New track: Settlement

It's my first new track for a while - a piece of upbeat instrumental electronica. I'm grateful to Reboxed Media for producing a video. It's available on soundcloud here: Hope you enjoy!

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New port-royal remix

Very happy to announce that Northcape was invited to remix a track by one of my favourite groups on the n5md label, Italian electronica/ post-rock collective port-royal, as part of 'You ware nowhere', a compliation of remixes from their excellent recent album 'Where are you now'. Includes 12 tracks including mixes from Arovane and Bvdub! Available now for pre-order.

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Quiet but not extinct

Hi, you may have noticed there hasn't been much new stuff from me recently. Life sometimes gets in the way of music, and priorities get screwed up... In this case the reason is that I recently moved house (out of the town, into a village), and I'm being kept busy with lots of DIY, which will carry on indefinitely! However this does include a space for the studio, and the good news is although it's not finished (better sound treatment will probably be a longer term thing) it's almost up and running again. If you've been following my music for a while you'll know I'm not massively prolific at the best of times, and the rest of the house will keep me busy, but at least the keyboard will in the near future again be sitting on my desk, and I'm finding the open local countryside quite inspiring. I'm confident Northcape is unfinished as a project, and there is more to come :-)

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Soundcloud players are broken... sorry...

As normal trying to resolve something else lead to me breaking an unrelated thing on the website... upgrading wordpress had unexpected effects! Will try to fix the streaming players as soon as I can.

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Exploration and Ascent Remixed

[soundcloud id='68799764'] [soundcloud id='69221906'] [soundcloud id='69351024']

Label:	Sun Sea Sky Productions
Release no:	SSS040
Number of tracks:	7
Released:	17 Sep 2010
Free d/l MP3/FLAC:	http://sunseasky.bandcamp.com/album/clear-moment-remixed

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Interview with Fade To Yellow

I was interviewed by Tom Laird, who is the man behind the excellent Fade to Yellow podcast a few weeks ago and have just got round to posting it here! My incomplete thoughts below on the new EP, the process of composition and how to promote electronic music.

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Reviews of "Glasshouse"

"In all it seems Glasshouse is just that, a place where you'll need to move about carefully to let the sound waves travel unfettered and undisturbed. Leaving a ray of light to shine in and disperse in all manner of color, this audio architect reveals a calmed emotive sound-escape that is serene, polished and quite nostalgic."
Igloo Magazine

"Something about Northcapes's new EP attracted me to it before hearing it and sometimes you just know that everything is about to just fit into place. I saw the album cover and title for the new EP some months back and was astonished by the sheer beauty of it... I can't imagine a circumstance where this collection of unique and inspiring songs will ever leave my side. I have had the privilege to listen to some great music so far this year, and Glasshouse is up there with some of the best"
Echoes and Dust (Mark Wardale)

"From the first bell like tones of "Capillary Action", the opening track here, this EP just knocked me over and wowed me. Here we have thoughtful, intelligent, sophisticated electronic music. You could call it ambient except its also full of exquisite (and complimentary) beats. This EP, I think, is a work of art...Its that nostalgic vibe, memories of happy, hot summers long ago when there wasn't a thing in the world to worry about. "Glasshouse" takes you to that place...Overall this EP is a MUST LISTEN. You need it in your life. If you like synths, ambient music, good songs, Boards of Canada or related things I don't think you can fail to be impressed by it. Northcape is revealed as a composer with the ability to communicate feeling and create moods. It will certainly lead me to put him in my "artists to watch" list and seek out more of his catalogue. 11/10." "[...]

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