Monday 18 February 2013

PAINTING AND MUSIC AND NEW RELEASES.

PAINTING
Hi,
It has been a busy year so far.  I've been painting mostly and have done about seven canvases plus about ten paintings on paper.  These were done mainly in January and the very beginning of February.  See below for a small selection of images.  There are a few that I haven't photographed yet, which I'll get round to soon and I'll post a couple of those too in the very near future. 

MUSIC
As far as the music goes..... well I still have not finished the sleeves to the new albums I mentioned previously, but I'll do it this week.
I've been creating some new pieces of Shemboid music the last week or so.  In fact I'm not far off having enough stuff for yet another album already.... it'll have to wait a while for release though.

AND YES!!!!
The "Knurr & Spell" compilation is finally completed and in our hands.  This is a proper cd album of four noise-type bands. Mine was recorded in 2008!!!! It has taken ages to get it out but is now ready.
The album is called
Knurr & Spell. - being psychedelic sounds from Yorkshire.
The track list is as follows.....
1. SHEMBOID - Myths of the Prehistoric Future.
2. OCELOCELOT - Bontempi Bastet
3. MORAL HOLIDAY - No Forks
4. FOLDHEAD - Taser Delerium
All the tracks are very long and the cd is full to the brim so good value.
It is on Phil Todd's Memoirs of an Aesthete label
Available at -    http://memoirsofanaesthete.bandcamp.com/album/knurr-spell-being-psychedelic-sounds-from-yorkshire

Ok that's all for now,
be seeing you,
Shem

Some recent paintings (January 2013)

Alan Sharples - Untitled 1 - acrylic on canvas - 40cm x 30cm

Alan Sharples - Untitled 2 - acrylic on canvas - 40cm x 30cm

Alan Sharples - "Aerial" - acrylic on canvas - 50cm x 60cm

Alan Sharples - "Airwaves" - acrylic on canvas - 66cm x 92cm