New album feat. Sylvian collaborators

[fletchertronics]

Hi folks,

As this is the off-topic board I'd like to take the opportunity to shamelessly promote my new album... But wait! It's not 'entirely' off-topic Amongst the rich array of guest performers are three former Sylvian collaborators. Interested? Read on...

Guitarist Tim Motzer, who performed on (and co-wrote one of the tracks for) the Nine Horses project contributes to three tracks. Plus pedal steel 'royalty' BJ Cole who of course graced parts of the Gone To Earth album is present on four titles. Last, but not least, a certain Mr R Fripp crops up in a soundscape cameo on one piece.

Aside from these wonderful guys there are musicians who any Sylvian fan ought to be aware of, including my co-featured artist and good friend Markus Reuter who also plays with former Sylvian bandmate Pat Mastelotto in Tony Levin's Stick Men project.

Incidentally the lead vocals are provided by my lovely and extremely talented wife Lisa.

I feel sure that this music will appeal to some of you (in fact I know one or two of you have already purchased it), and you're welcome to try it out for free by streaming the album at our official Bandcamp store: http://leefletcher.bandcamp.com/album/f ... ess-things

If you like it please consider helping support independent artists by purchasing a copy - In addition to a choice of download options we're also selling physical CDs in lovely Super Jewel Cases with beautiful artwork, and numbered / ltd / signed editions

Thanks - I/we hope you likeage?

Commercial over

Lee

(PS - Just edited several typos...)

http://leefletcher.bandcamp.com/album/faith-in-worthless-things
http://www.facebook.com/leefletcher.official
http://www.leefletcher.net

[Quiet Visitor]

Here's a review, which was originally published in a Dutch magazine:

LEE FLETCHER
Faith In Worthless Things
(UNSUNG RECORDS)
Musician, producer, arranger, songwriter, engineer and filmmaker Lee Fletcher had a big contribution in the fine progressive pop-debut Propeller from GRICE. With partly the same musicians, which also played on Escapologist from femal singer Tovah, he also produced his own debut Faith In Worthless Things. Although this recording is also tributary to acts like Talk Talk, The Blue Nile, No-Man, Stefano Panunzi and especially David Sylvian, there are clear differences to be noticed. Most important distinction is the choice for Fletcher’s wife Lisa as vocalist. Her soft as velvet voice, which was recorded in multiple layers, resembles more or less the voices of Barbara Gaskin and Sonja Kristina. Furthermore Fletcher’s compositions are for the bigger part a frame for solemn poems, mostly written by himself . Because of this an ambient atmosphere dominates, which is quite logical considering the participating musicians. For instance violin-player Steve Bingham (No-Man), trumpet-player Luca Calabrese (Isildurs Bane), steel-guitar-specialist BJ Cole (Sylvian, Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons) and guitarist Tim Motzer (Nine Horses, Sylvian, Pat Mastelotto) sign for recognizable contributions. Besides that SiRenée (to be admired on Panunzi’s A Rose) has a prominent role in the slightly experimental, Hanne Hukkelberg-like The Number. They are being accompanied by Uillean Pipes and Low Whistle-player Alan Burton, Jacqueline Kershaw on French Horn and Markus Reuter on amongst others Touch Guitars, all known from Propeller. Special guest is Robert Fripp, who produces a triple soundscape in the instrumental The Answer, together with Fletcher and Reuter. Between the opening-song Is It Me (Or Is It You?) and the closing Long About Now, composed by Scott Walker, an atmospheric landscape is being painted full of soft tapped and soft floating guitars, gliding bass-notes, folky and classical violins and horns, ominous keyboard-sounds and that sultry, almost whispering voice. Ominous, richly produced debut from a very talented sound-artist.

Published in iO Pages number 111, November 111. Website: http://www.iopages.nl/