Category: Albums


Money for Old Rope

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January 11, 2007

A long time ago (well in 2001, actually) current King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto made a number of drum loops available to us fans and let us have our merry way with them. These “Rhythm Buddy” loops went on to form the basis of a whole CD I recorded. Consisting of eleven tracks, the “Money for Old Rope” album is a mixed affair. I wouldn’t say it is my strongest batch of recordings, but it has its moments.

Anyway, thanks to the marvels of BitTorrent, I give this album to you for FREE. All you have to do is click this link.

If you are scared of Peer-to-Peer software and don’t mind waiting a long time for a big file to download, you can get a ZIP file containing all eleven MP3 files from here.

Enjoy!

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God Pays Debts Without Money… (2006)

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October 19, 2006

My latest release is a 4-CD compilation set and is available to buy at http://cdbaby.com/cd/darrenlock4. Here’s the blurb:
God Pays Debts Without Money…

This 4-CD set represents three year’s work.
The first CD is a collection of individual recordings made between 2003 and 2006.
The second CD is a series of linked instrumental tracks that should be considered as a whole.
The third CD is a collection of vocal songs – some of which were originally written in 1999 and given a fresh lick of paint, while some were written more recently. Can you tell which ones are which?
The fourth CD is deliberately experimental and showcases totally live performances by myself using multi-layered audio looping technology to create improvised sonic textures.
The fourth CD also contains a data track for your PC/MAC and contains several live video performances of myself.
All in all, for your money, you are getting over four hours of original music. It’s diverse, challenging and I am sure that you will enjoy the journey.
For more information, visit: www.darrenlock.com
To subscribe to my podcast, add this URL to your iTunes/Podcast reader: http://www.darrenlock.com/podcast.rss
Darren Lock plays guitar, bass, keyboards, electronic percussion and occasionally sings.
Front Cover Art: Taren McCallan-Moore
Website: www.taren.co.uk
Click here for a preview of the tracks on this set.

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Easy Listening – FREE MP3 Music Compilation

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October 29, 2005

I decided to put together a little compilation of songs I’ve recorded for visitors to this site. These free MP3 tracks are taken from the various recordings I have made since 1999 to the present day. I have also included some artwork so you can download and print your own CD sleeve for your custom compilation. You can download these MP3 files by right-clicking on the tracks below and selecting “Save As”. Enjoy!

Tracks
01 Loops & Scales (Part One)
02 On the Wing
03 A Cool Breeze
04 Chinese Whispers
05 Blue Jam
06 Sloppy Joe
07 The Cocksucker Blues
08 Discipline is a Vehicle for Joy
09 Textures 11-15
10 Falling Down Without Words
11 Shadowsong
12 The Keys
13 Ridium
14 Thing-ummi-jig
15 Three Notes
16 Bass Doodle

CD Artwork
If you want, you can burn these songs to a CD-R and make your own compilation. The CD artwork is available below, again right-click on the links and select “Save As” to store them on your hard drive for printing.
Booklet
Rear Sleeve
If you like what you hear, please leave a comment and if you want to support my musical endeavours feel free to purchase my music from reputable online stores such as iTunes (links to the right). Or you could just send me a dollar or a quid via PayPal to help me pay for new guitar strings and the running of this place. ;-)

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Easy Listening – An Internet Compilation [2005]

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October 25, 2005

The cover to "Easy Listening"

This is my free compilation available to download.




















Track Listing

01 Loops & Scales (Part One)

02 On the Wing

03 A Cool Breeze

04 Chinese Whispers

05 Blue Jam

06 Sloppy Joe

07 The Cocksucker Blues

08 Discipline is a Vehicle for Joy

09 Textures 11-15

10 Falling Down Without Words

11 Shadowsong

12 The Keys

13 Ridium

14 Thing-ummi-jig

15 Three Notes

16 Bass Doodle

I decided to put together a little compilation of songs I’ve recorded for visitors to this site. These free MP3 tracks are taken from the various recordings I have made since 1999 to the present day. I have also included some artwork so you can download and print your own CD sleeve for your custom compilation.

CD Artwork
If you want, you can burn these songs to a CD-R and make your own compilation. The CD artwork is available below, again right-click on the links and select “Save As” to store them on your hard drive for printing.

Booklet
Rear Sleeve

If you like what you hear, please leave a comment and if you want to support my musical endeavours feel free to purchase my music from reputable online stores such as iTunes. Or you could just send me a dollar or a quid via PayPal to help me pay for new guitar strings and the running of this place. ;-)

You can download the album by right-clicking each song title. Alternatively, you can download a zip file of the entire album by clicking this link. If you have BitTorrent installed and like to use P2P file transfer, the torrent is available from here.

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Sows’ Ears & Silk Purses (2004)

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September 1, 2005


Track Listing
4-CD Retrospective (1998-2003)
Well I guess it had to happen eventually…
This is a 4-CD retrospective, which includes the albums “Fade In/Fade Out”, “Heavy on the Magick”, “Loops & Scales”, “Start”, “Touched by the King”, “It’s About Time” as well a whole CD comprising of ambient soundscapes taken from my soundscaper series.
This is over 4 hours of music, so pick up a copy and give it someone you really don’t like! :-)

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Textures (2003)

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September 1, 2005


Track Listing
24 Instrumental Pieces MP3
Textures was recording in a couple of weeks during July and August 2003. This time the remit was a little different: to create a CD of music that was comprised of lots of little bits of music…
My main rule was that the instrumental pieces were to be no longer than 2 minutes in length and if possible they should all slot together.
I am really proud of Textures and I feel that it is my best body of work.

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Soundscaper 3 – Empty Space (2003)

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September 1, 2005


Track Listing
1. Contraction
2. Lead Pipe
3 Among the Stars
4. Nest of Vipers
5. Descent of the Fallen I
6. A Hope in the Dark
7. One Brain MP3
8. Descent of the Fallen II
9. Fields of HaSharon MP3
10. Ascension
With every CD I record, comes a companion CD of soundscapes. These ambient noodlings are rather fun to record and aren’t as easy as it looks. All the tracks here are recorded “as live” (i.e. in one take with no overdubs) and what you are hearing is Darren on his own with all his guitar equipment improvising on the spot. Real edge of the seat stuff!
This time around I wanted to go a bit spacey and so I decided to try and record some background music to a science-fiction movie.
It certainly sounds a bit different from the Soundscaper CDs in the series.

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