What's Happening at the Studio
Ongoing Projects at the Beehouse
Happening Now!
Recording Studios are defined by the music projects they undertake and so we have listed a few of our principal ongoing studio projects below to give you and idea of our musical and technical scope and range.
The first album by Fluance (Lunacy) is an album of brilliant Floyd-esque tracks many of which were originally conceived at the time of Pink Floyd. The tracks are an amazing array of nostalgic sound and soulful melodies hugely reminiscent of the prog-rock era.
Web Page: http://www.fluancerockband.com
Lunacy is an album of melodic Prog Rock music, very much reminiscent of Pink Floyd. It has been recorded using the instrumentation and production techniques available in the 1970's in the heyday of the Prog Rock genre.It also features a "genuine article in the guise of Duncan Mackay, famous for his work with The Alan Parsons Project, Camel, Budgie, 10CC, Kate Bush and Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Also, most notably Marty Prior from Cockney Rebel and Barry James Thomas from Sad Cafe and his work with Phil Lynott.
The songs are written by Philip Lane and Jane Lane and Philip has recorded, produced and mixed the album at the Beehouse Recording Studios in Llanfyllin, Wales.
Organ and piano parts were also recorded by Duncan and Mick Evans at Melpro Studios in Cape Town and Bass and Barry's lead guitar on "Hanging Out" were recorded in Spain. The album is a concept album and is best listened to in the order intended namely:
Lunacy, Deprivation, It Doesn't Matter, Hanging Out, Just Call, Greatest Friend, Then You Remember, You Are Not Alone, Try Not To Drown, A single file of the album is also provided alongside the individual tracks.
Musician contributions are as follows: Duncan Mackay - Organ, Piano, Synths Marty Prior - Bass Barry James Thomas - Lead Guitar on "Hanging Out" Jane Lane - Piano Philip Lane - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Piano, Synths, Guitar and Percussion Jonny Welburn - Drums, Percussion and Backing Vocals Mark Montana - Lead and Rhythm Guitar Tom Stedman - Guitar on "Deprivation" Henrik Lundgren - Acoustic Guitar on "Just Call" Tony Skeggs - Acoustic Guitar on "Hanging Out" Steve Cooper - Sax Kerri-Ann Collins (Kes C) - Vocals on Try Not To Drown Jenni Lane - Backing Vocals Henry Lane - Intro and Outro Piano on "It Doesn't Matter" Michael Lane - Power Tools and Piano Harp solo on "You Are Not Alone"
Hookstick is a pop funk band based in the Midlands. But Hookstick aren't about golden oldies - they have a whole set of tracks for NOW and a new generation of party-goers and music freaks. Fans will love the fact that Hookstick do sometimes weave in older numbers, but all their own tracks are totally fresh and instantly memorable. Either playing alongside a traditional retro DJ set or alone, this music is geared to get people dancing and create a fun and powerful vibe for all sorts of events. Hookstick Music offers a unique blend of acccesible pop and other genres blended in. We call it pop funk, you may just call it fun.
www.hookstick.co.uk
" 'Refugee' is the pop-perfect summer album filled with catchy tunes, expertly delivered and produced by these guys with some style.....think Mike Post meets Shakatak with a touch of Miami Sound Machine - then you will adore this collection of songs. With Jane's expert songwriting and Phil's unquestionable production skills we can expect a long line of faultless tunes yet, and couple that with Kes C's adorable vocals and you have a sure fire hit ! Time for a feel-good summer band ? We think so........."
Michael Kennedy , Welsh Connections
The History Film is a video project - a commercial video to be used by visitors to the Workhouse to make their visit more meaningful. In bilingual Welsh and English format, the video will be completed in 2016 and has been funded by lottery funding. The photography, film and video capture and editing as well a the audiovisual production is being carried out by the Beehouse Video Production team - Philip and Jenni Lane.
Noochoon is our developing record label. Currently Noochoon is focused on promoting Henry's Machine as a band, with the aim of developing expertise in the field of promotions. Having promoted and launched Henry's Machine and developed an understanding of how a record label works in a real world environment, Noochoon will be formalising its record label status and offering recording contracts to a select number of artists, particularly those who have recorded at the Beehouse.
The Workhouse Live series is a series of recording made by the Beehouse of artists and bands playing either in the open air at the Beehouse or at the open Mic and other events taking place there. The music will potentially be available for release either as a compilation album or under negotiation to the bands involved. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you are going to be gigging at the Workhouse and want to get involved.
