Rafflesia Streams.

(Updated 22/09/2017)

Rafflesia Dreams is OUT TODAY on ALL digital outlets and services! 

Many people of you will have your own preferred favourite for streaming &/or downloading service. If you are not sure which one to use however, please help support my music by using bandcamp as they send much more of the money you pay directly to the artist (me!).. AND they're cheaper too so, well it's here: https://jonathantarplee.bandcamp.com/album/rafflesia-dreams

It was awesome to get this comment from sunny California within hours of release all those interweb outlets!

To celebrate the album and preempt it's release on all well known digital outlets, the night before I was delighted to appear on Tim Lee's burgeoning radio show on Redshift, The Doorstep Mixtape. I was the 'B-Side Artist' in the second hour, but the whole show is a great listen!



Or... just the shortened 'funny bits';

RAFFLESIA DREAMS

* Updated 27th October, 2016

My next album, "RAFFLESIA DREAMS" will have it's digital release on the 1st day of Spring, 2017. It is a lo-fi, experimental, home made album made with free software and recorded on my narrowboat via a single mic, plus some live and 'session' tracks.

Track Listing:
1. Where the Golden Cornfield Light is Grown
2. Watch Out! (or I'll stick you in my Poem)
3. Spring Will Come (when this flower opens) - Session track co-written with Jason Louth.
4. The Animals are Revolting
5. The Day I Die (live)
6. Where the Sky Meets the Sea - The BlueYellows session recorded/mixed by Tim Lee 
7. Venus Vesuvius
8. Hidden Shallows
9. Just Us Chickens (includes samples of Helen Kay's chickens)
10. Outcasts Have X-Ray Eyes

11. New Bonus Track (download only)
12. Live Bonus Track (download only)
13. Live Bonus Track (download only)
14. Dream of Golden Cornfield Light (Mark Sheeky Remix of track 1).

I will be appearing on Mark Sheeky's show on RedShift Radio this Wednesday at around 4pm to talk about it further.

The Year of Attachment.

I've been thrilled and delighted by the number of CD orders and downloads directly from my bandcamp site, I see these more or less straight away (or when I go on my emails). 

The other day I got an email from my distributor that deals with with iTunes and other well known platforms and streaming services and I really wasn't expecting much at all but there has been a steady but significant trickle of sales there too.

THANK YOU! xxx

I've had an amazing year in music culminating in this release, it costs an awful lot of money to record professionally like this and these orders and downloads really make a big difference in recouping these significant costs and importantly, may give me the chance to record again. If you haven't ordered yet, have a listen to my album for free if you like at https://jonathantarplee.bandcamp.com/album/attachment-theories & if you really like it please consider ordering a CD copy from me or downloading it. If you're not especially keen, thanks for listening anyway, but please check all out the amazing talent that is out there in music land. Original artists of all types are really struggling these days, and while cover bands are great fun, if we want music to continue to move forward (and our collective musical memories to grow) it is original artists and their art that needs to be supported and fostered, so please get down to a venue, see live original acts and if you like them, support them further if you can buy buying some music or some merch. Attachment Theories is just £4 by the way ;)

Also on iTunes for a bit more HERE.

Another record it was a pleasure to be involved with this year was a great album Headspace by Tim Lee.

See 'The Making of Headspace' video Tim made featuring guest artists playing their parts on the album.

A little home-made promo film for All These Things...