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London After Midnight And Other Professional Affiliations
David Lawrie
2020/08/03
I don’t think there is a person on earth who can say 2020 has been at all predictable, safe, or ordinary. It goes without saying that my heart goes out…
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D16 Group
David Lawrie
2019/12/20
After a flurry of announcements about London After Midnight's Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119, which has been received to great critical acclaim, and some very happy fans, I am…
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Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119 – Available for Pre-Order!
David Lawrie
2019/12/03
This week was a proud one for me. After working closely with London After Midnight throughout 2019, Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119 is now available for pre-order.…
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Lock/Unlock
David Lawrie
2019/10/21
Camen Hodges, with whom I worked on Room 6 (commissioned by The Nevada City Film Festival), and his short film, Play The Bones, asked me if I would like to help…
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Room 6
David Lawrie
2019/09/13
In the summer of 2018, The Nevada City Film Festival commissioned a team of creatives to put together a short film. Rick Beaty wrote the screenplay for Room 6, with…
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London After Midnight
David Lawrie
2019/04/17
It is nice to be writing the first blog post on my newly redesigned website, which fell off the radar for a moment there! I am back into the swing…
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Consistency through change
David Lawrie
2017/06/18
For the first time in a long time, I feel like I am able to sit down and write about all of the things that have been happening with the…
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Absinth Films’ /FTER FOREVER
David Lawrie
2016/09/10
After returning from a brief trip to England, the first part of September has been incredibly busy. I finished working on Absinthe Films’ new release /fter Forever and it started its European…
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The busiest period so far…
David Lawrie
2016/07/24
Since I won an award for my Work on Of Shark And Man at the Nice International Film Festival, things have become very, very busy. After recording Teetotum’s debut EP Mind Your Teeth at Brighton Electric,…
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Award WON!
David Lawrie
2016/05/15
This has been quite a celebratory weekend for me. After a week of mixing more of the music I recorded in England, I was notified that Of Shark And Man…
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A barage of new sounds to come
David Lawrie
2016/04/22
I have not disappeared from the face of the earth! I have just had a very, very busy few months. Expect a blog post soon but, for now, here is…
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EchoWants Her VoiceBack
David Lawrie
2015/10/18
It is late on Sunday evening, and I have just finished watching a couple of episodes of Twin Peaks. I am ashamed to say that this show completely bypassed me,…
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New Music Video OUT NOW!
David Lawrie
2015/08/21
I’m very pleased to share my new video for “Dorothea” with you all! It took a lot of work, chipping away at it in between working on other projects. I…
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New Single and Video coming SOON!
David Lawrie
2015/07/18
How time slips through our fingers… The last few months have been something of a whilrwind. Since I last wrote here, I finished producing EchoWants Her VoiceBack’s debut EP Heart of…
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Dorothea’s Boat Is Afloat!
David Lawrie
2015/03/17
Hello everyone. Wow. What a month it has been so far. Just as I was getting ready for the release of Dorothea’s Boat, as well as my trip back from…
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A busy start to 2015
David Lawrie
2015/02/11
A very belated “Happy New Year” to all. I hope your festivities were fun, and that 2015 has started well for you. As you can tell from the two month…
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A vinyl, some stingrays, and a torn ligament.
David Lawrie
2014/12/08
I am aware that I consistently open my entries with an apology for the duration since the last, so I’ll make it an end-of-year resolution to stop that, not worry…
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New Look Website and Dorothea’s Boat Details
David Lawrie
2014/11/02
Welcome to the new look website! In preparation for the release of Dorothea’s Boat, I felt it fitting to refresh the website’s image, and give it a lick of cyber-paint. Expect some…
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Boats and Stingrays
David Lawrie
2014/10/09
After a whirlwind summer I feel a sense of familiarity with my new surroundings, and new and exciting opportunities are presenting themselves. It’s late on a Thursday evening here, and…
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Let’s get some wind behind these sails
David Lawrie
2014/09/08
I’m writing this with a great deal of excitement, as I can now announce that my new album Dorothea’s Boat is ready for release! This album will be the first physical release…
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From East To West
David Lawrie
2014/08/07
Gosh. The last two and a half months have been an incredible period of change, growth, and planning for the future in all aspects of my life. I do apologise…
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Le Néon Noir, Ishikawa and HARUKO
David Lawrie
2014/05/10
I’ve been working very hard since the last blog entry, and now that the dust is starting to settle I would love to share all the new and exciting things…
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A new website in time for spring
David Lawrie
2014/03/10
Welcome to the new-look davidlawrie.co.uk – I felt that, with spring in the air, a new website would be fitting. I hope you like what you see, and that you…
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Hello there, 2014
David Lawrie
2014/01/02
Once again it seems as though I have neglected the website updates for an unforgivable period of time. Whilst it may appear that I have been hibernating I have, in…
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The Headless Horseman and other miscellaneous musings
David Lawrie
2013/10/14
I’ve just had a wonderful early Hallowe’en weekend exploring New England, involving apple picking and fruit wine tasting in Massachusetts (somewhere between Boston and Salem), and a trip to Sleepy…
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Music From Hotel Rooms
David Lawrie
2013/09/15
I’m currently in a strange bed in room 672 of one of the airport hotels in Manchester. Tomorrow morning (early) I will be flying, once again, to New York to…
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Storm Petrel is OUT NOW
David Lawrie
2013/08/18
Gosh. These update articles are manifesting at later and later times. It is now 4.10am and I find myself in a state of (possibly self induced) insomnia. The last month…
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Everything is busy. Everything is new.