Henry's Machine is a band formed by Kerri-Anne Collins, Philip Lane and Jane Lane, with some contributions by Jenni Lane. Henry's Machine acts as a vehicle to promote the songs of the individuals involved, and is an experiment in a kind of collective with Noochoon as the rights holder. Henry's Machine will see its launch in June 2014, and the Henry's Machine Room will be dedicated to experimental music ideas and new genre ideas as well as being used as a pre-production and songwriting suite.
Since 2008, the Beehouse has become increasingly involved in the dance music scene, with a strong specialism in electronic pop, electronic dance, dubstep, house and techno alongside more mainstream current pop, rock and ballad. Because of this leaning, and the need to create outlets and testing grounds for our music, we have developed links with a select number of DJs up and down the UK for the purposes of trialling our newly released tracks and producing videos of crowd reaction etc. This is useful in determining new styles to develop and ways of marketing our products.
Click here for details about MantraSound Dance Promotions
The Beehouse records and produces a wide range of styles other than dance with great success and has been acclaimed in the past for its work with folk recordings, punk and ballads, as well as a limited amount of classical and neo-classical recording and composition.
In 2011, the Beehouse took part in the creation of a video documentary for Powys, and had the opportunity to develop soundtracks for each of the 17 videos to be produced. The Beehouse took on the task of writing the soundtrack for each video, and acquired an invaluable depth of knowledge in the field of soundtrack creation and editing a soundtrack to a video. Our neo-classical tracks have also been licenced for commercial use since 2008 by a number of well-established organisations. Film and video soundtrack is therefore an area of great specialism, and we are happy to create and license music for commercial and creative uses and to edit music to video in a sympathetic way. Any original music is composed under the name of "Lane and Lane"
Molan Spectrum is a band of songwriters again working with a vocalist to give their music a form and flavour. Headed by Jan Mosiewicz as the principal songwriter, the band has released one album with the Beehouse in conjunction with Dave Rea and Laura Woodall, before working with Kerri-Anne Collins. Molan Spectrum is published by Molan Publishing. Jan has also released his own album prior to that with the studio.
Mike Pratt has just completed his album "Where I Stand" with the studio, and is now starting to publicise this. As a prolific songwriter and presenter on his own radio station Mike Live, Mike has considerable opportunities to launch his own album to a circle of listeners. The Beehouse is building links with Mike Live as well as a large number of other presenters and music editors in order to find outlets for the music of increasing quality and currency being developed at the studio.
The Dave Love Musical Comedy Album.
Projects Archive
Fluance - The Lunacy Album
The first album by Fluance (Lunacy) is an album of brilliant Floyd-esque tracks many of which were originally conceived at the time of Pink Floyd. The tracks are an amazing array of nostalgic sound and soulful melodies hugely reminiscent of the prog-rock era.
Web Page: http://www.fluancerockband.com
Lunacy is an album of melodic Prog Rock music, very much reminiscent of Pink Floyd. It has been recorded using the instrumentation and production techniques available in the 1970's in the heyday of the Prog Rock genre.It also features a "genuine article in the guise of Duncan Mackay, famous for his work with The Alan Parsons Project, Camel, Budgie, 10CC, Kate Bush and Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Also, most notably Marty Prior from Cockney Rebel and Barry James Thomas from Sad Cafe and his work with Phil Lynott.
The songs are written by Philip Lane and Jane Lane and Philip has recorded, produced and mixed the album at the Beehouse Recording Studios in Llanfyllin, Wales.
Organ and piano parts were also recorded by Duncan and Mick Evans at Melpro Studios in Cape Town and Bass and Barry's lead guitar on "Hanging Out" were recorded in Spain. The album is a concept album and is best listened to in the order intended namely:
Lunacy, Deprivation, It Doesn't Matter, Hanging Out, Just Call, Greatest Friend, Then You Remember, You Are Not Alone, Try Not To Drown, A single file of the album is also provided alongside the individual tracks.
Musician contributions are as follows: Duncan Mackay - Organ, Piano, Synths Marty Prior - Bass Barry James Thomas - Lead Guitar on "Hanging Out" Jane Lane - Piano Philip Lane - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Piano, Synths, Guitar and Percussion Jonny Welburn - Drums, Percussion and Backing Vocals Mark Montana - Lead and Rhythm Guitar Tom Stedman - Guitar on "Deprivation" Henrik Lundgren - Acoustic Guitar on "Just Call" Tony Skeggs - Acoustic Guitar on "Hanging Out" Steve Cooper - Sax Kerri-Ann Collins (Kes C) - Vocals on Try Not To Drown Jenni Lane - Backing Vocals Henry Lane - Intro and Outro Piano on "It Doesn't Matter" Michael Lane - Power Tools and Piano Harp solo on "You Are Not Alone"
Hookstick Funk Band - Refugee
Hookstick is a pop funk band based in the Midlands. But Hookstick aren't about golden oldies - they have a whole set of tracks for NOW and a new generation of party-goers and music freaks. Fans will love the fact that Hookstick do sometimes weave in older numbers, but all their own tracks are totally fresh and instantly memorable. Either playing alongside a traditional retro DJ set or alone, this music is geared to get people dancing and create a fun and powerful vibe for all sorts of events. Hookstick Music offers a unique blend of acccesible pop and other genres blended in. We call it pop funk, you may just call it fun.
