David Wright News
New Music:
David's new album is "Momentum", featuring studio reworking of electronic music performed at his 2007 Gatherings Concert appearance in the USA.
Further details can be found on the music page.
David has been working on a new studio album "Dreams and Distant Moonlight" for almost a year now and hopes it will be completed by end of March for release in April 2008. Further information and sound bytes will be posted very soon.
David has re-mastered "Live at the London Planetarium" for digital download. This new, re-mastered version is available on CDr with original artwork.
David has a digital only album due for release in April/May. This will be available on CDr for those who don't want to digitally download it. The title is "Lost & Found" and it contains previously unreleased studio tracks, a couple of re-worked older tracks and some live music from The Gatherings Series Concert, including great re-workings of "Cassini" and "Walking with Ghosts".
Other News and Forthcoming Releases
Callisto - Nyx. Postponed in 2007 due to so many other commitments, David and Dave Massey hope to finish Nyx this year for release towards the end of 2008.
David also has several collaboration projects in the pipeline, details of which will be posted soon.
Recent Radio interviews with Radio Ara in Luxembourg and the UK's AWR FM can be heard on the interview page.
You can visit David Wright on his MySpace site - myspacecomdavidwrightmusic
Edited versions of the tracks "Continuum" and "Walking with Ghosts" appear on separate ZYX compilation released in November 2007.
Electronic music composer David Wright has been getting his fair share of radio airplay in recent months. Tracks from his new album Momentum and the Tangerine Dream inspired 2006 offering"The Tenth Planet" and the 2005 studio album "Deeper" have been receiving strong reaction from fans and critics alike. La Vestibule, The Cosmic Wheel, Arctic Mist, Radio Slorr, Spectrum, Ultima Frontiera and Scott Raymands WVKR are just some of the radio stations worldwide to regularly feature his music. There has also been strong positive reaction from media sources, including vanguard online, Synthtopia, SMD, Amazing Sounds and Sylvian Lupari.
Concerts
David has one UK concert planned for 2008. Details are as follows:Sunday 14th September 2008
The Fisher Theatre, Bungay, Suffolk
Show Starts: 7:30pm
Show Ends 10:00pm
David Wright and Friends in Concert - An evening of ambient electronica and space music.
David will be joined by Code Indigo guitarists Andy Lobban and Nigel Turner-Heffer plus vocalist Kate Bradley. Robert fox will also be on hand to ensure that the evening finishes with a couple of Code indigo numbers.
Support act: Geigertek
Geigertek is Neil Fellows, based in Norwich and newly signed to AD Music. He'll open the show with his unique style electronic music from his new album "The Garden".
Tickets are available here for £12.00
(The Fisher Theatre website: www.fishertheatre.org)
The Fisher Theatre Box Office Telephone number is 01986 897130 and it's open from 11am to 3pm every day.
An answer phone is availible at other times.
You can also send an e-mail to: boxoffice@fishertheatre.org
If leaving a message or sending an email please remember to give a contact telephone number and details of the event you are enquiring about.
For Bungay Hotel and B & B information please go to: www.4hotels.co.uk/uk/bungay
or Beccles (7 miles from Bungay) Hotel and B & B information please go to www.4hotels.co.uk/uk/beccles
We suggest you check accommodation and book early because this is a popular tourist area and still busy in September.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Previous Concerts
The Gatherings - Philadelphia, USA, September 2007
David's USA concert at The Gatherings on September 29th was a great night of music. An appreciative audience that included fans who flew from California, were treated to new music plus some old favorites. David opened with a new 33 minute composition "Desire", which as the title suggests, was a slow drifting piece, with pads and effects building slowly until down-tempo sequences emerged at the 15 minute mark pushing the music to its climax.. The first half of the show concluded with an inspired rendition of "Walking with Ghosts" - delicate piano building and then merging into glorious sequences before fading into its piano and strings conclusion. The second half opened with a short improvised piece "Sun Dust" - a simple drum and sequence over which David played piano and synth Sax lead to great effect. The remainder of the second half was taken up with the lengthy "Evolution" which started gently and in true Berlin school style built slowly and inexorably to a pounding conclusion as 4 to the floor drum and sequences and a storming theme and solo carried the stunning track to it end. The audience wanted more and David obliged with a great version of Cassini for an encore.
Later that night David also played 2 half hour sets for the Stars End Radio program. As well as favorites "The Sound of Waves" and "Beyond Paradise" David also featured two fifteen minute improvised tracks "Shifting Sands" and "Depth from Motion". Snippits from the latter tracks can be found on the CD and MP3 page.
Extracts from the live performances at the Gatherings concert can be found on the CD/MP3 page.
More photos from the concert here.
The concert at Bochum Planetarium on April 29th was a huge success. The venue was almost full, with 200 people attending.
El-ka opened with a great set of improvised sequencer music in the style of early Tangerine Dream.
David's set comprised 3 long tracks. These were;
1. Odyssey (new)
2. Just a Dream (new)
3. Sea of Dreams (from Deeper but including additional sections).
Many pictures were taken (courtesy of Dave Massey) and they will appear very soon on the pics page.
Unfortunately, David didn't play a solo encore because the show over-ran until past 11:00, but David did invite El-ka back for an improvised collaboration, which the audience seemed to really enjoy so the evening ended on a real high.
Fan reaction to the event Bochum Event:
"I want to congratulate David for this great concert. With the spectacular projections of the planetarium, the music was really sublime."
"What a great concert David Wright and El-ka gave us at the Bochum Planetarium."
"I wait many years to see a David Wright's concert. And I am not disappointed: I have a splended and unforgettable memory."
"Great atmosphere, Great concert."
"Fantastic. Both acts were superb. What a way to listen to EM."
"The concert was huge! It made me very happy."
"This was a great experience and at the end there were only smiling faces. This made the organisation team, the planetarium crew and the musicians happy. Thanks to everybody who helped organise the event. You did a good job guys."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you for a superb evening of music."
David Wright performed a solo set and perform as part of Code Indigo at the NSC on 27th May 2006. The solo set was well received and David's set comprised 4 tracks. These were;
1. The Sound of Waves
2. Odyssey part 1 (a shortened, revamped version of Bochum version).
3. Odyssey part 2 (again, slightly shorter revamped version of Bochum version)
4. Glass Mountains
Fan reaction to the NSC event:
"Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the NSC concert. The new material sounds fantastic."
"Great concert - loved the new stuff".
"David Wright doing Berlin style sequencer music - fantastic!"
"Loved the new long tracks - will they be out on CD sometime?!"
"Shame about the low turnout but thanks for a great evening of music"
David Wright has confirmed that a live album will definitely be released later in 2006 from the Bochum and NSC concerts. The album title is confirmed as "The Tenth Planet", because the Bochum Planetarium was David's 10th Planetarium concert. Further details below.
There is a strong possibility of a UK concert at some point later in 2006 which will also feature Bekki Williams. No date or venue has been announced. More news to follow.
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