Composer / Producer / Guitarist
In what has become a tradition on this site - it's been a while since my last post. But plenty has been happening in the brand new studio this year... with the exception of a 5 month-or-so gap where I was renovating a house. The main thing is that an album I was producing last …
I had the pleasure of an invite onto my friend Tom Kwei's Metallica podcast recently, where we discussed Kirk Hammett's solo EP 'Portals', the main single 'High Plains Drifter' and some musings on instrumental music in general. Have a listen below or wherever you get your podcasts. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rSekDVDq7J1mGDb63dadK?si=9032e73f0dc44d6c
Congratulations to Athos - brothers Anthony and Demetri Kastellani - on the release of their debut album 'To Know Where It's Going': a lush and transportive exploration of the brothers' Cypriot background - part ambient, part folk. I played a small part on a couple of tracks helping out with woodwind and brass arrangements and …
I have been playing bass with experimental/trip hop outfit Venusian for over 18 months now and last Friday we released out first album as our current set up (but the fourth under the Venusian name). 'Ancestor' dropped on Friday the 13th April - as seems befitting of an act so steeped in gloom and apocalyptic …
After a successful day of performances on 14th November at The Walker Art Gallery, The Liverpool Players decided to take their production of Marie de France's Bisclavret one step further and put together an audio-only version of the play. After creating the music and sounds for the live show, I too had been thinking whether …
The Video Jam event at Manchester Jewish Museum draws closer. Next Thursday (12th) I will be joining Flamingods, Metaphysical Human, Layfullstop and the Sacred Sounds Women's Choir in performing a live score for a selection of short films and extracts, all focussing around a brief of faith and ritual. I've been assigned to write for Brébeuf …
This November, I will be performing an audio-visual piece live in collaboration with Video Jam - a community that looks to bring film-makers and local musicians together in unique settings. The performance will be at the Manchester Jewish Museum on the 12th of November and will focus around the themes of faith, worship and ritual. …
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Goodness, it's been some months since I posted on here. Which is not to say that I haven't had anything to talk about, just a lack of time to talk about it. A mixture of events and obstacles - some work related, some not - as well as moving house, has kept me from setting …
I've uploaded a couple of new tunes to my Soundcloud, including this one: I've been collaborating with Canadian composer and sound designer Andrew McDermid to experiment with an interactive music showcase, using gameplay from Bethesda's hit RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. What you'll hear in the Soundcloud player is a 'full' version of a piece …
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Alex Cottrell 