Album recorded at home, April/May 2022
Tomar, Portugal

After simplifying things to the bare minimum of just guitar and vocals last year to get back to the essence of things (get away from the 'Noise' as it were) , I wanted to return to making a fuller sound, indulgently for the enjoyment of experimenting, playing around and challenging myself to what can be done with the limited equipment I have at home to achieve this (a Nano keyboard, microphone and music software), then, a concept came into play, and things evolved from there.

I will be brief about this, as it is always best to leave the listener to their own interpretation of things rather than have some fully formed explanation, but I will say, simply, that the narrative, as a whole, is that of self and outer examination, resulting in a realisation. This narration can be viewed as an internal conversation, from the viewpoint of a character or characters or whatever the listener decides, themselves even, if they feel I have tapped into something that is relatable. I'm a sucker for details as well, and therefore, I think it is worth mentioning the cover as an example of this, where the words are a computer font emulating handwriting declaring 'I'm a human!'

Personally, I love melody, and I am particular to what sounds I like for my own listening pleasure, but there's a little gremlin in me that likes to kind of sabotage things, for many reasons, usually humour! There is also a nostalgia for the 80's and so I use some pretty standard 80's electronic sounds in places, primarily to echo happy childhood days.

Regards 'Electronic' music, it is admittedly a polarising form (I'm generalising what electronic music is, or perceived to be ), and taste is taste, I guess, but for me, especially, regarding this, it's more about the idea and what is being expressed and I kind of approach music making in the same way I do visual art. What do I have at hand that I can use to convey something? Oh, that will do. Let's see what happens (Collage is a good example). The debate about 'musicianship' or playing 'real instruments' etc. therefore, is irrelevant to me.

I do however, hope I have conveyed some beauty and that the human can be heard in this world of 'computer' sounds (sounds being introduced into our consciousness from the manipulation of nature by humans), because the human, I believe, can never be authentically replaced. That, in short, is the message (Yeah, it's a paradox).

It's got some pretty danceable tunes on it too!

Be true to yourself

Cheers

Bill
2/6/2022