Number 1 and a free track...

Hey folks - I'm happy to report that you've all helped to make Graviton number 1 in the Latest Brighton Chart this week!

In other news, there have been some exciting nibbles regarding the future of 'Colonization', will keep y'all posted. If you've still yet to grab a copy for yourself - check it out in full on Reverb Nation here, and of course iTunes here.

I'm gonna roll some goodies out to say thankyou soon....be sure to pop back to get the scoop on all those....
First of these is a free download here of my track 'Nemesis'. It's a fan exclusive, just for you guys who didn't manage to get it the first time round.

Also just a quick reminder - you can really help me out by doing any of the following (assuming you haven't already :)

1. Of course buy the album :)
2. Become a fan on Reverb Nation and the Facebook Page
3. Write a review on iTunes
4. Follow me on Twitter

Thanks again - that's all for now, by the way the picture is from an old, old reel of film I took years ago..one of these days I'm gonna learn how to take Autochromes....
See ya all soon!

C
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Colonization is Out Today.....

Hey there - my third album 'Colonization' is released today......thanks everyone for your support - check it out here.

Stay tuned for some more goodies soon.........Cx

Colonization Artwork

I'm pleased to bring you at long last some more details about my 3rd album 'Colonization', to be released on April 12th 2010.


First off - here's the front cover:

and the back:

Excellent design by Ben Curzon - you've probably already seen Ben's work around, as he's the talent behind the art & design of Muses' Haarp & The Resistance tour, µ-ziq's Bilious Paths and lots of other very cool projects...


I'll keep you posted with more info as we get closer to the release.....in the meantime I've uploaded a new track 'Facility'  - listen to it in full in the music player on the right and please feel free to share the music player far and wide and join the mailing list below too if you haven't already...


Cool that's all for now..catch ya soon...Cx

Fan Exclusive!

Hey folks, your Fan Exclusive track is here! If you've written a review for me on the albums - or would like to - drop me a PM and I'll send you your freebie. Cheers - also stay tuned : 3rd album imminent! C x

News and what the hell I've been up to (part 2)

Hey - thanks for your patience!

Been busy installing/re-installing loads of software since my last hitherto trusty computer melted, probably cos I pushed it so hard to finish my third album - 'Colonization'....

I've just got the album master back today and it's sounding awesome - even if I do say myself :) 

Expect some trademark lush sonic loveliness - featuring among other things my homemade synths and noise makers, along with some otherworldly stuff of indeterminate origin......

Official release is a little while off yet - probably very early Spring 2010...I might put a few teasers up before then, so follow me here or on Twitter etc and you'll be the first to hear....

In the meantime, here's the confirmed track listing:

01 Mesoscale                    

02 Vita Astrum           

03 Graviton                          

04 Unda                             

05 Facility                  

06 Cyano                     

07 Drowned World

08 Aer                             

09 Nimbus                           

10 In Loco                           

11 We Live On The Soil

12 Mebranae                 

13 Diamagnetism                  

14 Insula III                   

15 Last & First           

16 Animat                   

17 Until The Sun Returns        

18 Obviam Lux           

I'm also very excited to have an excellent designer on board for the album cover concept. I won't name names right now, but suffice to say this guy has produced some awesome designs over the years you'll definitely be familiar with......   

and just as a last little note:

Fan: "Hey Chris - I love your music man, is there anything I can do to help?"

Me: Why as a matter of fact there is! 

Besides buying some albums :)......in this world of ever growing nodes, connections are everything, so if you're up for it why not swing along to Reverb Nation and join the mailing list...even better join the Street Team. This basically means you can get in at the front line in helping to spread the word and will also entitle you to some cool freebies to come... 

On that note I'm just finishing writing a free fan exclusive track for all those kind peeps that wrote a review of The White Sail and Otherwake on iTunes and elsewhere. Do the same and you can have it too!

Also for any noobs to my music - get over to Spotify, where for a limited time you can stream my first album for free!

That's all for now folks, more coming soon - once I've got the artwork locked down I'll put up a post with that too, get ready to drool......

C

x

PS - do I use too many dot dot dots..........?

News and what the hell I've been up to (part 1!)

Hi y'all!

As you no doubt have realised by now, I'm not one of these daily blogger types........Twitter has kinda taken over on that score...feel free to follow me there for latest news & updates.

Thanks to everyone who has left reviews for The White Sail and Otherwake, really touched by your thoughts on both those albums. I'm gonna make an exclusive track available as a little thankyou....will keep you posted.

You can see my reviews here on iTunes. Please feel free to add to them if you get chance.

The third album is coming along nicely - a few more tweaks and I'm there. I'm looking at an October release date, can't believe we're in July already, where does the time go? (no doubt down some trans-dimensional vortex along with the remote control, your keys etc...)

More details to come soon ...

On the production music side, I've recently finished some more music to picture with Ben Mitchell, which was great fun to make and as usual - all very last minute which always pumps the adrenaline! I continue to work with Ben on a lot of cool different projects... he's an awesome drummer and consummate pro - we've had great fun performing up at the O2 Arena, and on Terry Callier's Live With Me.

Finally, on the chance that you haven't come across them yet.... couple of cool sites I'd recommend checking out are Spotify.com and Reverbnation.com, both been around for a while but really seem to be taking off for musicians and listeners.

That's about it for now, hope everyone's having a great Summer!

Cx

News, Twitter & Replicants

Hey - another entry in my semi-sporadic posting.....well I've been up to lots, getting to grips with The Vienna Symphonic Library and Altiverb. This work is towards my ever divergent musical activity, notably my production music  - Chris Harvey Productions.....I may change the name of this at some point  to something more like 'Interslice' or 'Edgecom'....:) There will be some music up there in the next week or so, just finishing mixes for the next showreel. 

