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Hello and welcome! I am an independent musician based in the north of England
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I create multi-layered instrumental music that is influenced by
classic psychedelia, ambient electronica and space rock. In 2005 I
produced and released my debut album 'Everything Leads To Here' to worldwide critical
acclaim and I have just
released my new album, 'Sombre Castles of Desire'.
To learn more about the albums, or to hear some of my music, please follow the
links below. Thank you!
Praise for "Sombre Castles of Desire"
'Cavanagh moves through most of the touchstones of contemporary space rock, composing mellow soundscapes and crystalline visions here, driving, sometimes even guttural, rockers there, delivering a wide-ranging sense of aural textures that meld together across this record. It's a genuinely multi-instrumental approach ... around each corner, into each individual track, there's something new and interesting while all the time poking at the different vibes and angles of space rock. It's an inventive, creative, exciting and engaging record."
"Marvellous! Sombre Castles of Desire is a CD that all those into instrumental, psychedelic space rock and cosmic ambient should get."
"This is Nog Cavanagh's 2nd release and it's filled with the same styling of deep space music as his debut ( Everything Leads To Here)... There is playfulness, and that genuine 60's psychedelic flavor to it, which I found extra nice... If you like Pink Floyd I think it's safe to say you'll like this CD also. I am glad there are musicians still around like Nog, that can do what they want and make these type recordings from another galaxy. "
Praise for "Everything Leads to Here"
'... A 55 minute excursion into the expanses of outer and inner space...dripping with psychedelia...echoed chorused guitar shimmers and glistens, evoking choirs of celestial bells chiming in a zero-gravity expanse...If Hawkwind had collaborated with Peter Gabriel on a selection of tracks from the Passion album,
it might have sounded something like this... Future releases will hopefully
find Cavanagh building off this foundation, creating a name for himself as a
fresh voice in contemporary space rock.'
'...an amazing aural journey that you can't help but revisit after the music
stops. I feel that the name Nog Cavanagh is destined to be synonymous to modern
space rock and psychedelia.... by far one of the better recordings in the
genre... without doubt a very recommended purchase.'
'...55 minutes of stunning space rock . Hard percussion and searing guitar
plunge the audience into a spacey realm of dazzling astral rock compositions.
Electronics spin and explode, propelling the music to the outer regions of
galactic
space. But the strongest attractions here are Cavanagh's guitar pyrotechnics.
Manifesting a gritty brilliance with slick ease, the riffs blaze with a unique
fervour, glistening like shooting stars crossing a purple twilight sky... A
thoroughly rewarding sonic experience.'
'Multi-instrumentalist Nog Cavanagh explores the universe from his home studio
with his all instrumental music that draws on classic guitar space rock and a
more modern synth driven kind of psychedelia as its influences. ... could be
likened to ambient techno... but with lots of guitar... Through dark textures
and spacey psychedelic excursions, the album ends on a soaring note... reminded
me of some of the bright, upbeat kind of playing heard from Hawkwind in the
early '80's... I'm sure it won't be long before we hear more from this
Yorkshire space rocker.'
'This is an album chock full of instrumental delights, all originating in
classic acid and space rock. My own favourite is the shimmering Out of Body,
which is exquisite psychedelia... a delight.'
'...original and varied. Nog is a talented guitar player, and the stuff works
in other ways as well. Great psychedelic tracks...marvellous...dreamy... worth
checking out if you're interested in
instrumental, psychedelic, underground space rock'
'A splendid space-rock album, blending Porcupine Tree and Hawkwind elements
into a timeless musical vortex. Hawke Rating: 4/5'
'Brilliant and an indispensable work, highly recommendable.'
'A beautiful, multi-layered, purely instrumental spacerock piece...'
'With heaps of soaring guitar, sequencers, synths and driving bass, the music
certainly moves in all the right directions'
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“Sombre Castles of Desire”
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“Sombre Castles of Desire” is my new album. A logical progression
from “Everything Leads to Here”, the record contains 10 tracks
which vary from hypnotic chill-outs to furious fuzzed-out space ROCK. The
album utilises an expanded sonic armoury of vintage and modern equipment to
create the rich layered sound of true 21st century psychedelia. From the
uplifting Floydian drama of Astraglyde, through the dark paranoia of
“A Chemical Taste on the Tongue” to the hypnotic soundscapes of
“Looks Like Rain”and the poignant “Ghosts on the Wind”,
“Sombre Castles of Desire” takes the listener on an hour-long
psychic journey to the limits of inner and outer space.
To order your copy via PayPal secure transaction, click on the link below. Thank You! |
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“Everything Leads to Here”
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“Everything Leads To Here” is my debut album, released in 2005.
The album utilises a mix of digital sequencers and vintage analogue equipment
to create atmospheric and exhilarating instrumental music that is inspired by
ambient electronica, classic psychedelia and space rock-
'This is the champagne of spacerock: bubbling, exciting and tasteful! ...an
ambient kind of psychedelic, most beautiful, very relaxing but also very
professional and inspiring... I think that Nog Cavanagh is one of the absolute
masters of space rock: buy this CD and enjoy!'
The album comes in a jewel box, with a four-page litho-printed full colour
booklet. Total running time is 55 minutes.
Availability: "Everything Leads to Here" is available from this
website. The album costs £6.99 GBP with free worldwide postage. Please order
via PayPal secure transaction by clicking on the button below. Thank You!
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