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About Me

Far Black Furlong make experimental, ambient music that also draws on Folk, Drones, Classical and Electronica. Their music is based on live improvisation that is often later edited and treated, and otherwise mangled.
FBF comprise of baroque oboist Mark Baigent, composer Richard Moult, dulcimer player John Letcher, the Candian flautist Amanda Votta (of the group The Floating World), Shropshire poet Bryony Lees, guitarist Ian Tengwall & Andy Cotterill on electronics & drones.
Visit our LAST.FM page to hear our music
Discography:
The East Room (Box of Woks - Nov 2008) - BUY
This is an expanded (5-track) re-release. itunes release coming soon.
Haidd (Box of Woks - Oct 2008) - BUY
A re-release of the 32-minute psychedelic lanscape for crumhorn and guitar. Also available from Emusic.com
Far Black Furlong (ICR - 2007) - BUY
Our debut long-player - 'a rapturous, symphonic work in six movements'
The East Room (Woven Wheat Whispers 2006)
The original 4-track version. No longer available.
Haidd (Barl Fire 2006)
CD release sold out. Digital version out now - see above.
Full Gathering Moon EP (Hand/Eye 2005)
Soon to re-issued debut EP.
coming soon...
Full-length album name and label TBA (released early 2009)
Various Artist Compilations:
Reynardine: The Visits of Mister Fox (Larkfall - Summer 2007) - BUY
2 Far Black Furlong tracks on this.
John Barleycorn Reborn - (Cold Spring 2007) - BUY
1 track on this compilation 'Icy Solstice Eye 2007' & one on the download-only bonus album 'The East Room V' (This track is now part of 'The East Room')

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/04/2007
Band Website: www.farblackfurlong.com
Band Members: Mark Baigent; Andy Cotterill; Bryony Lees; Richard Moult; Ian Tengwall; Anne Marie Summers; Amanda Votta; John Letcher
Influences: Everything. And nothing.
Sounds Like: I'm not allowed to say.
Record Label: ICR, Box of Woks
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

52:29:48N 3:00:03W

52:29:48N 3:00:03W - probably the name of the new album, and we have a track listing too: 1 Lost Stars 2 Cold Hill Veils 3 Hollow Ash 4 The buzzard dreams in the lungs of the tree 5 Med Blodet Sig A...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 04:55:00 GMT

The Future of Far Black Furlong

I feel like FBF has reached the end of one phase, and is about to enter another. I think from an artistic point of view, we've scaled the mountain. Of course, there is another, higher, mountain behind...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:14:00 GMT

Please re-release me, let me go

We've decided that it's time to get our older stuff 'out there' again, on my Box of Woks label. It's a lot easier to set up a 'record label' these days, you just to stick the files on the web somewh...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:50:00 GMT

Far Black Furlong - new album on ICR

The new album, 'Far Black Furlong', is now available on the ICR label. It is a rapturous, symphonic work in six movements, describing tides from the summer breeze through barley, to the shimmering str...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:51:00 GMT

Reynardine: The Visits of Mr Fox

We have contributed two tracks to 'Reynardine: The Visits of Mr Fox', an album compiled by Phil Legard and released on his Larkfall label http://www.larkfall.co.ukFull track listing:1. Reynardine's Da...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:48:00 GMT