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Switzerland house concert recordings
I’m posting a bunch of recordings from these house shows I’m playing this weekend down here in Switzerland all week over on my Patreon page. Starts at €3 a month for much exclusive music and a direct way to support me. Click the button below to pop over there and have a look.
The Great Park - '‘You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere’ - first live version
Recorded at the Hin & Herzo festival in Herzogenaurach at the end of September. Debut live performance - original version at https://thegreatpark.bandcamp.com/album/you-were-somewhere-you-thought-you-were-nowhere. Filmed by Mina Reischer.
BIEST LIEST J.G. Ballard
I recently recorded some music for the ‘Biest Liest’ book club - a monthly meetup and audio project, archived on Soundcloud. For their Ballard episode I read from his autobiography and improvised electric guitar and piano - listen to the full show and all the previous editions below:
Feel free to contact and follow ‘Biest Liest’ through their Instagram below:
‘You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere’
A new single is available today for everyone through my Bandcamp site. ‘You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere’ was written and recorded last month.
‘You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere’ (7:51)
‘You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere’ (Giardino version, take 2) (7:15)
As with all my releases my Bandcamp and Patreon subscribers get this automatically, please consider signing up for that.
'Speicher Husum' 17 song live album now available on CD-r and download
Good morning all.
This month's subscription release was recorded a year ago, up on the coast of Germany next to the North Sea in Husum. 17 songs from my concert at the old Speicher, in the harbour.
Work With This
The Royal Canal
Down Down Down
When I Was Away
Deserter
Lover O Lover
Pretty Peggy-O
I Do Wrong
Luck Is Cruelty On The Wind
Song For Fee
We Could Have, We Should Have, We Didn’t
The Burning Of Two
Lord Franklin
Super Good Advice
So Long Song
I Was In The North Before The Fall
We Swam A Little Song
Also available in an edited, less talking between songs, all killer no filler 12 song version if that sounds a bit much - both available today and CD versions being sent out tomorrow.
Have a lovely Sunday and big thanks as ever.
Stephen
thegreatpark@icloud.com
ps - new single ‘You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere’ out next Friday 07.10.
Stuttgart and Ulm house shows this weekend - all welcome
If anyone would like to join either the Stuttgart (Marienplatz) or Ulm (König-Wilhelm-Str.) house concerts this Friday and Saturday please let me know. You are all very welcome, but space is obviously limited.
For the Herzogenaurach show - it’s at the smithy at Hauptstraße 28 from 15:30.
That’s it, hope some familiar faces can make it.
S
'Giardino, August' physical versions
Each month I make a physical version of the exclusive releases for my brilliant Patreon and Bandcamp subscribers. This is volume 27, 'Giardino, August'. I stamp each disc by hand, write linear notes and type each cover, most often with some fat fingered mistake. Each sleeve is personalised for each subscriber and all copies unique.
I can't really make too many more of these but I do have a few spaces available for the physical edition at the moment. Just €15, including postage wherever you are. Sign up via the button below or simply drop me a message.
'Giardino, August'
Number 27 in my monthly subscription releases is now available.
‘Giardino, August’ was recorded in one afternoon in August 2022 and features a version of a new song 'You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere', a Lambchop cover and a set of older things.
Also included - a 20 minute, five-part improvisation recorded the same afternoon as a change from all the words.
You Were Somewhere, You Thought You Were Nowhere
The Man Who Loved Beer
Matthew And Robert
One Bite At A Time
Here
Soldier Johny
And I Don’t Know Why
Improvisation (i)
Improvisation (ii)
Improvisation (iii)
Improvisation (iv)
Improvisation (v)
As always, these are released as very limited CD-r editions, which I personalise and send to you, or as a full quality digital download. Each physical edition is available the month of release, the digital whenever. This means that if you subscribe now you get to download all previous volumes, as well as dozens of other songs and images I’ve been making exclusively for subscribers. Here are the links:
'Giardino, May' at Bandcamp
A little EP I recorded a few months ago but somehow neglected to upload is now available on my Bandcamp page here.
It includes 6 songs, one of which is an R.E.M. cover, which I’m leaving hidden until it’s downloaded. Otherwise, goes like this:
Blackwater
??
Boys, I Am Worried
Pretty Peggy-O
Canary
Leave Well Alone
All recorded in the tiny Giardino house in the countryside near Stuttgart and I’ll have more from this lovely little place in a week.
