The first EP from Abandon called “Tunnels” has been remixed and re-mastered especially for download on Blindsight Records.

In the spirit of free music and artist promotion I’m going to be launching a donation-based net label called Blindsight Media. It features releases from my past and future projects and that of other artists. Most of the releases at… Continue Reading →

Ambient collaboration project One Day Soon between Umair Chaudhry (Xmas Lights and Monday Morning Sun) and various musicians. “Nowhere To Be Found” features Charles Cunningham (Xmas Lights and The Pink Room) on piano and Umair on keyboards and production. Images… Continue Reading →

Following my recent departure from Keynote Studios, I have re-intiated Trojan Horse Recordings and gone freelance. Years ago Trojan Horse was originally run from my house in Oxford as a recording facility for local and non-local bands. There I recorded… Continue Reading →

Hopefull new project on the horizon producing and contributing ambient soundscapes to The Pink Room band, solo project of ex-Xmas Lights guitarist and extraordinary talent Charlie Cunningham He plays guitar and sings with delicate intricacy,  opening up a window to… Continue Reading →

A little known gem of a band from Oxford, Harry Angel recorded with me a week ago. They recorded two songs, “Get Out” and “The River”, and many tweaks later the songs are sounding absolutely huge. All recording done with… Continue Reading →

Four years in the making the new Abandon EP is finally finished. Four songs of sprawling guitar, mournful vocals, solid drums and all-pervading ambience averaging 12 mins in length, “Cower” / “Buried” / “Clapping Hands” / “Washed Ashore”. Lyrically themes… Continue Reading →

One Day Soon is an ongoing collaborative project masterminded by Umair Chaudhry (manager of Keynote Studios and member of various music projects). Various musicians and artists across the world are involved in the project. Primarily drawing on acoustic instruments and… Continue Reading →

Had lots of fun recording with comedy metal band, Rubber Snake. Check out the studio footage below… via Haemoglobin Video by Rubbersnake – MySpace Video.

Featuring members of 50 ft Panda, Silent Front and Thumpermonkey… Olid are a monstrously heavy instrumental doom/stoner band in the vein of Isis, Neurosis, Khanate, Pelican etc. They mix crushingly heavy riffs with oblique passages of spiraling guitars and ambience…. Continue Reading →