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New unreleased Northcape track ‘Aquifer’ now on Soundcloud

Written on August 1, 2025 at 1:57 pm, by

I’m writing with a brief update – After a (long) gap (since 2018!), I’m finally starting to make music again, and now have a new “unreleased” track up on soundcloud. It’s a 6 minute piece of electronic ambience that has already been described as sounding a bit like a mixture of the sound from ‘Alluvial’ […]

Remake vs Remix

Written on February 5, 2011 at 8:50 pm, by

Recently I promised to do a ‘remake’ of a track as part of a project where different artists are creating their own versions of tracks from a new album. I initially thought that this could be a remix, working with at least parts of the original, but hadn’t realised that the concept was an entirely […]

Northcape interviewed by Dumbing of America music blog

Written on January 8, 2011 at 9:43 pm, by

Hi- welcome to the first proper newsblog post 🙂 Northcape has been interviewed by Amy McCarthy of The Dumbing of America music blog, as part of their ‘Your new favourite band’ series. Thanks to Amy for the opportunity to give possibly my fullest description yet of the Northcape creative ‘process’. It was great to think […]

HealeyIsland: Not Afternoon, But Evening

Written on December 24, 2009 at 8:58 am, by

“Not Afternoon, But Evening” is the 2nd album from solo electronic artist HealeyIsland, signed to the White Label Music independent, and like his previous work is mainly electronic and an all-but-indefinable blend of lounge, techno, and downtempo influences. It’s an intriguing combination of sounds; the album explores the shadowy territory on the border of all […]