FADED - Nobody But You

From the album Electrique - I snook in some silky bass in here!

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  • Master (iZotope Ozone 12)

FADED - Who We Are (album, 2025)

Returning to the epic, filmic vibe of Found Sound, Who We Are is another momentous piece of work. Stand-out tracks Signals, Problematic, High Rise, Authentic, Black Walls, Wingman and Who We Are all deserve a listen.

Unfortunately, mismatched genre tags at distribution meant the streaming algorithms never quite knew who to play this to — a shame, because musically it’s some of the finest work on the roster. Always happy to advise artists on release tagging and metadata strategy.

FADED - Magical (single, 2025)

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FADED - Authentic (Remixes, 2025)

High-octane club reworkings featuring a stellar remix package from Spatial Awareness and friends.

  • Printed 96kHz stem package
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FADED - Authentic (single, 2025)

Authentic is another ever-expanding tune that opens with dark, lo-fi beats, before lifting into sweeping, cinematic choruses — I couldn’t resist weaving in hints of The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe before going a bit “Bond” at the end! I even got my face on the cover of this one…

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FADED - Inner-Eye (single, 2025)

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FADED - Just You (Remixes, 2025)

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FADED - Wingman (single, 2025)

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The first single from the forthcoming album - another epic sonic episode, described as “coming on like Nick Drake doing a Bond theme, with Bowie at the controls."

It has so many twists and turns, I thought it remiss not to include a flypast from a WWII Ultramarine Spitfire!

Here’s a short clip of a summer evening balancing strings, acoustic, piano, horns - quite majestic with the drums off!

FADED - Found Sound (album, 2024)

I’m pleased to announce the release of Faded’s album “Found Sound” through Hottwerk UK

FADED - His Mother's Son (single, 2024)

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I spent a few days studying Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band for this one - “more Hovis” was the call!

Brass band music tugs at the heart strings of every Northern lad and lass, so diving into that music to see how it ticks taught me that no set of articulations available (in any software, anywhere) can truly get anywhere close to an ensemble of that level of skill, and nuance.

But, we tried, and in the middle of the song, you might catch a sense of the music that echoed through the streets of the English North in the previous century. Two world wars leaves its mark, and then… Thatcher. So, this is a minor tribute to their resilience.

  • Piano, string arrangement
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From the forthcoming album, “Found Sound”

Yamaha CP80 Yamaha CP80, with the lid up!

FADED - Every Broken Morning (single, 2024)

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“Beatley strings” was the call, so I spent Christmas Eve studying Eleanor Rigby… can I get anywhere close to George Martin? (No! But, a constant pulse, with huge melodic diagonals is something we can do….)

The solo cello echoing and evolving beneath the vocal melody is Native Instruments' Stradivari Cello, and the guitar-arpeggio locking “ostinatum” strings are c/o the Spitfire Solo Strings library.

The sparse, distant piano is the Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra piano, and drums are SD3 driven by v-drum midi (c/o session drummer Fergus Henderson).

  • Programming and arrangement - strings, piano
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From the forthcoming album, “Found Sound”

We Take Polaroids - Save Me (album, 2021)

Also known as Mark Zowie, WTP have a rich tapestry of dance music production as far back as 1995. Mark amassed critical acclaim as the vocal / songwriter of electronic indie upstarts ‘Burn The Negative’, whilst playing Ibiza Rocks with Soulwax, Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, V Festival and Rockness, even opening Creamfields mainstage. Mark’s versatility as a writer and producer, often crossing genre, has gained him strong momentum and worldwide support.

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Urban-de.k - Treat Me The Way (early mix, 2000)

  • Adam Davidson: Voice
  • Laurence Blackadder: Bass, acoustic guitar
  • Ken McCormack: Acoustic and electric guitars, string and synth programming
  • Chris Harty: Keys
  • Ian Sargison: Drums

Orange Olive - Old Volkswagen (2000)

Session guitar for LA based indie rockers Orange Olive. An mp3.com top 40 track - it’s quite a zipper, still have the tele that chimes in on the first bar!

Produced by Curt Piar and Orange Olive. © 2000 Stuart Matthews and Burnt Sun Records