Music I made in my youth

[flamadiddle]

Hey All,

Some of you may know me as the second guitarist in Dec Burke's live gigs, but I don't think anyone is really aware of my old projects.  

Thought that some of you here may be interested in hearing some of the bands I was in back in university.

First up, Cakeflap.

This was a prog/jazz-fusion-y outfit I was in with some close friends.  We had one song and it's this big'un:

//http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/337684/cakeflap

The guitar solo from the middle is lifted from a piece I worked on with the keyboardist of the band, called Quest for the Celestine Spatula, which is silly prog stuff, but I love it to bits.  You can hear it here:

//http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a18748/quest-for-the-celestine-spatula

And if you like your prog more cheesy rock/metal flavoured, the band I was in for my entire time at uni, along with members of Cakeflap was called Replica X.  A couple of tracks up on the Myspace below were recorded for our second EP at John Mitchell's Outhouse Studios, which was pretty daunting for the massive Frost*/Kino fanboy that I am, but really good fun and John and Ben did an awesome job in the short time we gave them.

//http://www.myspace.com/replicax

Hope you enjoy.

Cheers
Hywel

[rogerg]

rawk!  I will check them out more completely tomorrow when I can give them a proper listen.  8-)

[JimD]

What were you studying at Uni?  Prog?   They're all very accomplished recordings!

re: Cakeflap - are you sure you are not John Mitchell posting in disguise?  There's some bloody good guitar on there, (not to mention keyboardery).  Might be one for the long-drive playlist - some nice Transatlantic/Frost/IB bits going on in there.

As for Replica X that is very, *very* cheesy (so much so that I'm almost turning lactose intolerant listening to it).  But damn, it has more hooks than velcro!  The chorus to "The Devil's Kiss" became an instant earworm!

What happened to the band?

[flamadiddle]

Cheers guys.  Unfortunately, our keyboardist left to work in first Edinburgh, then Seattle, so we had to call it quits a few years ago.  He was a bit too good to replace, really, but there's still an intention to write/record material in our respective home studios and collaborate in that way, so may get a bit more out yet.

JM is a huge influence on my playing, so yeah, a lot of my solos are spent in the Mitchell-space

[Mikey]

rawk!

Indeed, just listening to Cakeflap now