John Hackett
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Of Mountains and Fields
I am thrilled to announce that the full album ‘Of Mountains And Fields’, which consists of the War Suite and the Cerqueto Suite, is available for advanced orders – release date 23rd of October!
It was recorded using orchestral samples combined with my solo flute, no AI in sight.
The War Suite is based on events of the First World War. Love, loss, battle and camaraderie, the suite follows a young man through it all as another face in the crowd of soldiers. It’s a period that has always resonated with me because my great uncle Jack was at one point the oldest living British veteran of WW1.
The Cerqueto Suite I wrote as a thank you to the people of Cerqueto, a village up in the mountains in Abruzzo Italy that I first visited in 2018 with Marco Lo Muscio when we played at the start of their amazing 'Living Nativity'. My wife Katrin and I have been invited back by Angelo and friends several times. I wanted to show our gratitude by writing this suite of pieces based on scenes around the village including the Gran Sasso mountain at dawn, the Church of Saint Reparata and the sheep fountain.
Sales outside of the UK may incur additional import costs which are beyond our control.
It is available for digital download on BandCamp
Red Institution
Red Institution reflects a band that has grown together over the last decade. Very different influences, playing and writing styles blend in an album of broad strokes; an eclectic, characterful album that offers hope among so many modern concerns. As is the hallmark of progressive music, classical, jazz, rock, funk, pop and folk all have their say. At once anthemic and elegiac, informative and playful, reflective and impressionistic, the album very much echoes the live experience of the band - from gentle, tender moments to the driving, urgent and purposeful.
Track List:
- Stella (Richardson/Parsons)
- Theme and Rondo (Hackett)
- Who Let the Rain In? (Richardson)
- Clare's Tango (Parsons/Fletcher)
- MDLXXXIX (Parsons/Fletcher/Hackett/Richardson)
- I Talk to the Wind (Fripp/Giles/Lake/McDonald/Sinfield)
- Too Easy (Hackett/Fletcher/Richardson/Parsons)
- The Committee (Parsons)
- Brotherhood (Hackett)
- Butterfly Banshee (Richardson)
- A County Gentleman (Hackett)
- Red Institution (Richardson)