july skies

Play Hours and Half Holidays

covskies — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:09:31 +0000

There are a couple of free downloads from an occasional project with Ben Holton on the Play Hours and Half Holidays page.

10.07.10 – Live at Bridges, Shropshire, UK

covskies — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:56:34 +0000

Epic45 and July Skies will be playing a very special gig in the splendor of the Shropshire countryside on Saturday 10 July .

This will be the last Epic45 gig for sometime and July Skies will be supporting as a 5 piece. Set amidst some of the finest countryside in Shropshire, and with several footpaths leading virtually to its door, The Horseshoe Inn is atmospheric as the evening falls and the perfect place to escape.

Real ale, fine food, friendly owners and riverside camping is available onsite. Alternatively, a YHA is available just round the corner. Come and join us for an evening in the countryside!! Oh and…ITS FREE!!!

The nearest railway station is at Church Stretton with Bridges being approximately 6 miles away (looks like cycling or taxis only thereafter).

(7.30pm – 11.30pm)

The Horseshoe Inn
Bridges
Ratlinghope
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY5 0ST
UK
Tel: 01588 650260

http://thehorseshoeinn.ning.com/
info@horseshoeinnbridges.co.uk

Waiting To Land – Live Recording 09.04.05

covskies — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:04:06 +0000

An audience recording of a live performance of ’Waiting To Land’ in Birmingham from 2005. Cheers to Ryan Foster for capturing the track and Rob Strong for sending it on.

Players: Ben Holton – Electric Guitar, Rob Glover – Electric Guitar, Antony Harding – Electric Guitar, Stefan Marangoci – Drums, Rodney Chrysler – Bass.

Waiting To Land – Live (Birmingham, UK – 09.04.05) by July Skies

The Victoria

covskies — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:10:58 +0000

Thank you to all who came along to the Victoria in Birmingham last week. We had a wonderful night and it was good to see faces old and new, and to catch up with many people. For us the set represented something different to what has happened before, it felt far more cohesive, louder and organic. Thank you to Colour for putting us on and Justin the soundman for providing such crystal clear sound.

More details about the night are now on the Colour website.

Live at Colour – 29.04.10

covskies — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:09:10 +0000

The Victoria, Birmingham, 7:30pm / Tickets £5 (available from We Got Tickets or on door).

July Skies will be playing as a six piece band.

Make Mine Music Podcast – March 2010

covskies — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:06:46 +0000

The first Make Mine Music podcast is now available. It includes the first play of the new Epic45 7″, a July Skies demo, and (mostly) new tracks by Manual, Millimetrik, Piano Magic, James Brewster and Jelly Antler. The podcast is hosted by Ben Holton & Robert Glover of Epic45 and label founder Scott Sinfield in conversation. It available for free from the following official MMM websites:

- makeminemusic.co.uk
- soundcloud.com/makeminemusic
- myspace.com/makeminemusic

July Skies on Fuges Radio – experimental/modern classical soundscapes

covskies — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:52:12 +0000

An update from good friends at Fuges in Paris.

Fugues return to Fluid Radio with another exclusive mix instalment focusing on experimental/modern classical soundscapes…

http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/02/fugues-vol-2/

Tracklist:

01. July Skies – Afternoon Pips (piano version)

02. Romain Kronenberg – For Guillaume

03. Sylvain Chauveau – La lettre qu’il n’envoya jamais

04. Stars of The Lid – Articulate Silences

05. Goldmund – The Pursuer

06. Broken Ghost – Mourning Cold Breath

07. Man – Yunarthur Part II

08. Mark Hollis – A New Jerusalem

Selection by Jerome Olivier. Photography by Julie Calbert. Thank you for listening.

Fugues. myspace | lastfm |facebook

Sounds Of Norfolk

covskies — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:23:18 +0000

A Day In The Country

covskies — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:04:18 +0000

Work has recommenced on recordings that will make up the fifth July Skies album A Day In The Country. Tracks have been recorded over the past few years for this new concept album.

Working song titles from the sessions so far include:

The Open Road; A Day In The Country; Lulworth Cove; Cool In the Shade With Lyons Maid; Harvest 1982; Kissing Under Willows; Summer Is Heaven in ‘77; Corn Dolly Pylons; The Beech Woodlands Of Kent; Sailing In the Afternoon, Shadows On The Waves; Distant Woodlands; British Summer Time; Elm Dappled Girl; September Comes Again; Finding An Abbey; Lords And Ladies Lie In Stone; To Reach The Coast In Fading Light.