May 17, 2009: Civic Architecture of the Heart
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Here's the first collaboration with Torpedo Buoy. His words and voice, my music. The creepy tale of a town planner in love. Download Civic_architecture_of_the_heart The words: Civic Architecture of the Heart When she left him the planner became obsessed. Every...

December 8, 2007: Christmas Revolution
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I've been playing this song at OOTB for the last few Christmases. It's inspired of course by the golden age of Christmas songs in the 70s, which are still trotted out every year and still sound fresh. Most of them...

November 9, 2007: Famous Blue Raincoat
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A cover of Leonard Cohen's song, this was recorded live at the Roxy Arthouse, a former Edinburgh church that served as a music venue for a while. Quite simple and straighforward version, but it sounds to me like I've really...

August 29, 2007: Strange Clouds
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In July I went with Nelson Wright, Lindsay Sugden, Fiona Thom and Karen Austin to Arran for a weekend, carrying with us shedloads of instruments and some recording equipment. On the Saturday night we set to composing something new. Everyone...

June 24, 2007: Empty
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I wrote this song about homeless people on the streets of Edinburgh towards the end of the Hungry Ghosts period. When we won a songwriting competition at the Edinburgh Festival, our prize was studio time, so we recorded this version...