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Grayson’s Art Club Soundtrack – Donating Proceeds to Workshop 305

Delighted to announce that a selection of tracks I have chosen from Grayson’s Art Club, which was first broadcast on Channel 4 in April-May 2020 are now available to download exclusively on Bandcamp.

All ongoing proceeds from the release will be donated to Workshop 305 an arts-focused social enterprise in Wimbledon that works with people that have learning or physical disabilities. Their well-equipped, spacious studios offer a stimulating variety of art and craft activity, a friendly and supportive environment and the space for a group of individuals to share a sense of community, purpose and achievement. As a social enterprise, all of their profits are used to support the work that they do, both in-house and in the wider community.

 

 

Registered Charity: 06919314

I have priced the release at £5, however there is the option to pay what you like, should you wish to and are able to donate more. Thank you!

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I’d like to thank Neil Crombie and Joe Evans at Swan Films for making this release possible, Christian Collerton (Series Director), Rupert Houseman and Iain Pettifer (editors) and both Grayson and Philippa Perry.

Also, many thanks to John Elleson-Hartley at Musiklab for mastering the alum
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Grayson’s Art Club to air on Channel 4

Delighted to have composed the music for this six-part series for Swan Films.

Grayson is on a mission to unleash our collective creativity and unite the nation through art, as we live through this unique crisis.

Every week, Grayson will host the show from his studio – taking the country with him as he creates new art works. Grayson will talk to other famous artists, creatives and celebrity guests about how they are spending their time in isolation and host masterclasses to help teach us all how to create art. Never tried creating art before? Then this is your chance. Each episode will be themed with something inspired by being in isolation, such as still life or family portraits. Grayson will take inspiration from the everyday little things, as he helps you unleash the artistic side you never knew you had.

Miro Shot Featured New Wave Artist on BBC Radio One with Jack Saunders

Huge thanks to Jack Saunders for featuring Miro Shot as his Next Wave Artist and playing our latest single Half of Us on Radio One’s Indie Show last night. Really grateful for the support.

Jack spoke with Roman about all things Miro. Listen below.

 

 

 

Rockfield to Premiere at SXSW 2020

Delighted to hear that Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm will be premiering at SXSW 2020 in March.

 

This feature documentary tells the unlikely tale of how two Welsh farming brothers turned their dairy farm into one of the most successful recording studios of all time, producing four decades of legendary rock music.

Fifty years ago, deep in the Welsh countryside, brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward were starting out in the family dairy farming business. But they yearned to do something different – they wanted to make music. So they built a studio in the attic of their farmhouse and started recording with their friends. Kingsley’s new wife, Ann, left her job in the local bank to do the books, and they continued farming all the while. Animals were kicked out of barns and musicians were moved into Nan’s spare bedroom. Inadvertently, they’d launched the world’s first independent residential recording studio: Rockfield.

Rockfield’s reputation spread like wildfire, quickly garnering international acclaim as the place that bands wanted to record. From Black Sabbath, Hawkwind and Queen, to Simple Minds, Iggy Pop and Robert Plant, and later Oasis, The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers and Coldplay – an unbelievable roll call of artists have recorded there over the decades.

‘Rockfield’ is an extraordinary story of rock and roll dreams intertwined with a family business’s struggle for survival in the face of an ever-changing music landscape. Amazingly Kingsley and his wife Ann, now in their 80’s are still at the helm today with daughter Lisa ‘front of house’. What is it about this small Welsh farm that made it a major competitor, holding its own against studios such as Abbey Road and Electric Lady. In this film the bands share with us tales of how they ended up at Rockfield, what it was like, and revisit some of the magical moments of musical genius that resulted in some of the best-known songs of our time.

 

Director: Hannah Berryman
Producer: Catryn Ramasut
Editor: Rupert Houseman
Composer: Alexander Parsons

 

Rockfield Website

Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage Nominated for a Music and Sound Award

Delighted to hear that my score for Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage has been nominated for a Music and Sound Award in the Best Original Composition in a Television Programme category. Winners will be announced on the 16th July 2019, via the Twitter feed, website and industry press.

 

Strokes of Genius
Entrant + Composer: Jeremy Turner

 

Pagan Peak
Entrant: Bleeding Fingers Music
Composer: Jacob Shea for Bleeding Fingers Music

 

Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage – Episode 1 – Death
Entrant + Composer: Alexander Parsons

 

The Simpsons: “Treehouse of Horror XXIX”
Entrant: Bleeding Fingers Music
Composer: Andrew Christie for Bleeding Fingers Music

 

The Jazz Ambassadors
Entrant + Composer: Michael J. McEvoy at Rezzonator Music

 

Mrs Wilson
Entrant + Composer: Anne Nikitin