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Derivatives, a new collection from William Fitzsimmons, is a multicolored re-imagining of several prominent tracks from The Sparrow and the Crow.
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Broadcast 2000 is the musical brainchild of Joe Steer, a classical music graduate with a unique take on folk using computer-generated looping of acoustic instruments. Multitalented singer-songwriter Steer is following up his debut EP Building Blocks with the self-titled full-length LP 'Broadcast 2000'. This time around the bedroom recordings have been spiced up with violin parts recorded by acclaimed violinist Tom Hobden of Noah and the Whale and additional production by star producer Eliot James (Kaiser Chiefs/Bloc Party) to complete a record full of mesmerizing orchestral folk-pop compositions. The tracks are veritable symphonic gems featuring smoothly layered vocal stylings and complex yet harmonious musical arrangements that include double bass, cello, guitar, ukulele, glockenspiel and percussion all sung and played on the recordings by Steer himself. As a live band Steer has assembled his own mini-orchestra of exceptionally talented London based musicians who together give his songs a thrilling life of their own.
Steer began writing songs while in his early teens in rural Devon, “Growing up in the middle of Devon means you have little else that could possibly occupy your time apart from music. No football teams to support, no high street or shopping centre to hang around in. In fact, the majority of my school buddies were in bands.” After playing in a number of bands as a teen, Steer studied music and played in an orchestra before starting the band Artisan. When hi...
