Andy Mackay 3Psalms Press Release - Tue 25th Sep
ANDY MACKAY ‘3PSALMS’
ROXY MUSIC FOUNDING MEMBER’S
FIRST NEW RECORDINGS IN A DECADE
WHICH HAVE BEEN 25 YEARS IN THE MAKING
RELEASED 23RD NOVEMBER ON CD/VINYL/DIGITAL
WORLD PREMIERE 26TH NOVEMBER QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL
PLUS ‘ROXYMPHONY’ ORCHESTRAL ROXY MUSIC TRACKS
FEATURING VERY SPECIAL GUEST PHIL MANZANERA
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
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“There’s not a big enough label for the guy, though that might explain why many have no idea who Andy Mackay is, what he really means to music and why he’s such an icon of rock” Consequence Of Sound
1st October 2018 London
Andy Mackay has had a long, varied and successful career and now presents what he considers his finest work - 3Psalms that has been almost 25 years in the making.
As founder member of Roxy Music in 1971, he was part of one of the most influential bands of our time, co-writing some of their greatest hits including “Love is the Drug”. He also wrote extensively for television, providing the music for groundbreaking TV drama “Rock Follies” (with another No. 1 album). His unique sax sound also featured over the years on sessions with artists from Paul McCartney to Thom Yorke to John Cale.
The 3Psalms started as an experimental project in the mid ‘90s, aiming to be a synthesis of all his varied influences from his classical training, rock and roll, avant-garde electronica and even years as a boy chorister.
Picking up in 2012, Andy went back into the studio, scoring strings, choir, synthesisers, guitar and some other rock elements. Of course, Andy’s distinctive sax sound weaves throughout the piece.
Why Psalms? “I have long been fascinated by this collection of ancient poetry and song which has permeated our cultural life. I have tried to reflect this by using the original Hebrew and Latin - the language in which they were written - as well as 17th Century English of the Book of Common Prayer. People of faith will find themselves in familiar territory of prise and mystery and worship while atheists and agnostics can join the extraordinary debate in which the Psalmists sometimes turn from a feeling that God is totally absent or unknowable to arguing with Him because He isn’t doing what they want! “
Lead vocals are by the amazing new talent Harry Day-Lewis, joining guitarist Phil Manzanera, the Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra and some of Britain’s finest session musicians.
Defying genres, 3Psalms can be seen as a post-rock symphony or oratorio, or simply as the product of 40 years of rock and roll experimentation.
ANDY MACKAY ‘3PSALMS’ TRACKLISTING
1.Deep
2.Interlude
3.Refuge
4.Praise
ANDY MACKAY ‘3PSALMS’
Is released on 23rd November, 2018
http://www.andymackay.co.uk/
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WORLD PREMIERE 26TH NOVEMBER QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL PLUS ‘ROXYMPHONY’ ORCHESTRAL ROXY MUSIC TRACKS
FEATURING VERY SPECIAL GUEST PHIL MANZANERA
https://www.axs.com/uk/events/353710/andy-mackay-tickets
About Andy Mackay
Andy Mackay is best known as sax and oboe player and founding member of Roxy Music. Mackay is also a highly successful composer and songwriter and co-wrote two of Roxy Music’s biggest hit singles - Love is the Drug and Angel Eyes as well as some of their most musically adventurous album tracks - Song for Europe, Bittersweet and Heart Still Beating. He also wrote the instrumental B-sides for their first singles, The Numberer and an homage to Epic movie scores, The Pride and the Pain. The Ferry/Mackay instrumental Tara from their last album Avalon is one of Roxy’s best-loved tracks. Mackay went on to record an electric solo album in 1974 called In Search of Eddie Riff. Andy was asked to write the music for the highly successful, ambitious drama project Rock Follies to which he wrote and produced music for more than 50 songs. In the early 1980's Andy lived in the west of Ireland playing some traditional Irish music and was commissioned to write and instrumental suite based on Seamus Heaney's, Sweeney Astay. Mackay was asked to write for more TV dramas including the theme and incidental music for Joanna Lumleys 'Class Act' which ran for two series and notably Armchair Thriller and Hazell. At the turn of the century he started work on de-constructed versions of film themes and classic songs - a project which became Andy Mackay + The Metaphors, delayed for some years by major Roxy Music tours from 2001 and finally released in 2007. Andy is now living mainly in London writing new music and co-ordinating his extensive catalogue. He has also worked recently as sax player with several leading recording artists including Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno, Tomoyasu Hotei and Clive Langer and The Clang Group.
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