You may - or may not - remember that in September last year, the Raising Steam festival was due to take place. The brainchild of my oft-time collaborator and GASP radio show host Steven C. Davis, this two day event aimed to raise funds for Steven's chosen charity, New Futures Nepal, providing support for deprived children and adults in Nepal. Not one, not two, but ELEVEN bands, Crimson Clocks amongst them, were due to take the stage
Sadly.... the festival was cancelled: in Steven's own words, 'the universe couldn't allow this much awesomeness to take place'. But all was not lost; and Steven was still determined to do something for New Futures Nepal. With support from all eleven acts, here's Steven to tell you what's happening now...
Sadly.... the festival was cancelled: in Steven's own words, 'the universe couldn't allow this much awesomeness to take place'. But all was not lost; and Steven was still determined to do something for New Futures Nepal. With support from all eleven acts, here's Steven to tell you what's happening now...
Launching on Easter Sunday 20th April, like a phoenix out of the abandoned chocolate egg wrappers, comes Raising Steam (facebook virtual launch event here). Raising Steam is a download, available through bandcamp, a music site, raising funds for New Futures Nepal, and costing you only £5 for the whole album, or 50p a track. The roll call of bands – oh, my friends, the musicians who have generously donated their creativity for nothing is awe-inspiring. For a mere £5, you can download 2 tracks each from: The Mechanisms, Miss Von Trapp, Tom Slatter, Thy Last Drop, Birthrite, Gladstone, The Mysterious Freakshow, Helicopter Quartet, Metropolis, Montague Jacques Fromage and Crimson Clocks. 
Crimson Clocks
| My lords, ladies ... and all of you in the cheap seats down the front; let me take a moment of your time – ah, captured it, that’s a tiny piece of your soul I have now, thank you very much. Never fear, now I have your attention, I have something far shinier to offer you – in return for a mere £5. For this 5ive pounds I shall send you electronically, or perhaps aethernetically, songs by 11 artists and bands that you should already be aware of, but which may be absent from your musical collection. These are not suitable for playing on gramophones, but must be played in the style of the 21st Century. 
The Mechanisms
Thy Last Drop
Thank you to all the bands for their generosity and you, reader of this blog, for reading this. Treat yourself. Go on, treat yourself, you know you want to. It’s only five pounds, and all for charity ... |
22 tracks from 11 splendiferous artists (including, The Mechanisms and Thy Last Drop pictured above, and of course, me (or Crimson Clocks to be accurate)!), for a paltry fiver! It's a steaming steal, that's what it is. If you join the virtual launch facebook event, then on Sunday 20th of April you will learn the web address so that you can access the glorious sounds, and not only allow the Raising Steam festival to virtually resurrect; but also help out a deserving cause! May the steam be with you...
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