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ian neal

atmospheric instrumental prog rock

About Me

Three years were spent writing and producing the debut album 'All in the Golden Afternoon...' based around Lewis Carroll's work and related themes of memory and childhood.
More music is on the way, and I have produced an EP this year which is also available to buy. As long as people continue to say great things about the music I am very content...meanwhile, if your'e a record company, wealthy patron, or whizkid promoter, then I would like your help :)
BUY the CD "ALL IN THE GOLDEN AFTERNOON..."
The album comprises of eight tracks totalling 56 Minutes. It is available now in 'pre-release' form, (just waiting for completion of sleeve artwork) and comes in a clear plastic sleeve.
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£5.00 including postage inside UK
£6.00 including postage outside UK
Visit website for more information.www.ianneal.com
Material is copyrighted and all rights reserved.
TRACK LISTING for CD 'All in the Golden Afternoon...'
01. Shining, Really Brightly
02. Alice
03. All in the Golden Afternoon. . .
04. Sinfonia
05. She
06. Violet, White, Lilac Lily
07. Kingdom of the Birds
08. The Dawn Wind
About the E.P. 'The Lake':-
In 1769 the poet Thomas Gray set out upon a walking tour of the Lake District, England. He was one of the first of a swathe of poets who came to discover the ‘Lakes’ as a source of sublime and picturesque beauty.
Keeping a diary journal, he recorded his experiences; and it was this account that provided the source of inspiration for the latest work here; ‘The Lake’.
Gray’s description of the Lakeland scenery is rich and vivid: he describes an awe-inspiring beauty mixed with the restful tranquillity of the “shining purity of the lake”; its surface, “majestic in its calmness; clear and smooth as a blue mirror”.
To translate his vision into a musical equivalent was the aim here. Enjoy the myspace mp3s, but for the full sonic pleasure buy the higher quality digital download or the CD version.
The new remixed and re-worked epic, 'The Lake', is to be released April 7th 2008
C.D. pre-orders can be taken now (please see below)
BUY the CD "The Lake" E.P.
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£3.95 inside the U.K. (includes postage) $9.90 Outside the U.K. (includes postage)
Buy and download MP3 tracks here

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/12/2006
Band Website: ianneal.com
Band Members: Ian Neal, for 'All in the Golden Afternoon...', although I sampled and chopped- about a piece of work I had recorded back in about 1997 which featured on vocals Sally Doherty and Paula Reavey. The album is predominantly keyboards and guitar oriented, alongside the vocal samples of readings of poetry. For the E.P. 'The Lake' Ian Neal: keyboards, guitars & programming; Eve Hewlett: vocals.
Influences: Yes, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, Tony Banks, Cinematic Orchestra, Air, Goldfrapp, Royksopp, Zero 7, Talk Talk, Kate Bush, Jethro Tull, Rush, Marillion, Bent, Lemon Jelly, Tortoise, air, Stereolab, moby, Debussy, John Adams, Steve Reich, Vaughan Williams, William Walton, Gustav Holst, Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass,
Sounds Like: A lttle bit like the following:- Lemon Jelly, Air, Mike Oldfield, Anthony Phillips, Zero 7, Steve Hackett, Pink Floyd, Yes, early Genesis

Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ian neal on ARfm radio

things are going well! ARfm radio are going to be playing my tracks this week - www.arfm.co.ukTwo of their DJs Ashley Franklin and Eppy Gibbon (who has been standing in for Paul Baker), will be playin...
Posted by ian neal on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:55:00 PST

"On the Idle Hill of Summer"

I've set to music A.E. Housman's prophetic war poem of 1896.Let me know what you think - here is the poem. On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of streams,  Far I hear the steady drum...
Posted by ian neal on Sun, 18 May 2008 12:47:00 PST

Download Counter

At last...the myspace people seem to have repaired the download counters on the music players. These seemed to be well and truly bust for the last year or so...but lo and behold, I've had 5 downloads ...
Posted by ian neal on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:44:00 PST

The Lake remixed, remastered and revisited...

The Lake (2008 remix) Shipping for free to those who bought the 2007 versionRelease Date - Monday April 7th 2008.I’m delighted to say that The Lake has been totally refurbished. It is still a 13...
Posted by ian neal on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:48:00 PST

Renaissance

Been listening to 'Renaissance'  - not those crap dance remix CDs, but the excellent English progressive folk rock band of the 1970s.Annie Haslam's singing is gorgeous! Anyone else familiar wit...
Posted by ian neal on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:42:00 PST

Album Review

They've reviewed my album at www.progfiles.comreview of my album by www.progfiles.comit gets 4 out of 5 - so, I'm fairly happy with that.Now, just to review their review.....The reviewer seems to pref...
Posted by ian neal on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:27:00 PST

New, New Track

New track begun! Based on A.E. Housman's prophetic war poem 'On the idle hill of summer'.This will accompany two more tracks on a three track E.P. which will be a musical response to three war poems.J...
Posted by ian neal on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:12:00 PST

New Track

Got a new track underway....working title 'The Tempest'.Time signature 3/4Features sampled operatic vocal fragments and some interesting FX, rich strings. More soon.
Posted by ian neal on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:26:00 PST

Lake District

Been following in the footsteps of Thomas Gray - 18th century poet, famous for 'Elegy written in a country churchyard'. He wrote it in about 1750. But also, he was one of the first 'explorers' of the ...
Posted by ian neal on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:08:00 PST

THANK YOU!

The album "All in the Golden Afternoon..." is still not 'officially' released, owing to hold-ups getting the artwork sorted, not being signed, etc. etc.,  but, while this is the case, I have to s...
Posted by ian neal on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:26:00 PST