Basilica, by Mike Dickson

Basilica

by Mike Dickson

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1.	O Fortuna 02:39	info	buy track
2.	Stygian 09:45	info	buy track
3.	Madeleine 13:44	info	buy track
4.	Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 03:41	info	buy track
5.	Ab Sense 09:42	info	buy track
6.	Seven Pieces by Thomas Tallis: Salvator Mundi 02:27	info	buy track
7.	Seven Pieces by Thomas Tallis: O Nata Lux 01:14	info	buy track
8.	Seven Pieces by Thomas Tallis: In Nomine II 03:15	info	buy track
9.	Seven Pieces by Thomas Tallis: O Sacrum Convivium 02:57	info	buy track
10.	Seven Pieces by Thomas Tallis: When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing Slack? 01:54	info	buy track
11.	Seven Pieces by Thomas Tallis: Gloria Patri 01:30	info	buy track
12.	Seven Pieces by Thomas Tallis: Pour Forth Thy Spirit 03:01		buy track
13.	FM1SM 04:01	info	buy track
14.	Threnody 09:46	info	buy track

about

This one has been a while in coming, I know. It all started well enough but then other things started to impose on what I was doing and nothing happened on time. I also took a long time deciding what to put on the album.

I knew I wanted more Tallis and I knew I wanted to rework a piece that had earlier appeared on Domus, but that was about it. Getting together sheet music for some of the more complicated pieces (and making sense of it) was also a slow process. However, it has all happened now.

What you have is weirdly schizophrenic combination of melody and nightmare. Some of the more soundtrack-oriented material seems to give some of my audience the fear, so I have lightened up that aspect of it with a bouncy little bit of Handel, something I started about two years ago in a fit of enthusiasm and never completed.

There's not much more to say, other than this is likely to be the last album in the ongoing series for a while. Why? I'm probably starting to repeat myself, and don't wish to become that guy who plays classical music on the Mellotron (or otherwise) to the exclusion of everything else. Ideas are running a bit short - one of the reasons why this album took so long to produce - and I'd sooner not do this at all than produce music that sounds like everything I've done before. I've also started to enjoy making videos for YouTube, so I may look at illustrating some older works using this instead.

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released February 6, 2011

All music is (c) 2011, Black Cat Music Factory

All titles performed, orchestrated and arranged by Mike Dickson

All compositions by Mike Dickson unless otherwise stated

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Mike Dickson Edinburgh, UK

Independent musician located in Scotland, producing cinematic/ambient/electronic works as and when he feels like it, for little to no fee.
Early works centred very much on the Mellotron but the palette is now much more varied.
Releases made periodically and usually frequently throughout the year. If you're listening to my stuff then I'd love to hear from you. ... more

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