Analogue Hashtag’s debut album is inspired and influenced by some classic TV themes, in particular the work of composers like Edwin Astley, Barry Gray, Lalo Schifrin and Ron Grainer. The imaginative listener might just detect a narrative thread running through the album. This might involve an agent during the cold-war period being sent behind the Iron Curtain on an espionage mission. As the plot unfolds, he might be drawn into a tangled web of intrigue before being captured, imprisoned and interrogated. During his interrogation, as the prospect of escape fades to the distance, he might well find himself retreating to a space inside his head in order to avoid giving away any crucial information to the enemy.
Any similarity with plots of old TV shows and /or films is deliberate, because the aim of this project is to record theme tunes and incidental music for films and TV shows which exist in a parallel universe (or something).
‘One of our agents is missing’ is available on Spotify, i-tunes and various other sites, but a ‘free’ download (dependent on a small donation to a nominated charity) is available at the Bandcamp link above.
If any Afterworder fancies writing a review of the album, please drop me a PM and I’ll send you a hard copy.
Oops … here is the link to the Bandcamp page with the charitable donation option.
https://analoguehashtag.bandcamp.com/releases
And, to complete the all-out promotional assault, here is a link to a brief trailer about the making of the album:
@Raymond
I am trying (desperately?) to purchase the CD on Bandcamp, but can only seem to access the digital version…
…Is it just me?
Perhaps they’ve sold out of the artifact copies or they can’t currently get CD copies made.
When I tried to get a CD copy of Sarah Tandy’s “Infection In The Sentence” on release, all that was available were vinyl or downloads for quite a while.
@biggles
Thanks, Biggles. That’s weird. I’ll check the site to see what the problem is.
If you send me a PM with your address, I’ll post you a hard copy.
Thank you.
If it is me and/or the site (now) has CD availability, very happy to pay for it through Bandcamp.
@biggles
Hi biggles – The purchasing details have now been amended on Bandcamp. The faults in how that page was set up are entirely mine. I’d like to think that was caused by a charming mix of stupidity and more stupidity 😉
Anyway … the digital download is available for whatever folk are willing to pay (or donate to the nominated charity), while the hard copy costs £7, which includes postage and packaging. Once a £7 payment is made, the customer just sends a message through the ‘contact’ section, letting us know the address to which the hard copy should be sent, along with an email address for the bonus materials. Apologies for the confusion.
Thank you again.
Done.
And “contacted”.
@Raymond
May I assume it is alright to play a track from your album on my radio show next week?
I shall, of course, credit the artist and source…
@biggles
I’ve had a lengthy Zoom chat with my legal advisers and the PR team and they are both happy to consent to you playing tracks on the show on the condition that you do not use the words “embarrassing tuneless drivel” in your introduction 😉
Great.
Songs From Under The Floorboards, tomorrow from 17:00 UK Time, including Mute Records in 6 tracks, classic songs as requested by listeners,and some other brand new tracks:
http://www.gnetradio.com/timetable/event/songs-from-under-the-floorboards-with-martin/
http://www.mixcloud.com/gnetradio/
Air versus Jean-Michel Jarre, moderated by the Pet Shop boys. With added bonus killer clowns: