Dave & Toni Arthur - Hearken To The Witches Rune

 

Trailer 1971

01 Alison Gross

02 Tam Lin

03 A Fairy Tale

04 The Fairy Child

05 Broomfield Hill

06 The Standing Stones

07 The Cruel Mother

08 Alice Brand

Rare cult folk with a bizarre back story. Dave and Toni Arthur could be found presenting and writing songs for Play School and Play Away; two staples of BBC childrens television programming.

They had spent the last few years as a recording duo, with this album being a witchcraft folk oddity.

There are connections to Alex and Maxine Sanders (the imagery of whom can be found in certain parts of this blog) and the wiccan movement in the U.K.

The story is told far better and in depth here.

Repressed only once, in 1975.

Nightjrrs / Heartwood / Goatherder - De​-​Cadere

 

Treehouse Orchestra Recordings TOR081. 2021.

01 De-Cadere Part One

02 De-Cadere Part Two

03 De-Cadere Part Three

04 De-Cadere Part Four

More music with my own involvement. Recorded and released this month.

Nightjrrs:

John Chambers - Guitars and vocals.

Andy Hopkins - Guitars and vocals.

Nicci Reed - Keyboards and vocals.

Heartwood:

Jonathan Sharp - Buchla Music Easel Command, Soma Labs Lyra 8 and Eowave Quadrantid Swarm.

Goatherder:

Stephen Benson - Guitars and drones.

Recorded live at Cakes and Ale, Carlisle, October 4th 2021.

Mastered by Jonathan Sharp.

Cover art by Stephen Benson.

The Proseed art group in Carlisle ran an Autumn exhibition entitled 'De-Cadere'. The exhibition opened at the Intro gallery and the after party was held at Cakes and Ale cafe. The cafe displayed selected art works and live music.

Heartwood is the slight pseudonym of The Heartwood Institute when improvising more experimental modular sets.

Nightjrrs performed music from their new album 'Interregnum'.

Heartwood joined Nightjrrs, along with Goatherder for a 45 minute improvisation to end the evening and the recording of that improvisation is presented here.

Various Artists - Halloween 2021 - Cam's Halloween Psychedelic Murder Cult Scare/Chill Vibe Mixtape

 

01 Joshua Warren - The Ritual Chamber (Inside the Church of Satan)

02 Donovan - Season of the Witch

03 Robert Hermel - Industrie Spatiale

04 Pete Fine - Revelations/Prelude/For Sam

05 Alessandro Alessandroni - Suor Omicidi (Killer Nun) Sequence 4

06 The Shaggs - It's Halloween

07 Strawberry Alarm Clock - Curse of the Witches

08 Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Willow's Song

09 Bobby Beausoleil - Movement The Second

10 The Manson Family - Is There No One In Your World But You?

11 Macarbre - Be Forwarned

12 Barbera, The Grey Witch - Witch's Love Song

13 Mark Fry - The Witch

14 C.A. Quintet - Trip Thru Hell (Part 2)

15 Barbera, The Grey Witch - Excerpt from 'Gray Responsibilities'

A new mixtape for Halloween, although this time it was a request. 

Good pal Camille wanted a mixtape for a Halloween party that has the commission in the title.