www.hookstick.co.uk
" 'Refugee' is the pop-perfect summer album filled with catchy tunes, expertly delivered and produced by these guys with some style.....think Mike Post meets Shakatak with a touch of Miami Sound Machine - then you will adore this collection of songs. With Jane's expert songwriting and Phil's unquestionable production skills we can expect a long line of faultless tunes yet, and couple that with Kes C's adorable vocals and you have a sure fire hit ! Time for a feel-good summer band ? We think so........."
Michael Kennedy , Welsh Connections
The Workhouse History Film
The History Film is a video project - a commercial video to be used by visitors to the Workhouse to make their visit more meaningful. In bilingual Welsh and English format, the video will be completed in 2016 and has been funded by lottery funding. The photography, film and video capture and editing as well a the audiovisual production is being carried out by the Beehouse Video Production team - Philip and Jenni Lane.
Noochoon Record Label
Noochoon is our developing record label. Currently Noochoon is focused on promoting Henry's Machine as a band, with the aim of developing expertise in the field of promotions. Having promoted and launched Henry's Machine and developed an understanding of how a record label works in a real world environment, Noochoon will be formalising its record label status and offering recording contracts to a select number of artists, particularly those who have recorded at the Beehouse.
Workhouse Live Project
The Workhouse Live series is a series of recording made by the Beehouse of artists and bands playing either in the open air at the Beehouse or at the open Mic and other events taking place there. The music will potentially be available for release either as a compilation album or under negotiation to the bands involved. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you are going to be gigging at the Workhouse and want to get involved.
Henry's Machine
Henry's Machine is a band formed by Kerri-Anne Collins, Philip Lane and Jane Lane, with some contributions by Jenni Lane. Henry's Machine acts as a vehicle to promote the songs of the individuals involved, and is an experiment in a kind of collective with Noochoon as the rights holder. Henry's Machine will see its launch in June 2014, and the Henry's Machine Room will be dedicated to experimental music ideas and new genre ideas as well as being used as a pre-production and songwriting suite.
MantraSound Dance Promotions
Since 2008, the Beehouse has become increasingly involved in the dance music scene, with a strong specialism in electronic pop, electronic dance, dubstep, house and techno alongside more mainstream current pop, rock and ballad. Because of this leaning, and the need to create outlets and testing grounds for our music, we have developed links with a select number of DJs up and down the UK for the purposes of trialling our newly released tracks and producing videos of crowd reaction etc. This is useful in determining new styles to develop and ways of marketing our products.
Click here for details about MantraSound Dance Promotions
The Beehouse records and produces a wide range of styles other than dance with great success and has been acclaimed in the past for its work with folk recordings, punk and ballads, as well as a limited amount of classical and neo-classical recording and composition.
Soundtrack Creation
In 2011, the Beehouse took part in the creation of a video documentary for Powys, and had the opportunity to develop soundtracks for each of the 17 videos to be produced. The Beehouse took on the task of writing the soundtrack for each video, and acquired an invaluable depth of knowledge in the field of soundtrack creation and editing a soundtrack to a video. Our neo-classical tracks have also been licenced for commercial use since 2008 by a number of well-established organisations. Film and video soundtrack is therefore an area of great specialism, and we are happy to create and license music for commercial and creative uses and to edit music to video in a sympathetic way. Any original music is composed under the name of "Lane and Lane"
Molan Spectrum
Molan Spectrum is a band of songwriters again working with a vocalist to give their music a form and flavour. Headed by Jan Mosiewicz as the principal songwriter, the band has released one album with the Beehouse in conjunction with Dave Rea and Laura Woodall, before working with Kerri-Anne Collins. Molan Spectrum is published by Molan Publishing. Jan has also released his own album prior to that with the studio.
Mike Pratt
Mike Pratt has just completed his album "Where I Stand" with the studio, and is now starting to publicise this. As a prolific songwriter and presenter on his own radio station Mike Live, Mike has considerable opportunities to launch his own album to a circle of listeners. The Beehouse is building links with Mike Live as well as a large number of other presenters and music editors in order to find outlets for the music of increasing quality and currency being developed at the studio.
Dave Love
The Dave Love Musical Comedy Album.
Projects Archive
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