The Birth of Oceans 5 and the Mingulay Boatsong
When you think of Progressive music, the last thing you imagine is a 200 year old tune with traditional lyrics mixed into it. However this is what Folk Singer/Songwriter Andy John Bradford had in mind when he approached Progressive musician Colin Tench from Bunchakeze with the idea. Together they worked on the different bits. Twiddling and widdling and turning a traditional folk song into a prog classic with epic sounds and qualities that were only imagined on the first meeting of the minds.
So.. with Andy John Bradford wielding a 12 string guitar(a HUGE number of atmospheric noises) & a powerful but angelic vocal chord thingie, Colin Tench (who also did an amazing job producing it), twanging an electric guitar(& making silly noises), they produced a version unlike any version of The Mingulay boatsong heard before. They cared not if anybody actually wanted to hear such a version!
However this was not enough for these two musicians. They enlisted the help of Stef Flaming ,the mastermind behind Rock band "Murkey Red" in Belgium to tighten it up, play bass( & make some deep and annoying noises), Victor Tassone in New York who plays with Prog rock band "Unified past" to nail it with his drums(& make some noises that actually hurt). Now the song grew some major legs. However.. something else was needed, so along came Marco Chiappini of"Gandalf's Project" in Rome who added loveliness with Hammonds, Moogs and pianos (& did some completely pointless noises). Now the song was bigger than a really big thing & ready for release and almost 7 months down the line here we are offering it to you.
We hope you enjoy this traditional song performed in an unconventional way with a progressive tone mixed with style and atmosphere.
Check out the links of the artists involved who despite the distance of oceans have come together through the internet
Ocean's 5 is born!!!! 5 different people with 5 very different styles, divided by oceans
mingulay boat song snippet.mp3 | Links for the band For Andy http://www.andyjohn-bradfordmusic.co.uk For Stef http://www.murkyred.com/ For Victor http://www.unifiedpast.com |
 | Return To Mingulay coming Soon!!!After the great success of the Mingulay Boatsong and the Charity Single Empty Hands along with the strong radio success of Sails Off The Bay, It was thought that maybe the band should record an album. So off the band scurried to the various corners of the world to wait for Andy John Bradford to write some new songs and write he did! Soon a collection was formed and recording started and is now nearing completion with only a couple of songs to be recorded in order to finish. Artwork for the Album still has to be decided upon however it is a strong chance that Sonia Mota, th artist behind the Mingulay Boatsong may be the one behind the Album cover. A designer for the booklet is probably going to be Stefs loving wife Yolanda Fleming. You can expect to see an Album in the shops by Early Summer. To hear some tracks from this album visit Melodic Revolution Records |