S
'Palmetta' now available
The latest in the series of monthly releases is now available. Volume 26, ‘Palmetta’ is 16 songs recorded in the Italian countryside before and during a concert at the Centro di Palmetta in Terni, way back in 2009. Includes early versions of songs later recorded for ‘The Wife’ and the ‘Cellar’ albums:
Afternoon recording:
Annabel
Suit Of Stones
Careless Man
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Dig A Hole For Everyone)
You Belong To Me, You Do
St Mary
Palmetta Instrumental
Days Without You
Concert:
Annabel
Blackwater
Here
I Do Wrong
You Belong To Me, You Do
Fair And Fine
Paper Birds
Days Without You
As always, these are released as very limited CD-r editions, which I personalise and send to you, or as a full quality digital download. Each physical edition is available the month of release, the digital whenever. This means that if you subscribe now you get to download all previous volumes, as well as dozens of other songs and images I’ve been making exclusively for subscribers. Here are the links:
House Concerts please
I would like very much to focus on just playing where people live for the rest of the year if possible. If you are able to host a simple, acoustic house show where you are please get in touch.
Thank you
Stephen at thegreatpark@icloud.com
Katharinenruine recordings on my Patreon and Bandcamp
Soundboard / microphone recordings from last week’s concert at the Katharinenruine in Nürnberg have now been uploaded to my Patreon and Bandcamp subscriptions. Two are up already and two more are coming in the next couple of days.
Please consider subscribing to my Patreon for just €3 a month to support me and hear these and dozens of other exclusive recordings:
Perhaps there’s more from this special show I can share too but I’ve been fairly sick since the show so my concentration and productivity isn’t what it could be. I’m hopefully on the mend.
Katharinenruine in Nürnberg this Wednesday
I have a small number of guest list places for my concert in the ruined St Katharina church this Wednesday evening. If you are interested and can make it please get in contact with me and, if possible, I'll put your name on the door.
Thanks all
Stephen
ps - tickets for this evening are also here.
My 25th subscription release is now available
A live recording from a few weeks ago in Hamburg is now available through my Bandcamp and Patreon subscriptions. ‘Cafe Feuerwache 2’ is a return to the old house in Altona where I first played in November last year and from which a recording is also available. This was a very enjoyable, relaxed night and I think the set came out grand.
When I Was Away
The Royal Canal
Work With This
Here Comes Your Son
Lover O Lover
I Do Wrong
Paper Birds
The Woods Were Full Of Them
Leave Well Alone
The Hills Are Alive
We Could Have, We Should Have, We Didn’t
Super Good Advice
So Long Song
As always, this is available as a limited CD-r which I make and personalise and also as a full quality 24bit download. Please sign up below:
Here’s the 9 minute ‘The Hills Are Alive’ from the evening:
'The Hills Are Alive' live at Cafe Feuerwache, Hamburg 20/06/22
Photo by https://www.instagram.com/idaorloff/
I started playing this long song again, here it is in Hamburg last week.
I’m releasing the complete concert from this night as a limited CD and full quality download for subscribers to my Patreon or Bandcamp. Please consider doing that via the links below. Each month I make a new release - new recordings, unreleased material or live recordings and this is the 25th.
'Leave Well Alone' now available
My new album ‘Leave Well Alone’ and is now available at Bandcamp as a very limited edition CD-r and full quality digital download. The full album is available to stream here:
Here’s the track list:
Sticks
First Thought Best Thought (video here)
Here Comes Your Son
Look Out Kids (video here)
This Is How You Make It What It Is Not
Bern
So Long Away From
Leave Well Alone
Canary
I Once Knew The Lowlands
June dates
I’m expecting perhaps one or two little changes but right now but my month goes something like this:
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13/06/22 El Lokal, Zürich, CH
https://www.facebook.com/events/1389451088147027/
16/06/22 Mühlstrasse 14, Leipzig, DE
https://www.facebook.com/events/966078684256721/
17/06/22 Kosmos Festival, Chemnitz, DE
https://www.facebook.com/events/5110810545666282/
18/06/22 Galerie Fango, Cottbus, DE
https://www.facebook.com/events/714477333150319/
19/06/22 Deichdiele, Hamburg, DE
https://www.facebook.com/events/1026815754890652/
20/06/22 Café Feuerwache, Hamburg, DE
https://www.facebook.com/events/539256404500116/
22/06/22 Garden Concert, Hohenweddrien, DE
23/06/22 Prinz Willy, Kiel, DE
https://www.facebook.com/events/1038704463429079/
24/06/22 Club-Debil, Dresden, DE
https://www.facebook.com/events/419134583221420
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Please email me at thegreatpark@icloud.com if you'd like to make it to any of these or if you just would like to say hello.
Thanks and see you soon,
Stephen