Mike Monford

Westbrook Records present this previously unreleased double-CD of selected highlights from the Mike Westbrook festival, recorded in Catania in the early '90s. Featuring the Mike Westbrook Orchestra and soloists such as Alan Barnes, Chris Biscoe, Kate Westbrook, Pete Saberton and Alan Wakeman.

Le show-biz français a aussi ses légendes : les Américains ont James Dean et Jim Morrison, la France a Mike Brant. Etoile filante de la chanson romantique, le crooner israélien est un véritable personnage de roman.

Boxed is a compilation album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1976. It features quadraphonic remixed versions of his first three albums (Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn) and some collaborations. Oldfield later explained that instead of being true 4 channel sound, the initial quad remix of Tubular Bells, released a few months after the stereo version, was a "strange fake out-of-phase system", because it was so complex a mix without automation. The quad remix of Tubular Bells on Boxed was entirely different and true 4 channel sound (later released on SACD). The Boxed-CD version still contains the SQ-encoded quad mixes and plays as normal stereo without a quad decoder. The SQ quad remix Hergest Ridge is the only version of the album available on CD, as Oldfield disliked the original vinyl mix. "The Sailor's Hornpipe" finale from Tubular Bells has an extended speech from Viv Stanshall, which is from the recording sessions at The Manor Studio (see Tubular Bells original ending). Tubular Bells was re-mixed in quad by Phil Newell, assisted by Alan Perkins. Hergest Ridge was re-mixed in quad by Mike Oldfield. Ommadawn was re-mixed in quad by Mike Oldfield and Phil Newell.

Director Derek Cianfrance did the film for The Place Beyond The Pines but singer/composer Mike Patton did the soundtrack and score. Patton contributed 12 tracks to it and added other compositions to the film. It was released by Milan.

Mike Rigler is what you call a Beat Enthusiast. His wide range of works - from sound designs to composition projects for brands like Adidas Eyewear and several other major brands - took him on a self-finding journey. And lead Mike to finally produce his very first album ”Laganini“. His music style is influenced by various genres, including House, Jazz and Breaks. But if you talk to Mike about his style he would simply say: "Don’t think too much about Genres! Let´s make music for the people." Laganini takes you on a journey and puts you just in the right mood for a mild summer night.

Collaboration, improvisation, innovation. The remit for Black Flamingo. During the Covid lockdown period I started on line long distance collaborations with a team of friends and made Oceans Of Milk and Treacle for Room40. A family of long time associates plus some more recent and one that I have never met in person. All of them with a unique ability to respond creatively, in any genre or context, in a creative, spontaneous and improvised manner.

“This Rock We’re On: Imaginary Letters” is a new multi-movement work by acclaimed composer Mike Holober, written for the GRAMMY-nominated Gotham Jazz Orchestra. Inspired by the insights of environmental authors, artists, and activists such as Ansel Adams, Rachel Carson, Sigurd Olson, Wendell Berry, Terry Tempest Williams, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, it is a meditation on the beauty of nature and the fate of the planet.