New Age, Instrumental, Spiritual Music
Citadel : Release date 1st October 2016 UPC:859718216995 On digital stores. From composer Claudine West Citadel by Earth Tree Healing iTunes Track Listing 1.Midwinter Meditation 2. Noctis Labyrinthus 3. Beowulf (Nowell Codex) 4. Mindful Terraforming 5. Citadel Other releases by Earth Tree Healing Meditation Chronicles
The Debut 2016 Strange Currencies #rockustic EP From Strange Currencies
The Debut 2016 Strange Currencies #rockustic EP From Strange Currencies
via Strange Currencies EP : Strange Currencies — Strange Currencies
A compilation and journey through some of my rarities and demos and ideas. A selection. Recorded long before grey hairs started to sprout. While mastering my craft. The first room I rented after leaving home – I was 19. Aloof and angry. I’d converted to a music room with a small bed in the corner.Recording with drum pads on my kit. I worked a lot with flangers, string keyboard arrangements, instrumentals. I played with sweet haunting melodies and lyrics of intense turmoil, release, storytelling, endings, new beginnings. Grimm also features on a few tracks performing guitar solos. There were a lot of death themes going on around that time in my life. I’d had major face surgery (September Brings was written about it) I obsessed with morbid explorations, cadavers. Indulged with alcohol and substance abuse. Sometimes freeing the mind invites Demons. Or just opens locked doors. Painting and musically recreating ones vivid dreams & nightmares at weekends …It was a productive but dark decade. Then I really fell in love.
Do not listen to this in front of children or the easily or even reasonably offended. You have been warned! This a few of what we deemed as ‘Piss Take’ Songs. Recorded in between the others. People have always given me great writing inspiration. Through their characters, stories or actions. Enjoy!
~Claudine
It is really cool revisiting my old recordings. Brings back a lot of good old memories. I hope Grimm is proud of my works after this one. His spirit hangs out regularly. In September 2003 he tragically died. Breaking my world. His death is written about in my book Claudsville Blogs and Biog Of A Bog Woppit Grimm co-produced this album.
It was Mastered and copied by Pete Smith. The trick to getting any vocal or acoustic guitar takes. Was to attempt to hit record between his many rescue dogs barking. I think their barks add to the album. You will hear a lovely bark at the start of ‘Shadows In Your Eyes.’ I really got into playing my Fender bass better on this album. Albeit Keyboard drums. We made good use of his ART guitar effects , Hamer and Kramer Electric guitars. Memories huh. I’m struggling a bit with the exact date of release. But needless to say I was a hell of a lot younger. We’d record a song every weekend. Sometimes 2 per weekend. Very productive times.
The album began with ‘Sonic World’ this song exists in various versions.
2016 acoustic version of The Dream Of Zen
For my limited vocal abilities. Grimm really worked on my performances, and song structures during the recording of this in his home Studio in Eastwood, Nottingham. This album reflects where I was at during the mid to late 90’s. Suzanne Vega, Tori Amos, REM, Ruby Blue and Fleetwood Mac were massive influences. So was getting wasted.
Subject matter? Homelessness, craving, lust, obsession, encounters, conspiracies, drugs, weird shit, booze, sexual encounters with a man with one leg, stalking, boyfriends, women, motorbikes, Pete Smith (ex biker boyfriend), freedom on the road and that infamous ‘Popudom Song’ with some little drummer boy artistic licence!
So here it is with its pops, clicks, dogs barking, bum notes. Pandora’s Box with ‘No Rules, Just Ruins’ and Mirrors Of Man (Live)
Enjoy some Claudine West nostalgia.
https://bogwoppit.bandcamp.com/album/pandoras-box-20th-anniversary-edition
Travelling full throttle into exciting times.
PP Johnson and I are working on and writing songs. We will be demoing while recruiting the final line up. New projects keep the fulfillment and variety. One gets ask what this band’s sound gonna be? Well under the umbrella of Rock. But not like the last bands I’ve been in. The freedom and ability to be creative, experiment, indulge is a fine thing.
As the new Strange Currencies official website and social media evolves. We will put up videos, blogs etc.
We are working on Unusual Haunts:
Compare once the band version is done.
and the instrumental
Vocals ripsaw into the essence of vibrations. With the stunning raw vocals and passion of PP Johnson. Blues/Rock/Funk drumming of Claudine West (Multi-Instrumentalist extraordinaire) Songwriting talents that produce things from the dark, the light and in between. Strange Currencies are the band that you always wanted to be in.. Sweetness follows..
Strange Currencies official website
https://strangecu.wordpress.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/strangecu/
Twitter https://twitter.com/strangecu
@strangecu
~ Claudine
Band Statement. Subway Circus are no more. Last night Paul Delacey (guitarist) and Dave Pacey (Bass) Quit. All gigs have been cancelled. Sadly there will be no album. But there is Snooker on Sunday.
PP Johnson (Vocalist) and Claudine West (Drums) will now be pursuing their side project as their main band ‘Strange Currencies.’ Managed by Angela Barker.
Strange Currencies
Official Site
Strange Currencies | Band
https://strangecu.wordpress.com/
https://m.facebook.com/strangecu/
Twitter
@strangecu
We wish x members good luck in their future endeavours.
The End
This website was created, run and updated by Claudine. It’s been interesting…..
Under the heading Original Rock Band with Psychedelic Funk & 70’s Soul. Nottingham Unsigned band Subway Circus are about to go back into studio to record part 2 of their 2016 debut album ‘Pilgrim Commuter‘
Excited? Hell Yes!
Rather good live too! 
http://www.subwaycircus.com/gigs/
Links
https://soundcloud.com/ubwayircus
Twitter @subwaycircus https://twitter.com/subwaycircus
Sunday. The day for creating, cooking, fcuking and doing this. It’s been around or about 7 years since I should have written and recorded an ‘official song’ .. The relationship, love kind. Must be the Spirulina I’m taking waking my cockles up! For Ange my wife, lover, best friend. Here you go..Ange inspires daily and always has.
It began like this:
Lyrics:
She’s got a teapot bladder
Seeing Jacobs ladder
The love I have
Is the warmth of hand
Glowing shadow bugs
With this years bladder rugs
The love I have
Is the tough demands
Shaky norks boobie
Big zaga mommas
Beautiful blue eyes
Groovy summers
Ange is popular socially
Does a bap dance during holy molys
The love I have
Is the light I am
Kind and loving and good with the oven
She like cheese muffin and a sweet tap bum bum whooping
The love I have
Is the love I am
She’s a Tarot reader and gifted beaver
Not to mention a bloody stubborn bleeder
The love I have
Got me off the bad
Ange is the woman that I love love love most
The kindest soul and my past life tug boat
The love I have
Is all I asked
Then with Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Piano and some vocals plopped on I made this.
ZAGA MOMMA’s (ANGE’S SONGS)
I’d also done some of this. Lots of bad words!
I do love my Fender Stratocaster: Working on an as yet untitled song.
An old one about the suicide of a friend.
Now it’s winner winner chicken dinner time!
~ Claudine
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