slap bass, crashing sounds of industrial machinery, minimalist piano patterns, WWII air-raid sirens, funky wha-wha guitars, Native American war cries and an apocalyptic string quartet to name but a few. All of which gradually veer off into some old school Funk and a nice little slice of grandma's favorite chilled out Jazz-Funk Fusion.

Just press play below and away we go.....

Additionally, if you feel compelled to add 'Stop, Start, Rewind' to your own personal 

music collection, you can do so by purchasing it from The Near Future! Bandcamp page, at the following link.... Click me, you know you wanna

The Patterns Keep Repeating, While The Drums They Keep On Beating....

Hello Twenty-Sixteen,
How you been getting on so far?

Really, sweet.. 

Me? Yea, I'm good. Just finished this new Minimalist, Trip-Hop track called, 
'The Patterns Keep Repeating, While The Drums They Keep On Beating'. Check it out later if you like.




You going to the 'Irish Garden Snails Exhibition' this weekend at The Hunt Museum?

Cool, yea, talk to yea there.

'It's Evolution.... Shamans, Warrior Chiefs and Medicine Men'....

New Trip-Hop track entitled 'It's Evolution....'. Taking inspiration from the Shamans, Warrior Chiefs and Medicine Men of Native America. This one's got a nice dirty little bass line, so crank it up good and loud!

Till next time.

'Stop, Start, Rewind.'....

This one took a while, but I've just finished my first new track since the last new track. It's got a lovely little string section, a 1970's JVC HR-3300 video cassette recorder and lot's of terrible smashie sounds. For best effect, it should be listened to loudly on speakers, unless you've a small child or pet in the general vicinity. In which case it should be listened to loudly on headphones! 



Enjoy!

Peace Out...
Mark.

[ Thanks to 'Limerick Sounds' and 'Trip-Hop-Monterrey' for sharing the track ]

Atoms for Henrietta (Spinning Carousel's in Her Mind) E.P. ....

The Near Future! Atoms for Henrietta

'Atoms for Henrietta (Spinning Carousel's In Her Mind) E.P.' is the follow up to 2010's 'A Little Understanding E.P.'. It took a while, but what can I say, thing's have been fairly hectic down at the penguin sanctuary the last few years..... 

Anyway's, it's a twenty three plus minute Trip-Hop journey that take's you through the bustling street's of New York, the crowded rush hour platforms of a European railway station. Accidentally stumbles upon an extraterrestrial abduction, for no particular reason. Plummets into the deepest, darkest depths of Willie Nelson's dementia stricken mind, for a very specific reason. Shoot's out across the funky Australian 'Outback', and ends the trip with a nice big bag of penny sweets and a bucket of sherbet dip high up in the frozen mountains of the Himalayas.

Just press play below and away we go.....

Additionally, if you feel compelled to add 'Atoms for Henrietta' to your own personal 

music collection, you can do so by purchasing it from The Near Future! Bandcamp page, at the following link.... Click me, you know you wanna

It come's with a bunch of extra item's which include amongst other things the very fine video above and a video of myself doing a stirring duet of 'The Wind Beneath My Wings' with one of the penguins down the sanctuary!

'Nomads Moving North, tracking footprints through The Land of Snows'....

Here's another new Trip-Hop track I've just finished. This time with a slightly orchestral feel, incorporating a string quartet and an oboe. At least I think it's an oboe, it could be a saxophone? I don't know, whatever.... It's in tribute to the ancient nomadic people's and the wandering yogis of the beautiful but troubled 'Land of Snows', Tibet. 



Inspired, in part, by the documentary, 'Yogis of Tibet'. Anyways, as the Dalai Lama says....

Namaste, namaste, 
Hot-cross buns and a cup'a tae. 

Peace out....
Mark :)

'Lost In Time on Platform Nine (Is This All There Is)'.....

Here's a new Jazzy Trip-Hop track I've been working on for a while entitled 'Lost In Time on Platform Nine (Is This All There Is)'. It's an adaptation of, and also take's it's title from, another piece of music I've no intention of ever composing....

Sincerely,
M. Hayes. 

'Sounds From Inside The Sun'....

New Trip-Hop track with an Electronic feel, inspired by the vast, expansive and fascinating subjects of  'Extraterrestrial Life, Close Encounters, UFO's and Abductions'. All of which I happen to not have the slightest fucking interest in whatsoever.....

'The Marsupials Strut'....

Here's a new Funky, Jazzy, Trip-Hopping Piano Instrumental inspired by the Outback and the Down Under. The accompanying video to which I'm editing at the moment.



In case your wondering the sounds in the intro, outro and in the background throughout the track are a combination of separately recorded Didgeridoo's, in various keys, cut and arranged together to make a sort of collage of noise on which the songs arrangement is then built. 

'Flashbacks to Somebody Else's Childhood'....

Well, it's Christmas Eve and with rather fortunate timing I've just finished my first track in a quiet a while. 'Flashbacks to Somebody Else's Childhood' is a Jazz tinged Trip-Hop track inspired partly by a recent trip to New York City. It's also my first attempt at editing footage to create some visuals to accompany my music. Give it a gawk if yea like and if yea want please to do feel free to give it a share....Happy Christmas.

MP3 download of 'Flashbacks To Somebody Else's Childhood'......