David Lawrie
2013/08/01
It’s 2.02am and I find myself with a night off for the first time in over a month. Props for a video shoot were supposed to arrive today, but the…
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Music from Airports
David Lawrie
2013/06/20
It is 10.18pm and I am sat in the departure lounge of JFK Airport’s Terminal 4, waiting to catch a flight back to England. The flight is an hour late…
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Courage the Cowardly Dog and other news…
David Lawrie
2013/04/28
I can’t believe that it is nearly May! I’ve been very busy recently, and so I have neglected the news on this website somewhat. I hope this won’t become a…
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Catch up…
David Lawrie
2013/03/22
Wow. What a start to the year! After two and a half months of powering into 2013, I am now in Connecticut, ready to get creative. Looking back over the…
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Over, Under is out now!
David Lawrie
2013/02/25
I seem to be making a habit of this late night website update routine. What’s more, I always seem to have either Third Rock From The Sun or Fast Show playing in the background.…
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Exhaustion at 3am…
David Lawrie
2013/02/08
It is 2.39am (according to my computer) and I’m considering this a relatively early night. I’ve been back in England for three weeks, and right now I’m reviewing what I’ve…
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Vinyl release and live dates…
David Lawrie
2013/01/07
Happy new year, everyone. I hope your festive season has been great, and that you are all ready for a brand new 2013! Earlier today I made this available for…
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In the meantime
David Lawrie
2012/11/11
Hello to everyone on this lazy Sunday morning. I’ve been talking about Marck and The Rodeo Falls quite a bit recently, and the EP I produced with Marck over summer…
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Welcome to my NEW cyber home!
David Lawrie
2012/11/05
Farewell for now x Welcome to the new David Lawrie website. I’ve spent the last two weeks working on it with a little help from Nathan Simpsonwho got me started with…
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Marck and The Rodeo Falls
David Lawrie
2012/10/04
Wow. Over a month since my last update on here… …with good reason! I flew back over to the States a few weeks ago and hit the ground running. I’ve…
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Rioja…
David Lawrie
2012/08/28
Hello! It’s been a few weeks since I wrote anything on this page, and I’ve had a few glasses of Rioja, so any spelling or grammatical mistakes must go unnoticed,…
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Keeping you in the loop…
David Lawrie
2012/08/02
Good afternoon! I have been up and down England of late and, as so, have not been able to update the website as frequently as I’d like. There’s not a…
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Performing Boat Songs in a Ship
David Lawrie
2012/07/15
Thanks to everyone who came to London on Wednesday for the show at The Good Ship. I’m a bit late in writing this because I’m staying with my good friend,…
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Galtres Festival
David Lawrie
2012/06/27
Another summer show to announce… I’ll be performing at The Forest of Galtres Festival 2012 on Sunday 26th August. This year the festival runs from 24th August – 26th August, and I’ll…
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Over, Under OUT NOW
David Lawrie
2012/06/25
Everybody feel free to head over to the shop to get your digital hands on the first single from Dorothea’s Boat,‘Over, Under’. It’s a digital download with bonus goodies that will only be…
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Over, Under
David Lawrie
2012/06/22
The first single from Dorothea’s Boat, “Over, Under” will be released on Monday 25th June as an exclusive digital download. For now, I have created my first mixcast/podcast which you can…
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Last Year
David Lawrie
2012/06/07
Head over to the discography section to see the newest addition to the David Lawrie family tree… I mastered Stonehoof’s debut EP Last Year recently and it is now available to buy for whatever…
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Marianne’s Wish
David Lawrie
2012/05/30
