Upcoming CDs

Music for the Highveld

Upcoming CDs
We are about to release two new CDs and we have a third at the planning stage: 10 Short Stories and Four Fifths Cleveland Williams Sings Spirituals Lullabies
10 Short Stories and Four Fifths Fifths is the name of a piece by Iain Cameron for solo synthesizer built around the interval of a fifth. The piece has been used by Robin Frederick, Gilbert Isbin, Mark Graham and Iain Cameron as the basis for further development in different ways. Both Iain and Gilbert have used it as a background for improvisation. Robin and Mark - with greater experience of what a recording studio can do - have transformed the original more dramatically. Mark's interpretation is quite violent whereas Robin's is quite eerie. Extracts from Fifths interpreted by Robin Frederick, Mark Graham, Gilbert Isbin and Iain Cameron: 1 2 3 4		Iain Cameron
Gilbert Isbin	Gilbert Isbin describes the Short Stories project as follows: "My approach to composing is always very intuitively, although there are mostly some ideas going round in my head before I start with recording or writing some sketches down for further exploration. The ten short stories were developed in the same way. Extracts of the 10 Short Stories: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Click here for the Words - by Paul Wheeler.
The original idea was to create spheres based on abstract, pure soundtextures. Later on I thought it would be great to also incorporate jazzoriented voicings and repeating melodical patterns or cycles. The latter idea was a result of my analysing African guitar styles . Most of African music is composed of repeated phrases, fitting into one another in complex polyrhythmic and polyharmonic structures. "
The music comprises Gilbert's original guitar parts - sometimes multi-tracked with embelishments on flue, D-Horn, synthesizer and electric guitar from Iain Cameron. To order 10 Short Stories and Four Fifths please e-mail Iain Cameron at CAMERONJAM@aol.com
Cleveland Williams	Cleveland Williams Sings Spirituals Plans are underway to record a CD of Cleveland Williams singing 12 negro spirituals. Here is a tempter from Cleveland's recital at the URC Music Society in Guildford in November 2002. HiFi LoFi

Lullabies Music for the Highveld is assembling a CD of Lullabyes - different interpretations by a wide range of artist's who support AIDS/HIV care work in South Africa. Gilbert Isbin's specially written Lullabye was premiered on Belgian national radio in February 2003. Click here to listen to a sample and click here to listen to Paul Wheeler's Lullabye. Paul Wheeler's Lullabye (produced by Iain Cameron) has a completely different feel and is unlikely to put the child directly to sleep - maybe bouncing around to the tune will tire him or her out. A number of other artists have joined the project or expressed serious interest in it. Watch this space for developments.