How is creativity like jumping off a cliff? The Cliffjump! Manifesto is a book, or at least the framework of a book, which distills much of what I’ve learned over a lifetime of creative work and play, into a plan for a healthier, more joyful approach to creativity. It’s also an attempt to build something more… The Cliffjump! … Continue reading
Sound Fascination
Sound Fascination is ‘a journal of sound explorations, improvisations and other adventures’, with tracks posted as I make them in a kind of rapid-fire, from-the-hip creative process. The basic rules are that I start and finish each piece in a single sitting, after which I post it immediately, and that I spend no more than … Continue reading
Fearless Creativity!…
Fearless Creativity! is my blog about the creative journey – and about learning to transcend the blocks and fears that keep us from embracing it fully. It explores the philosophy, psychology and spirituality of living creatively and intentionally. Continue reading
Broken Saints soundtrack series
Mostly instrumental and electronic, often ambient or atmospheric… This work is deeply concerned with the subtle, dynamic interplay of acoustic and electronic sounds and textures; between the spontanaeity, depth and physicality of real instruments played by real people, and the precision and infinite possibilites of digital editing and computer-assisted sound design. Continue reading
Broken Saints Selected
A personal selection of the ‘core’ series soundtrack, including the major character themes and crucial moments from the Saintly journey… Continue reading
Aeos Records
Aeos Records is my online label, home to more or less all the music I’ve been involved with over the last 20 years or so. It is broken down into ‘projects’, which are also presented here. Most albums available through Aeos Records are linked from thumbnails on this site. Continue reading
Passage – Broken Saints volume 1
A hybrid of electronic and acoustic, melodic and experimental, Eastern and Western influences. An allegorical narrative about the creative process, expressed through instrumental music. Continue reading
Stillness3 – meditation in the form of sound
Organic, contemplative music created from the calm and energy of the moment, without haste or urgency… a flowing collage of sound, rhythm, colour and texture. This is music to bathe in, to relax and renew the body and spirit – music that speaks to the stillness within us. Continue reading
‘continuum’ solo piano series
Fulfilling a lifelong dream, in 1999 I inaugurated the ‘continuum’ concert series. These solo concerts are fully improvised, long format live performances drawing on jazz, classical and New Age influences. The listener is invited to join in a remarkable journey, a leap of faith… Continue reading
A Suite Hereafter – Broken Saints volume 2
A Suite Hereafter reflects my fascination with historical, spiritual and literary notions of resurrection. At times powerful and intense, at others dreamy and mystical… a striking, challenging and original album. Continue reading
