Spring Tour Dates

Hall of Ghosts tour dates have now been confirmed for spring 2012. I'll be playing shows in the UK, Europe, Ireland and Northern Ireland, supporting Albert Lee.

I'll be reworking some of the songs from "A Random Quiet" for an acoustic setting, together with selected tunes from both Additional Moog albums and interpretations of material from a few other songwriters.

Tour Dates - Spring 2012

Sat 3 March     Swindon, Arts Centre              England
Sun 4 March    Winchester, Railway                England
Thu 8 March    Dortmund, FHH                      Germany
Sun 11 March  Harsefeld, Hotel Eichorn          Germany
Fri 16 March    Rubigen, Muehle Hunziken      Switzerland
Mon 19 March Salzburg, Rockhouse              Austria
Sun 1 April       Hoorst, Kasteelboerderij        Netherlands
Thu 5 April       Norwich, Arts Centre             England
Sat 7 April        Deal, Astor Theatre                England
Sun 22 April     Eastbourne, College Theatre   England
Mon 23 April   Bognor, The Regis Centre       England
Fri 27 April      Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre Scotland
Sat 28 April     Kinross, Green Hotel               Scotland
Sun 29 April    Aberdeen, Lemon Tree            Scotland
Tue 1 May      Glasgow, The Ferry                  Scotland
Thu 3 May      Castle Douglas, Lochside         Scotland
Sat 5 May       Mickleton, Mickleton R&B      England
Fri 11 May      Ravenshead, Stetson Club       England
Sun 13 May    Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn     England
Tue 15 May    Coleraine, Riverside Theatre    N. Ireland
Wed 16 May   Letterkenny, An Grianan          Ireland
Thu 17 May    Armagh, Market Place             Ireland
Sat 19 May    Omagh, Strule Arts Centre       N. Ireland
Thu 24 May    Listowel, St. John's                  Ireland
Sat 26 May    Bray, Mermaid Arts Centre       Ireland
Sun 27 May   Caernarfon, Galeri                    Wales
Fri 1 June       Hereford, Courtyard                 England
Sat 2 June      Wavendon, The Stables             England
Thu 7 June     Haverhill, Arts Centre                England
Sat 9 June     Pontypridd, Muni Arts Centre    Wales

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CDs are here! Pre-order now

Limited edition cd copies of the debut Hall of Ghosts album are here. The first run is an edition of only 200. Pre order now at http://hallofghosts.bandcamp.com

£10 inc download version. For a limited period also inc p&p for UK, Europe and US.

Stream the album @ Bandcamp

"A Random Quiet" will release next spring.

In the meantime, you can listen to the whole album right now at Bandcamp and - for a limited time - get a 20% discount when you pre-order the album in download format. (CD coming soon!)

Go here : http://hallofghosts.bandcamp.com/ to hear the album.

These are the formats the album will be released in :

CD (limited edition with colour artwork & booklet)

HD FLAC Download (High resolution 24/96 FLAC - studio quality)

MP3 (320kbps lossy - iTunes compatible)

The Album Is Ready !

"A Random Quiet", the debut album from Hall of Ghosts, is ready to go ! It will be immense.

Acclaimed mastering engineer Bob Katz put the finishing touches to the 8 song album which will be released in Spring 2012.

The track list is :

1 Bye Bye, Big Blue
2 Giant Water
3 We Are Finally Happy For Standing Still
4 Volunteers
5 Tonight, It's Over
6 Hall of Ghosts
7 The Wandering
8 A Random Quiet

Look out for a single coming soon from the album. The entire release will also be streamed in advance on Bandcamp with the chance to pre-order the CD at a discount.

Tour dates for 2012 are now being worked on.

Analog Love

One of the master tapes for the album. Bob Katz is doing the mastering out in Florida.

Album & Tour Update

I'm getting near the finishing post for the album "A Random Quiet".

I'm still working on the last track. It's called "The Wandering" and it starts off with an electric piano, some picked acoustic guitar and tom-toms. Electric guitars and straight-ahead drums hit in the chorus.

I hope to finish recording and mixing in the next week, before finalising the running order and sending off the tapes for mastering.

You may have already listened to or downloaded some of the tracks on this website. Those early mixes will soon be taken down, to replaced with the finished, mastered versions.

The album will be preceded by a download single, available through Bandcamp. You'll be able to get it in FLAC, Apple Lossless and mp3. The single should be out before Christmas, with the album released in the New Year. "A Random Quiet" will also be made available on CD through Bandcamp and CDBaby, as well as selected record stores and at gigs.

Tour dates are currently being finalised for March & April 2012. I'll be going out solo and performing acoustic guitar renditions of the songs from the album, along with the odd Additional Moog tune. Gigs are being arranged for Germany, Switzerland, UK, Northern Ireland & Ireland.

My EP Only Future

As much as I enjoy putting an album together over time, trying to craft it so it flows like an album should, I realise how long the process can take.

"A Random Quiet" is by far the best thing I've ever recorded and I look forward to finally getting it out there. At the moment I'm recording one last song for the album, called "The Wandering".

Once the album's out I think I'm going to start releasing EPs only. I always used to like buying 12" or 7" EPs when I was growing up. As a musician, EPs are great for capturing the moment. You put out 3-5 songs that you're working on at that moment in time, without them conforming to the idea of an album. Then you move on. I like that process.

What format those EPs take - I'm not sure. They'll come out digitally of course (in FLAC). As for CDs/vinyl etc, one possible idea is to collect 3 or 4 EPs together and release those together on one physical album. I also like 3" CDs - you don't see them often but they look neat.

My first EP for 2012 will probably be "I Remember Old Computer" - 4 songs with an 8 bit/retro gaming theme, complete with prerequisite Sega/Nintendo noises.

The second one will be a really stripped down acoustic guitar/mini drum kit EP - recorded in a church on a hill in winter.