As I reach the September of my years, I’ll be letting the music do the talking today with the release of the first single from the upcoming Arktik Lake album, due at some point next year. The song is Bright Sunny Days, aka Bright Sunny Daze, and if you click on this link you will be able to see, hear, and read all about it. Enjoy. … [Read More...] about NEW ‘ARKTIK LAKE’ SINGLE [TO WHERE I AM NOW]

From Marty and Olivia at the In Deep Music Archive. So after a three-month campaign, we managed to reach the goal for the In Deep Music Archive renovation here in Porto, covering a healthy half of what we paid out so far. So thank you because we couldn’t have done it without this contribution. It’s a fantastic start as we plan Phase 3, that is the actual moving of the collection from England. This is going to involve loading at least two trucks, making sure that the records are not transported when it is too hot and dealing with customs where we expect to get hit with a hefty VAT charge, even though the collection is in fact personal belongings. We will have to fly to England to oversee … [Read More...] about An Update on the IN DEEP MUSIC ARCHIVE

Hello to everyone that has been following the progress of the In Deep Music Archive since ‘Phase One’ and extraction from Penzance (haha, sounds military). That was quite an operation after more than 15 years there but as the landlord had bequeathed the building to another organisation it was time for us to leave. In the wake of this imminent move, Olivia and I relocated to Portugal where we have planned to establish The Archive in more suitable surroundings. Porto is Portugal's second city and is a vibrant place always packed full of tourists whatever the season and seems a more appropriate place to have this cultural collection rather than tucked away in the far corner of south-west … [Read More...] about Creating the IN DEEP MUSIC ARCHIVE PORTO – Phase 2 [TO WHERE I AM NOW]