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Belvedere Mountain Express

About Me

Belvedere Mountain Express is the musical project of the Edinburgh-based composer/programmer Howard Goodman.

We have CDs for sale! Visit our website www.pigeonhouse.com

The previous incarnation of Belvedere Mountain Express featured Vicki Giblin on vocals/lyrics on about a quarter of the tracks, the remainder being instrumental. We released two full-length CDs, A Vow in the Blue Belltower in August 2003, and Through Sulph'rous Night in January 2005.

After a long hiatus and an equally long (and, to some extent, ongoing) search for one or more new collaborators, I am finally now beginning to write and record some new material. The new music shows great promise, but it will be some considerable time before anything is ready to release, so watch this space …

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/24/2006
Band Website: pigeonhouse.com
Band Members:

Howard Goodman – composition, production, keyboards

Vicki Giblin (until 2005) – vocals, lyrics, melody composition


Influences:

Music: Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Marissa Nadler, The Legendary Pink Dots, Max Richter, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, A Silver Mount Zion, Sigur Rós, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Cindytalk, Philip Glass, Olivier Messiaen, Arvo Pärt

Film: Edgar Reitz, Wim Wenders, Krzysztof Kieslowski, David Lynch, Lynne Ramsay

Literature: W G Sebald, Marcel Proust, Haruki Murakami, Nicola Barker

Visual art: Tacita Dean, Paul Klee, Katherine Sola


Sounds Like: Please tell us!
Record Label: Pigeonhouse
Type of Label: Indie