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Dementio13 To Write New Doomwatch Theme

Popeye Doyle — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:08:56 +0000

I’ve been asked to write an updated theme and some incidental music for a new series of episodes of the classic sci-fi serial “Doomwatch”.

Doomwatch.org are creating new episodes of the serial, which originally ended after series 3, written and filmed by fans. The pre-production stills I’ve seen look promising: professional and imaginative.

Anyway, I’m going to get to work on it in the next couple of weeks, in parallel with the recording of some new material with Cwtch. I’ll post the results in January.

“Blank” album and “Shake Me Up” single on iTunes

Popeye Doyle — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:53:01 +0000

‘Blank’ and a single version of ‘Shake Me Up’ are now available on the iTunes store for 79p per track. Available in the UK and Europe, the US, Canada, Japan and Australia. Buy these high quality MP3s or AACs now please!

Thanks

MOON YEAR ZERO – new mini-albumette

Popeye Doyle — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:11:19 +0000

Well, I came up with a title for it…….Moon Year Zero is a short collection of soundtracks for the (imaginary!) film of the same name. 8 tracks of lo-fi otherworldly electronics and atmospheres, with a nod in the direction of The BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Kraftwerk.

Its all free to download (128kbps at Last.fm or 320kbps, MP3 or WMA, at Bandcamp.com), so please go and get it!

New music on its way – Title Suggestions please

Popeye Doyle — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:01:05 +0000

Am currently adding the finishing touches to a few tracks I’ve been recording recently. Loosely themed around some of the wonderful 60s and 70s British TV sci-fi which I grew up with, the music is intended to evoke the atmosphere of such serials as Quatermass, UFO, The Tomorrow People, Survivors and Doomwatch. As you would expect, Radiophonic music is a big influence on this, but also the less heralded music of Barry Gray (of UFO & Space1999 soundtrack fame), and Kraftwerk. Ambience, however, will be the prominent vibe.
The album title is yet to be decided, and it’ll be free of charge when released, as usual.

New HealeyIsland album – Its rather good

Popeye Doyle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:53:05 +0000

This isn’t a review, I’m not going to talk at great length about Greg Healey’s way with filmic atmospherics, electro-jazz, or his expanded audio pallette. I’m not even going to talk about his love of music which manifests itself in his own recordings and in his weekly radio show.
I’m not going to use words like ‘chilled’, ’sinister’, ‘cinematic’ or ‘diaphanous’.

No, all I’m going to say is: Go here to listen, or go here to buy. Its great!

“Seasons – The Really Early Stuff”

Popeye Doyle — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:43:15 +0000

Hello friends and comrades……..
In the absence of any actual new music from Dementio13, I’ve been trawling through my many outtakes and discarded tracks. Anyway, I thought I’d put them out as a loose compilation…of 54 tracks recorded between 1997 and 2001.
Some of the tracks are obviously sketches or half-ideas; but some of them are fully formed tracks which I’m actually quite proud of. Their lack of familiarity (to me) was a bit of a breath of fresh air…. and I had to remind myself that I’d recorded them!

Anyway, Last.fm wouldn’t let me upload an album of 54 tracks, so I’ve had to upload them as 4 ‘volumes’ (“Free leatherette binder with your first volume…”!).

So, sift through the crap and find some gems in there!
I sincerely hope you like it…..

Paul

Loads of FREE music!!!

Popeye Doyle — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:40:42 +0000

Did I mention that all Dementio13 tracks are now free to download (albeit as 128kbps MP3s) at Last.fm and Bandcamp?
Of course, if you like your music in higher fidelity, there are 320kbps MP3s available at Bandcamp and on good ol’ iTunes.
Click on the above links to go there….

New EP – “The Ballad Of Milton Friedman”

Popeye Doyle — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:05:35 +0000

This is the closest I’ll get to making a concept album!

I was moved to record this after reading and watching Naomi Klein’s book/documentary “The Shock Doctrine”.
The main subject is how the US and UK governments of Reagan and Thatcher used the hard-line capitalist policies of economist Milton Friedman to justify war and mass-unemployment in order to ’stabilise’ the economy. Thatcher used them to crush the trade union movement in the UK.

Early experiments with Friedman’s theories were carried out in Chile under the dictatorship of General Pinochet in the 60s and 70s; resulting in mass subjugation, kidnap, torture and murder.

Unfortunately, their legacy lives on in the form of US practice in Iraq, Afganistan, Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

Anyway….this is where the music is….its all free (320kbps MP3s or WMA): CLICK HERE!

MySpace/Facebook Pages Updated

Popeye Doyle — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:57:38 +0000

Just thought I’d drop a hint and ask you to go and visit my various recently updated MySpace pages; I know MySpace is rather passe now (“its sooooo 2005″), but y’know, one has to keep up appearances!

Anyway, there are some free downloads over there (though better quality downloads can be had at dementio13.bandcamp.com and Last.fm):

Dementio13 at MySpace

Sal Boca at MySpace

Cwtch at MySpace

CutMat at MySpace

Meanwhile, please come and add yourself to my Facebook page.

Thanks!

A PS: myspace pages are starting to look as garrish and confusing as the lights of Vegas (though, in reality, more like Blackpool) with innumerable badges, buttons and backgrounds………so I’ve tried to strip mine back a bit. Not exactly eye catching, but if someone’s viewing it, the hooks already been bitten, right?

New Store For Dementio13 Tracks

Popeye Doyle — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:20:03 +0000

I’ve just made three of my albums available on Bandcamp.com, a new eSeller and music distributor. They provide high quality downloads in a vast array of formats to suit every listener; I strongly recommend that you check them out! Also, go to this store to download Cwtch tracks. Thanks…