A bit slow off the mark… …but friend / colleague / past collaborator / guitar virtuoso / producer / Cypriot monster George Solonos’ new band Marianne’s Wish have released their debut album Add…
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A digital lie
David Lawrie
2012/05/07
Hi everyone, how are we all doing? You may have noticed that the Soundcloud player from the homepage on this site has been removed and that on my Soundcloud profile…
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Access denied
David Lawrie
2012/04/29
Hi everyone, how are we all doing? You may have noticed that the Soundcloud player from the homepage on this site has been removed and that on my Soundcloud profile…
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Kymera
David Lawrie
2012/04/10
Whilst you’re waiting for more David Lawrie news, please take some time to consider The Kymera Project by my friend Trevor Undi, who is an incredible photographer, director, cameraman and…
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Many, many apologies
David Lawrie
2012/03/29
Apologies on many accounts… You may have noticed that the website looks a bit… bland right now. I’m sorry about that, but it is bitter sweet. I will be relaunching…
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Dorothea’s Boat is Lost at Sea
David Lawrie
2012/03/14
Due to the business involved with music, Dorothea’s Boat’srelease date has been postponed, but for the meantime you can still take advantage of being able to stream it on Soundcloud.…
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A Beautiful Waste of the BBC’s Time
David Lawrie
2012/01/18
Tune in to Dermot O’Leary’s BBC Radio 2 show at 5-6pm this Saturday (21st January) to hear the first single from Captain Wilberforce’s album Ghost Written Confessions, “A Beautiful Waste…
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BBC Airplay tomorrow night
David Lawrie
2012/01/06
‘Dorothea’ will be played on Tom Robinson’s BBC Radio 6 show tomorrow night – so tune in after you’ve been out! If you can’t listen tomorrow, you’ll be able to…
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Happy New Year!
David Lawrie
2012/01/01
Happy New Year everyone! I’m happy to announce that I have become a consultant producer for Infinity12 Records – a global record and production company! Big things for 2012…
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Rare instruments and free streamings
David Lawrie
2011/12/13
Dorothea’s Boat is streaming for free at my Soundcloud page.Just click on “Follow” and you’ll get an invitation to stream the album within 24 hours. Also – from January I…
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Liars goes digital (not that CDs aren’t digital, but you know…)
David Lawrie
2011/11/28
Liars, Charlatans, Jinxmongers (for voice and accompaniment)is now available as a digital download through iTunes, Amazon,and nearly all other digital download shops. It is also available on Spotify, Rhapsody and…
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A bargain at twice the price
David Lawrie
2011/11/22
To make way for the arrival of Dorothea’s Boat, Liars, Charlatans, Jinxmongers is on sale for �4.97 with free postage and packaging within the UK. If you haven’t already got…
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Belated Bonfire Bringings…
David Lawrie
2011/11/06
Happy belated Bonfire Night to everyone in England! It’s not a big thing here in the States (well… it’s not a thing at all), and that makes me sad. I…
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Time flies when there’s music to record
David Lawrie
2011/10/22
Wow. It has been over a month since this website was updated. That’s probably because a lot has been happening! I am on the home straight with Dorothea’s Boat. I…
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Farewell, England
David Lawrie
2011/09/12
Thank you to all who came to this year’s Alight Festival! What a wonderful evening to share with you all. The other artists were superb, and the four part story…
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Ghostly happenings
David Lawrie
2011/08/11
Captain Wilberforce’s album Ghost Written Confessions was released yesterday, officially. It has already received some glowing reviews. Simon will be performing with his full band in Birmingham this Friday –…
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Ghost Written Confessions in UNCUT
David Lawrie
2011/07/26
The first national reviews for Captain Wilberforce’s Ghost Written Confessions are starting to emerge. Here’s one from Uncut! Four Stars!!
