Crow Autumn + Bonus Disc ~ Out Now

“Crow Autumn” by A Broken Consort has just been released on Tompkins Square Records. I have a limited number available for sale, packaged with an exclusive disc of rare, unreleased and collaborative tracks.

The CD edition comes packaged in an all-card digipak, with an exquisitely printed 12-page booklet of artwork:

Bonus disc tracklisting:

A Broken Consort ~ Severance
This was originally intended as a collaborative piece between myself and Agitated Radio Pilot, back in 2006/7. In the end a small portion of it was used as the intro to “Earthfasts”, on his “World Winding Down” album. Here is my contribution in its entirety, segued into some new string arrangements.

Saddleback ~ Gerroa Thursday
This remix was my contribution to the reissue of Saddleback’s “Everything’s A Love Letter” album, entitled “Everything’s Open To Interpretation”. Many thanks to Andrew Khedoori at Preservation and Tony Dupé for allowing me to release this piece.

Heidika ~ Limn (Original Version)
A previously unreleased, improvised sketch for mandolin and concertina. The cracking sound is a hailstorm, which happened quite spontaneously during the recording…

Richard Skelton ~ The Shape Leaves (Early Version)
This ‘Landings’ recording cropped up as “Untitled by Richard Skelton” on Valerio Cosi’s ‘Dreamsheep’ compilation. It’s actually an early version of “The Shape Leaves”, the last song on “Landings”, released by Type Recordings in January 2010.

Heidika ~ Limn (Reworked)
A reworking of “Limn” – this version was released on the Tursa/Kaparte album “With Friends Like These…”.

Machinefabriek & Richard Skelton ~ Daas
A collaboration between myself and Rutger Zuydervelt. This piece also appears on Rutger’s own album of the same name. Apparently “Daas” is a dutch word that describes “feeling light in the head or dreamy”. Many thanks to Rutger for allowing me to release it.

Please note, the bonus disc is only available in a numbered edition of 100, packaged with “Crow Autumn” on CD/LP, and will not be available separately.

To pre-order “Crow Autumn”, please email : richieskelton@yahoo.co.uk.