Under the Artex Sky, by The Original Beekeepers

Under the Artex Sky

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1.	Explorers of the Great Indoors 03:12
2.	Go Whistle 03:45	lyrics
Go whistle, go whistle, They just don’t give a fuck Some numbers will go down and some will go up Go whistle, go whistle, They just don’t give a fuck There is no plan, they make it all up
3.	Complacency 02:57	lyrics
Somewhere in the back of my mind There’s a voice that won’t go away It’s there all the time And it always seems to say Beware (beware), Take care (take care) Batten down the hatches, don’t go out anywhere And if something happens don’t go blaming me It’s all down to your complacency
4.	Nine Stone Cowboy 01:52
5.	Insomnia 04:10
6.	Let the Days Flow 03:32	lyrics
Flow flow flow flow flow Let the days flow, let the hours fly Time goes so slow under the Artex Sky I look at the night and track the swirling clouds Under the Artex Sky, the stars never come out. Time goes so slow under the Artex Sky Time goes so slow under the Artex Sky
7.	Housemaids Knee 03:09
8.	Hello You 01:58	lyrics
Hello you, hello you Welcome home, welcome home Hello you, hello you
9.	Rain 02:57
10.	Mr. Nicky in Japan 03:08

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Welcome to “Under The Artex Sky”, our nineteenth album. This album was recorded and assembled under lockdown conditions and this has had a big influence on the sound, the way it was recorded, the words and even the sequencing of the tracks. The recording process involved sitting in separate houses, and you can’t get more socially distanced than that. Does that mean it’s our “lockdown” album? Perhaps.

Firstly, we revisited some old unfinished recordings and the backing tracks for “Complacency”, “Let The Days Flow”, “Rain” and “Mr. Nicky in Japan” stretch back a long time. “Hello You” is newer, a track recorded for our last album “Fear for the Future” that didn’t quite fit.

During lockdown we also recorded a number of webcam and audio feeds of the natural world from right across the intranet. We were explorers of the great indoors. The nature sounds you can hear on tracks 1 and 9 come from an African watering hole, an Australian rainforest and even under the sea, just off the Californian coast. However, the field recordings on the final track were actually recorded in person on a Japanese railway platform.

We also recorded shortwave radio recordings from a website which relays a shortwave receiver. However, the mysterious numbers read out on “Insomnia” are from a recording Steve made off a shortwave radio in the eighties. If you are curious, Google “Spy Number Stations.”

The House of Three Cheers also made a wonderful video album to accompany this. We now consider this a soundtrack.

We hope you enjoy the album. Remember not to spend too much time under the Artex sky.

The Original Beekeepers, 2021

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released February 23, 2021

All songs by The Original Beekeepers except 1. Original Beekeepers / Lincoln Wood and 10. Original Beekeepers / Ashley Miller. All sounds by The Original Beekeepers with special guests Tony Rich (Drums on 3 & 8), Ashley Miller (Keyboards on 10), Lincoln Wood (Breathing on 10), Simon Beecroft (Sounds on 3), Hamilton Storey Richardson (Guitar on 3) and Ben Colomb (Football punditry). Thanks also to Christian Kann and Richard Sanderson. The Original Beekeepers are Steve Bynghall and Tom Owen.

Get in touch: originalbeekeepers@yahoo.co.uk OR www.originalbeekeepers.co.uk

View the video album that accompanies Under the Artex Sky at www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5a8Ybee-ds&list=PLI9aGNZHot7bqz-9n8SLnFg8Fw6JfnqgZ
The House of Three Cheers has made a video album to accompany Under the Artex Sky, with ten separate videos. Visit www.thehouseofthreecheers.com

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