It is with regret that AD Music officially announces it will no longer be involved in E-Scape festivals. This means that the 2019 E-Scape festival was the last. We feel that the on-going pandemic and financial outlay for the event make it too much of a risk. Of course, […]
The D50 And so it came to pass that the aforementioned Mirage was taken back by the aforementioned, over enthusiastic dealer. And it was exchanged for (by jacking up the overdraft still further) a Roland D50. In fact, one from the first batch shipped to this country from the Land […]
So, an inquiring mind was fired by what was available, technically as well as financially. Such possibilities just weren’t available a few years before! Amusingly, my ears seemed to adapt to the new-found creativity somewhat better than the hands. Roland Jupiter, Korg Poly….good grief, all sorts of things were happening […]
1995 The first of, probably, the two most important and defining years in the history of AD Music! New releases. Robert Fox releases his first album on the label. ‘A Gathering of Spirits’ is another typical journey style offering, based on his time in Canada. Its epic content prompts one […]
1988 AD Music was established in 1988 by brothers Andrew and David Wright, hence “AD Music”. Both had a keen interest in music, working on Atari computers, a few keyboards and limited technical expertise. Music was fun then and younger brother Andrew went on to become a chartered Surveyor, despite […]
As a musician your primary interest is creating a work of art. You want to express a thought, a feeling or even tell a story through your music. However, good music often gets missed. That’s because there is so much competition out there, especially in the ambient electronic music genre. […]
Way back in my formative years, I stumbled across a novel entitled ‘Aztec’ by Garry Jennings. I began to read it, with some trepidation as it was a tome of some 1000 pages. However I found myself completely hooked. The author researched the historical epic for 12 years. It […]
From the forthcoming album ‘ Heart of he Shaman’, due for release on 17th May 2021.
May will be a busy month for new electronic music releases from AD Music with the release of the first of two Steve Orchard albums for 2021. The first is this space themed sojourn ‘Listening for a Heartbeat. More news and soundbites to follow.
This weeks video premiere scheduled for Friday (on Youtube) for the forthcoming ‘The Lost Colony’ release is ‘Subconscious Matter and Other Indigenous Lifeforms’.
