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In Old English, February was known as ‘Solmonath’ or mud month, conjuring up images of toiling through the sodden ground in a seemingly endless winter; but perhaps it’s darkest before the dawn. The Finns call it ‘Helmikuu’, describing the beautiful pearls of ice that thaw and freeze on the tree branches. It is of course…
January Dry is the first of 12 monthly releases where Clive Smedley (The Bleak Industrialists) examines his own feelings and wider cultural influences. We are all changed by the seasons emotionally and physically; and we behave differently at different times of the year. January has traditionally been a time for change, for looking back on…
Ombrelle Concrète are kicking the new year off, as we mean to go on. Plans are afoot to make 2022 our busiest year yet; and we start with a new album from the closer we are to dying. Everything Starts With A Drone is seven new pieces of lush, full-bodied neo-classical dark ambience. Each piece…
Another year (almost) over and what have we done? Well, Ombrelle Concrète has a new collection of alternative gifts for you to indulge yourself with, this Christmas. Contributions from as far and wide as London, Newcastle, Toronto, Ilkley, Medway and Kent. Listen. Buy. Download. Donate – ombrelleconcrete.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-sampler-2021 All profits from the CD sales and Pay-what-you-want…
the closer we are to dying Music for the Russian Revolution and Kronstadt 1921 Ombrelle Concrète OM017 With great orators Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, and the backing of Kronstadt sailors, the Bolshevik Party seized power in the October Russian Revolution of 1917. The Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and arrested the Provisional Government. Lenin now…
From self-isolation and social distancing bubbles, Ombrelle Concrète presents 11 songs from a gaggle of disparate artists to bring you “A Christmas Sampler” to welcome in the 2020 festive season of a truly annus horribilis. Alongside NHS and keyworkers, many charities have continued to provide a most valued service throughout 2020 to some of the…
Songs of Social Distancing and Self-isolation by the closer we are to dying Songs of Social Distancing and Self-isolation was written, recorded and produced during the forced lockdown of 2020 caused by the COVID-19 / Coronavirus pandemic. Fortunately for me, I live by the sea, and was able to enjoy the tranquility of Reculver and…
The Bleak Industrialists, swilly & sourmilk new albums on Ombrelle Concrète Three new albums for July 2020 from Ombrelle Concrète – all interesting, all different… more different. All available as Digital & Download (Limited Edition CDs to follow) THEORY OF REGRET Debut album from SOURMILK https://sourmilk1.bandcamp.com/album/theory-of-regret-2 Based in London, sourmilk (aka Andrew Kesbey) sculpts…
LET IT BE is the twelfth and final studio album by THE BEATLES. It was released on 8th May 1970, just weeks after the group’s break-up. Eleven of the twelve tracks were recorded the previous year, and a 1968 version of ‘Across The Universe’ replaced ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ on the final version of the…
So, what if THE BEATLES had recorded LET IT BE in 2020….
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