Dear Editor,
I work with Roger Eno, BAFTA nominated composer for film and TV and multi-instrumentalist. Roger was born in Suffolk and still lives there in Bungay with his wife and children, dog and tortoise. His latest album, whilst a side-step away from previous work, is a celebration of the ‘Suffolk Everyman’.
Link to the song ‘Marrers’ which Stuart Maconie played last week on Radio 6.
Next year marks 30 years since he recorded Apollo with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, his first foray into professional musicianship.
Warm wishes,
Clare Richardson
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Roger Eno releases Ted Sheldrake – his first concept album
Ted Sheldrake
Compiled by Roger Eno to be released on January 7th, 2013
ʻ…shades of The Lady in the Van, Roger Eno explores the universal themes of love and loss through his neighbour Tedʼs vision of ʻthis rum old lifeʼ and Tedʼs conclusion that we are all equal sufferers of the human condition…ʼ
ʻTed Sheldrake (1921-2012) was proud to say that heʼd never, in all of his 91 years, set foot outside of East Anglia.ʼ
A side-step away from the work we have heard him produce previously, Roger Eno explores the ʻeverymanʼ who lived simply and quietly next door to him for 12 years. Thirteen haunting tracks, each uniquely affecting, sometimes amusing and without any hint of affectation. Sweet yet dark, Roger captures a man scratching out chinks of light in an otherwise overcast land.
ʻTed didnʼt do so much as nod in way of communication for the first 4 years, his beloved wife had passed away sometime before. Though a constant anguish followed him for the rest of his life, Ted was a peculiarly generous, sensitive yet irascible man.ʼ
It was another few years before it also became apparent that Ted had been quite the musician in his youth and that he also liked to write. Be sure of one thing though, Ted was a farmhand, he certainly wasnʼt a poet and though he enjoyed ʻfiddling about with the melodeon now and thenʼ, that, in his eyes, ʻdonʼt make a musicianʼ.
Roger Eno is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist who cannot be easily categorised. He is hard to pin down and slippery as a fish, yet creates lush, emotive soundscapes which quite easily swallow you whole.
Rogerʼs powerful and versatile body of work easily lends itself to, and is frequently used in, TV and film. His installations can be experienced in public spaces each year and he continues to tour and play live sets both as a solo artist and as an arch-collaborator.
Ted Sheldrake will be available at www.backwaterrecords.com
Projects with the inclusion of this work are planned for 2013/14
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