Moving on Then...

5 years in the making Joe Little's latest CD "Moving on then..." sees both a return to the ambient soundscapes of previous albums along with new, shorter, more upbeat tracks. An eclectic set of sounds and textures just waiting for the moving image.

What people said..

"His most original album to date"
"Easily his best album. I found myself playing it over and over"
"Cracking album Grommit"
"Crimson Red has just an incredible driving bass sound"

"I deliberately tried to move to a new sound with my next CD. One with more organic sounds and melody that would linger in the mind much longer than 3 minutes. As John Lennon once said "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans" and this was the album I made whilst thinking up that other one. Forged from 18 months of demos and then 3 years of gestation whilst I married and had a son Callum. The pieces now seem more fresh and complete than ever. I hope you enjoy it"

Copies of this CD are available from those nice people at High Barn records. Simply call 01371 811291.

Joe Little is podcasting these tracks from http://joelittle.typepad.com/dinosaur_thing/ along with more in depth information on how the tracks were composed and performed.

1. Rob Roy 3:23

"A soft synth lament named and dedicated to my little boy's guardian angels"

2. Crimson Red 3:52

"I tried to think what it would sound like when I got my favourite drummer, Neil Peart and my favourite bassist, Tony Levin together on a track. This is what I thought it would sound like"

3. Miro Miro 3:16

"A soft little mandering melody that reminded me of my daily walk to work in Madrid past a Joan Miro frieze"

4. See You Down There 3:26

"A sixties sci-fi sound very reminiscent of the Joe 90 theme tune"

5. Too Much Communication 6:32

"Song for an imaginary space sound track. Something's not quite right about this place and we're all about to find out"

6. Glass Hemispheres 3:46

"A mixture of vocoder effects and Genesis' old drum machine with chilled out groove"

7. When The Bad Men Came 3:54

"An Aklowa treated drum pattern at its heart this is the story of clearences, of genecide and tales of bad men coming in the night"

8. Dark City 4:28

"A sleazy sound track to a dark and mysterious comic book city"

9. Promise Dance 4:49

"Tom toms a go go reels and all"

10. Into The Widescreen 3:10

"Seduced and abandoned a mellow cinematic interlude"

11. Surface Tension 4:13

"Another track from that imaginery soundtrack. Tense happenings whilst away from safety"

12. Lyonnais 3:53

"Boisterous late Jarre like track. The Lyonnaise himself"

13. Hurry Home To Your Bed 3:58

"A final synth driven theme at the end of what was to be your best day and at the end meaningful existence"