August 6th 2010

"From Distant Shores" is now once again available via the Ethericom page. 1985's "Evocations" is due for release later this year!

January 3rd 2010

What happened on the music front in 2009?

A new album was released in January titled RA RISING, this was a compilation of unreleased solo tracks by Ra members and new versions of previously released music. I have two solo tracks on the album - OVER THE EDGE which was recorded during the CONVERGENCE album sessions in 1998. Also, a new edit of 1991’s EYES OF JANUS featuring a lengthy guitar workout by myself.

A third album (working title UTOPIA) is well and firmly up the pipeline and will be the first to feature vocals courtesy of Richard Benjamin. Several demos have now been recorded which can be heard at the Ra MySpace so for up to date info etc. please visit it at: www.myspace.com/robandrewsra

June saw the long overdue CD-R release on the Ethericom label of my debut album - 1983’s FROM DISTANT SHORES featuring several bonus tracks. More info at www.myspace.com/stevehillmansethericom 
　
As a means of obtaining some sort of solace during the whirlwind that was 2009 I spent a short while revisiting some of my compositions from the early 80’s. These were basically a series of etudes I knocked together when I was studying compositional techniques. Several have been posted up on MySpace.

As well as Terry Hawke being a DJ he has also written several sc-fi narratives and in 2007 he put forward the idea to me that I could incorporate some of them into one of my musical projects. Inspired by this concept, earlier in 2009 during a brief respite from health matters, I sketched out several tracks and the basis for a new space-rock album was conceived! Terry hopes that Miss Angel, the principal dancer for the space-rock band Space Ritual (which features former members of the legendary Hawkwind), will choreograph a "visual" interpretation of the narratives combined with music & imagery. Hopefully 2010 will see the project developed further!

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