Cromerzone "A missing link between Harry Nilsson, Robert Wyatt and Peter Hammill" The Website of Alistair Murphy News Contact June 2026 Update A new Curator album "The Storm Birds" will be released in the Autumn. It features myself, Jeremny Salmon, Mark Fletcher, Chris Lee and Ian Burrage. All the usual suspects to be precise. Over lockdown and beyond I digitised all of my analogue recordings on mono, stereo, 4, 8, 16 and 24 track. These date roughly from 1980 through to 2007 when I finally went digital. A few of the songs date from slightly earlier, the earliest being 1974. I am reaching the end of the best part of 5 years work making these recordings suitable for release. In some cases this just involved re-mixing, in other cases over-dubbing extra instruments and vocals, or in a few instances just starting again. This music will become available in instalments over the next few years. At the last count this amounted to over 150 songs and 16CDs worth of music The vast majority of this music has never been released before on CD or vinyl. It is all music that I would happily releease today if it were new material. It represents a diary of my life over the last 50 years. Finally, at some stage, a collection of live Curator live recrdings will be released too! 1977 - The Curator, The Auditor, The Sports Commentator, and the Bank Manager (more information here) "This is timeless pop, for those with a taste for the exceptional" **** "An obliquely enchanting offering that yields more to notice with each spin" **** Alan Clayson, R 'n' R magazine '1977' is available on CD at Burning Shed here and Bandcamp here and Amazon here. It is also available on all major digital platforms. A single, TMS, off the new album is available on all major platforms and a video can be viewed here. This is a single edit. It is available as a download from bandcamp here.
The 2024 album Living Space represents a lament for a lost future. It features longtime collaborators Mark Fletcher, Jez Salmon and Ian Burrage, who played on previous Curator albums, as well as Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention) and Terry Stamp (Third World War) releases. On the new album the Curator is also joined by Steve Bingham (no-man) on violin and viola, Chris Lee (Pigbag) on Trumpet and Flugel Horn and the human orchestra that is Brian Gulland (Gryphon) on lots of other things. Vinyl available at Bandcamp (with download) and burning shed CD available at Bandcamp and burning shed Digital download available from Bandcamp
A Fool's Errand - Alistair Murphy (an accompanying novel) available from at Bandcamp and burning shed
Singles available at Bandcamp TMS (Single Edit) - The Curator, The Audito, The Ports Commentator and the Bank Managre Wipe All Your Tears Away - The Curator - featuring Diana Hare Towards Home Again - The Curator (originally recorded in 1987) The Warmth of My Pillow (revisted 2023) - The Curator First One Home (remix 2022) - the Curator The Half Life - The Half Life (featuring the Curator) Courtiers (remix 2022) - The Curator
2022 - New album - All Lombard Street to a China Orange - The Curator Double Vinyl CD Download I love, love, love this album. Alistair Murphy and co have a rich flowing musicality that is both redolent of so much beloved while a very much stand alone sound. This is the natural product of a music where a sense of nostalgia and renewal walk side by side. Such a voice too: English everyday entwined with Celtic Mystic, wanderlust and gentle awe. Gorgeous vinyl pressing too, everything about it sings so sweet, truly one for the ages. An event that invites YOUR participation. Get on the train… Gavin Martin (NME, Daily Mirror etc.)
The last couple of days I have been working on the master for the latest from The Curator - and this might really be his magnum opus - amazing stuff, with one particularly amazing guest as well... How shall I describe this music? Theatrical, whimsical, orchestral, symphonic, jazzy, crooner-y, Canterburyesque ... all that and more. Stay tuned! Jacob Holm-Lupo (White Willow, Termo Records, Musician and Producer)
New album - Weavings of a Silver Magic - Judy Dyble
Twenty-Six/12 - The Curator
Where The Stars Will Give Way To The Morning - The Curator Available on CD - here Sounds and feels like work of a lifetime. Teeming with musical variety, flourishes, insight and warmth. Already an album of 2018. Greet the new dawn ***** Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror The Winter Sun, the de facto title track is a beautifully orchestrated piece that richly evokes Robert Kirby's work with Nick Drake. The jazzy overtones of It Crackles (And it Spits) sound like Harold McNair. Where the Stars Will Give Way To The Moming is a grown up record for infantilized times **** Daryl Easlea, Record Collector ...[a] maverick, but a compelling one - whip-smart, brilliantly melodic but off the wall too, and with a nice shot of menace You need to Lay Your Burden Down, pour a drink and enjoy this record - it's like Samuel Pepys set to music for modem times. Just wonderful ...a fascinating listen, but one best enjoyed in solitude. For this is not light nor fluffy, this is thought-provoking, reflective and explorative. With a subtle hint of Peter Gabriel to his vocal, it is fair to say that Mumhy could have tackled a far lighter and more mainstream sound and pulled it off flawlessly. A prime example in the tender and touching Chloe, which could easily be transformed into a mainstream radio hit. However, that is not the function or intention of Murphy's craft. Wh. this may not be a record that appeals to everyone, it is one that is rewarding to those who retum to it for repeated listens. This is not one that you will listen to everyday, but one you should listen to anyway On first acquaintance with Where The Stars...you're engulfed with a torrent of words emoted convincingly and draped with often startling accompaniment fluctuating from what amounts to at least the effect of a full orchestra, adventurously scored and unafraid to fly in the face of harmonic concord — to the rock instrumentation that dominates the culminating 'Chloe' |
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