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Back to England
David Lawrie
2011/07/26
I’m coming back to England in a few days for 7 weeks… …during which time I have many things going on! On the 6th August I will be at Pyramid…
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Considering the lilies
David Lawrie
2011/06/21
Happy Summer Solstice to all. Enjoy the longest day! C P Stewart’s new collection of poems, Considering the Lilies,has recently been published by 6tHouse and is available at all good…
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The Captain shares some loot
David Lawrie
2011/05/13
Captain Wilberforce’s new album Ghost Written Confessions is now available (unofficially). Here is the statement from his website: Ghost Written Confessions, the third Captain Wilberforce album will be available on…
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Dale Perkins for sale
David Lawrie
2011/04/16
My mentor from when I studied my Master’s degree in Music Production, Dale Perkins, has made available his award winning electroacoustic compositions (including “Axe” – featuring source performances and recordings…
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The Captain is ready to Set Sail
David Lawrie
2011/04/05
Captain Wilberforce’s new album Ghost Written Confessions is ready to go to press and is available to pre-order HERE. Unusually, as the producer and sound balance engineer, I actually ended…
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Captain’s orders
David Lawrie
2011/01/23
Captain Wilberforce – Ghost Written Confessions will be released in August. You can pre-order the album for a reduced price of five pounds and fifty pence (including UK postage and…
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New Year, New Music
David Lawrie
2011/01/09
Happy New Year to you all! I am currently mixing the new Captain WIlberforce album Ghost Written Confessions in a very Snowy New Haven, Connecticut. Keep checking back here, or…
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The Last Miner in York
David Lawrie
2010/09/13
The Last Miner will be performed at The Theatre Royal in York on October 25th at 11.30am and 3.00pm. If you want to attend, book early as it is likely…
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Great reports for The Last Miner
David Lawrie
2010/08/11
The Last Miner opened last week at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, featuring a Score and Sound Design by J Harbourne and David Lawrie. It has already gained great critical response…
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Tortoise in a Nutshell…
David Lawrie
2010/06/15
I will be collaborating, once again, with J Harbourne, but this time it will in a theatrical capacity. Critically acclaimed Theatre Company, Tortoise in a Nutshell‘s latest production The Last…
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Back in the studio with Lost From Atlas
David Lawrie
2010/05/17
I will be in the studio once again with Lost from Atlas in June to produce their latest release. If you haven’t heard the band already, head over to their…
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I will be featured in an electroacoustic diffusion…
David Lawrie
2010/04/28
Dale Perkins will be showcasing his new composition (featuring performances by me) at n.one8, as part of the Fuse Leeds Festival 2010 this Friday, 30th April in The Venue (connected…
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Show cancelled
David Lawrie
2010/03/21
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the performance next week at the Vineyard Film Festival in Cyprus has had to be cancelled. The official announcement comes from the CEO of the…
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HO, HO, HO, and a Bottle of Rum
David Lawrie
2009/12/25
Happy Christmas everyone! Hope that the fat beardy man was kind to you all! Currently occurring for Didgeridave: Logic 9 is installing. Björk’s Volta is playing. The biggest scarf you…
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More decibels, please…
David Lawrie
2009/12/07
The “Loudness Race” has been picking up pace in music production for digital formats for the last twenty nine years. In the past five or six years, sound balance and…
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Wednesday’s Show
David Lawrie
2009/11/20
Many thanks to everyone who attended Wednesday’s show at The National Centre for Early Music! Apologies for the last minute change with the support act. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances,…
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Paper rounds
David Lawrie
2009/11/13
I have been featured in the York Press today – the article can also be viewed online HERE.
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Lost from Atlas release date
David Lawrie
2009/09/11
LOST FROM ATLAS’ self titled debut album will be released on November 14th, coinciding with a headline show at FIBBERS. You can hear a preview of the track “Man is…
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Lost from Atlas mixed
David Lawrie
2009/08/22
I have just finished mixing LOST FROM ATLAS’ debut album. I will also be mastering the album, and even though an official release date hasn’t been announced, you can expect…
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Lost from Atlas
David Lawrie
2009/08/02
I will be in the studio this week producing LOST FROM ATLAS’debut album. If you haven’t heard this band before, they are an instrumental progressive/experimental group with a growing following.…
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Coreline’s new album is yours if you want it
David Lawrie
2009/05/01
CORELINE released his album Bone and Blood as Stone and Mud today after a rather jaw-droppingly stunning diffusion of his MA Composition Thesis “Cycle 2” at the n.One Electroacoustic Ensemble…
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Coreline at N.One
David Lawrie
2009/04/14
CORLEINE will be releasing his long awaited second studio album Bone and Blood as Stone and Mud on May 1st. To celebrate the launch, he will be diffusing his Master’s…
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Vines and Wines
David Lawrie
2009/04/13
Vineyard Films & Entertainment Ltd. is proud to announce the management of David Lawrie… Official press release: David is distinction standard Master’s degree graduate of Leeds College of Music, having…
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Easter Present
David Lawrie
2009/04/12
Here’s a nice easter present for you. The brand new David Lawrie website! Enjoy. There are still some sections under construction, but have a browse and keep coming back for…
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Bone and Blood as Stone and Mud
David Lawrie
2009/04/04
CORELINE‘s new album BONE AND BLOOD AS STONE AND MUD featuring the track MIDDLE (written by David Lawrie and performed by Coreline and David Lawrie) will be released on May…
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Sulphur Generation
David Lawrie
2009/01/29
SULPHUR GENERATION have released their eagerly awaited self titled debut album, produced by songwriter and guitarist GEORGE SOLONOS, with additional production on the album track ‘Let Your Heart Speak For…
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Review in Electric Ghost
David Lawrie
2008/10/28
Review of Liars, Charlatans, Jinxmongers (for voice and accompaniment) in Issue 9 of Electric Ghost the free monthly music e-journal. (To be added to the mailing list please email Lee…
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