Also just had a superb March 21st up at Bladerunner Day at the BFI. Present were Mike Deeley, Rutger Hauer & Sir Ridley himself. Directors Final Cut, Mark Kermode's Documentary, lots of Q & A's. I also got to meet Paul Sammon, author of Future Noir. He's a really nice guy and it was very insightful to have a good chat with him.

There will be some new on the next album 'Colonization' soon - it's about 3/4 of the way there - should be looking to release in this next quarter. In the meantime, there are new tracks up on Myspace and there may well be some exclusive single releases too. While we're on music, there appears to be another artist called 'Chris Harvey' -he's got a single out on itunes, which Apple have lumped together with my stuff - I only mention this to appeal to fans of us both, so you know what your buying. His track is here.

Lastly - I just got on Twitter today, track me up : @chrisharveyUK

Colonization progress...

Hey there - Happy New Year at last. Lots of great stuff happening this year - first off check out my new track 'Until the Sun Returns' on myspace here. It's from what is to be my 3rd album -  titled 'Colonization'.

Following the Tom Robinson in December, the music is getting more exposure and interest - also a big thankyou to all who've supported thus far via Magnatune. 

As the year starts, as usual, I'm still torn between self distribution, writing, promo/marketing etc or looking to another organization for this...if any of you out there can recommend labels et al, I'd be grateful.....there are a plethora of companies as you will no doubt be aware, so any suggestions are welcome - I'm burning to get back to some writing ( I got another new synth!), catch y'all soon....

Cx

Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson just played Graviton (from forthcoming release 'Colonization') on his BBC 6 radio show Monday 24th Nov ...listen again here.

he also gave me a  very nice badge:

String Ducky

This is the award winning video for Discover Magazine about producing a 2 minute video to explain String Theory in 2 mins or less by Sandy Chase. Music is my track 'Jorg' from The White Sail.

May the 12th?...no way! Anyway here is the news....

Can it really be May 12th since I last posted...? omg - Guess I've been really busy...Here's the latest - Otherwake is doing well, just been pick of the week in emusician Xtra - they seemed to like it...

News also came to me that Sandy Chase (cool science dude from NY) won first prize in a competition held by US Discover Magazine, for a video entitled 'String Ducky' - which explains string theory in 2 minutes flat..music for the winning video was my track 'Jorg' from The White Sail.. To view the vid see above....

Also coming on stream is the production music myspace as I diversify somewhat and provide music with a decidedly epic hybrid feel - check it out here.....

I'm also in the process of finishing off some brand new tracks - not sure whether these will be an EP or album yet....will keep you posted.....

Wow what a lot of dot dot dots.........s'yall soon

C

x

Otherwake out to buy now!

Crikey ! - what a few mad months...... the album is now up and out there ready to buy as a digital release initially - get it here. 

If you'd like to write a review for me, please leave me a comment below! 

I've been busy with some sessions recently and also just checking out some new analog beasts -  something from Ken Macbeth looks promising...hmmm filtery.......

Loadsa new music on the way!

C

xx

Otherwake Final Artwork

Hiya - here at last is the final artwork for the second album - Otherwake. You can stream it in full here and available to buy at Magnatune very shortly. Thanks to everyone for bearing with me - you know who you are! See y'all soon with more news! C xx

Merry Christmas!! (and Donate!)

Hi folks - Haven't posted for a while, cos I guess I'm one of those people who thinks I should blog when I have something interesting to say.........Album release is now pushed to Jan 08, so expect much more activity here then - in the meantime have a cool Xmos/hanaka/kwanza/whatever and if you're feeling generous, help me continue to make music by donating to your right...see ya next year Chris xx

It's official - I like Skype

Yes that's right, I had my first Skype experience last night. Behind somewhat behind the curve on this one, I didn't know I could forego some USB phone type thing. Just a mic into my soundcard and away we go! Completely free to other Skype users - quality to die for.

I spoke with my old  friend Paul Inder in L.A. and no kidding - he sounds just like he's in the same room. Similar to phone conversation, but somehow different - being able to hear subtle vocal sounds makes the communication far richer & more intimate than you would imagine. Could be just that I love sounds too.....honestly, I don't work for them! But a great thing if you've got friends all over the world. Check out Paul's Stuff here. See y'all soon! C x 

Here's Skype

Otherwake Track Titles

Hiya - here is the confirmed track listing for 'Otherwake'. Current ETA appx Dec 1st 2007.

1.  90˚S 0˚ E

2.  Deep Six

3.  5:55 am

4.  Souvenir

5.  Onset

6.  The Desire To Understand

7.  Acuasul

8.  Lot

9.  The Feral Seed

10. Downstream

11. Second Nature

12. 6EQUJ5

13. Subpolar

14. Fight, Flight

15. Polymath

16. Translatsia

17. Phenotype

18. Contact:Growth

19. Kin

20. Otherwake

Watch this space......

Otherwake Imminent!

My 2nd album - 'Otherwake' is very near the final stages, currently focussing on mastering and artwork, which always seems to take an age......more to follow.

Buy The White Sail

Here's a few places you can buy my first album  - 'The White Sail'. If you like it let me know -  better still write a review and/or include it in an iMix on iTunes- if you really want to help me out, I'll be putting up a 'donate' post soon to help fund future releases! Thanks for supporting my music!

Magnatune

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Hi this is Chris and welcome to my blog. Here you'll find details about my music releases, videos, live dates and occasional passing thoughts. Be sure to subscribe for regular updates! 

love Chris