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| T This coincided, alas, with the breakup of the
band due to managerial differences...disillusioned, Nige retreated
to the woods in Hampshire, while Mike, via a brief musical adventure
in Holland and Japan, moved to London and wrote, wrote, wrote...
Around this time Mike met Patrick Williams, then working at "Hit and Run", who provided material and spiritual support for a couple of writing years. This was also when Mike met Claire, a relationship that was yet to become a musical one..! |
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They moved back to Hampshire, where, inevitably, Nige (who was still in the woods) and Mike returned to their musical meanderings.
They met Mensa and Simon Scutt, of the afore-mentioned "In-ter-Dance", and completed the "Immaculate" sessions, with Claire (now married to Mike) providing some of the vocals.
By this time Patrick Williams had left "Hit and Run" to work for himself, and had begun working with Geoff Downes and Doug Hopkins of Czar Records, the label attached to Advision Studios, who had re-located to Brighton. Through Patrick, they had heard what the three of us were then doing, and a recording project was embarked upon. Once again, we were to learn some hard lessons..within a few weeks Patrick and Czar parted company, and we were left with a sore Patrick, who had after all introduced us to the situation, on one side, and Czar on the other, who wanted to complete the project. We felt we could not now do so. The only way forward was to do it ourselves.
Mike had for some time now been building up an arsenal of recording gear. This was added to with the help of Patrons and TV projects, and we began work. First U.K.Heights release was a Double A sided cassette of "Immaculate", by now a song, and "Hopetown". This provided us with the momentum and experience we needed to embark on the long two years that it took us to make "So Far".
It was while we were mixing that album that we heard our local radio station's late night ambient show "The Ambient End". Aurally inspired, we decided to do an ambient re-mix of one of the tracks we were mixing for the album, "Love and Intent". We sent it to them, and they played it on the show, expressing a desire for more. We obliged, and over the next year or so came up with four more pieces, all of which were aired frequently on the show. We realised we had, inadvertently come up with another album, and took the dats into Dubmaster Studios to edit the tracks into what has become "Ambients".
Our aim is to carry on, and with friends and good allies our intent is to realize a dream that is...U.K.Heights.
Feel free to contact any of the bands at 25 Records anytime for interviews/Band features/ gig info etc. at: 25 Records 60 Tollard Close, Poole, Dorset, BH12 2AU, England.
