30th September 2013: turning my hand to video reviewing

for an extremely long time i have written music reviews for a handful of websites, including my own blogs

recently, i struck upon the idea of perhaps switching up my style a little, and transferring my skill set and my passions to a different medium that will force me out of my comfort zone slightly

after making a hastily filmed and edited together video to acquaint myself with the new app, i then embarked upon this new venture to see where it may take me...




please be kind, i am well aware that there are mistakes, some were intentional, or else intentionally included in order to chart my learning curve as i attempt something entirely new for me

July 30th 2013: Lungful of Liqueur (Single)

Following the release of the debut album, Anubis Horror, in June 2013, comes the latest single release, accompanied by brand new tracks created especially for this release.

Lungful of Liqueur is a late night tale of being too fueled by alcohol to sleep and wanting to shake up the world from the confines of your own bed and your own mind, and sets the tone for the rest of the EP.

I met her in Rattlers - part 1 is a poem written after a night in one of Enfield's worst night spots, having nowhere better to have gone and hoping we wouldn't bump into anyone we knew, San Miguel and Sunsets is a new track capturing an Ibizan vibe and named after an evening spent at Cafe Del Mar and final track, Bleed Me, is another spirit-aided poem, twisted and distorted into a disturbingly atmospheric piece of music.

credits

released 29 July 2013





All words and lyrics written by Glen Byford, all music arranged by Glen Byford.

July 8th 2013: We Jammin'

my girlfriend, in her parents back garden, enjoying a rendition of Bob Marley on the ukelele and a BBQ as the sun goes down

Photo taken by Glen Byford, using a HTC Desire C and edited using Aviary and Instagram, 8th July 2013

Hunchbakk's Anubis Horror, out now.

                       

Its been a hive of industry at home lately, 

Ian's had his head down in the laptop, 

beavering away at the art work for his brothers 

coming book, Downloading Nirvana.

at the same time working on images for 

 Anubis Horror's track releases,   

with midnight phone calls for

next-day photo shoots, a proper art studio

with last minute changes, deadlines and 

more changes, its all completed now.

As a dad it's been great seeing the boys 

working as a team again, something

they do regularly. 

Welldone Boys.  

June 20th 2013: sold out

and then last up was what I thought would be the strongest contender for the photo challenge

but after editing and everything, I was happy with the end result, but not happy enough

Photo taken by Glen Byford using a HTC Desire C and edited on an ipad using Aviary and XnView FX, 20th June 2013

June 20th 2013: FTSE

Next up was a photo of support act, FTSE, a nearly one man band, save for when he was joined by guest vocalists

a genuinely interesting act and inspiring to see what just one person and a small Akai set-up can accomplish on stage

This was edited later in the evening, using the same FX that made a tin of beans into a work of art

Photo taken by Glen Byford using a HTC Desire C and edited on an ipad using Aviary and XnView FX, 20th June 2013

June 20th 2013: gig ticket

It seemed a shame to take those photos, take the time to eit them and then not share them with the rest of the world, so I might as well provide you with the runners-up to my final selection for today's photo challenge

First up was my gig ticket, idling upon the kitchen counter before we headed out to the train station

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 20th June 2013

June 20th 2013: music

today's prompt... music

and how fortunate that I should be going on to a gig, how fortunate that it should coincide with music being the prompt word

Hoping that I may grab some great live pics, I still took a handful of snaps around the kitchen before setting off for Brixton

and despite getting a number of pictures and editing a number of pictures, including my ticket, the support act and the 'sold out' sign for alunageorge, I actually think that the sight of my watch resting upon the new Crystal Fighters album, with my phone, Oyster card and stereo remote control nearby was a more alluring sight

some editing later and I think I made the right choice

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 20th June 2013

June 8th 2013: house

todays prompt.... house.

daft punk are playing at my house, at my house.

nicely making use of my retro lamp that i found in a charity shop not long ago, and showing off my 'new' vinyl rack that somebody else had thrown out recently and i decided that there was still life in it yet, it may need a make-over tho.


Photo taken by Glen Byford, using an ipad and edited using Aviary, 8th June 2013

June 3rd 2013: fabric

for the third day of the 30 day photo challenge, the prompt word was fabric

so i fought my initial instinct to photograph a close up of denim, and instead got a lil more creative by going to my ipod and scrolling through the compilations to find some of the music that makes me happiest and reminds me of 'the good ol' days' when fridays were spent in the depths of Farringdon until the early hours and i would still drag myself into work the next day

i then got a lil creative with a handful of adjutments in Aviary and a restrained use of the 'splash' tool


Photograph taken by Glen Byford using the Apple ipad and edited using Aviary, 3rd June 2013

June 1st 2013: Teenaging (single) by Hunchbakk

finally, it's here...

the debut single, a four track package, is now available as a pay-what-you-like download via bandcamp

it has been a long time coming. the release of Teenaging, originally recorded in 2008, heralds the arrival of the full length debut album, Anubis Horror. a trip down memory lane and an industrial take on hip-hop elements, Teenaging follows the path travelled by many as their formative years at school gives way to an errant sense of identity and the prevailing person that we will ultimately become as life shapes us all. the title track of the single is also backed by a chopped up and tortured rendition of the poem 'The Dishonest Truth', the Kaoss pad created and long unavailable 'Base Element' that originally debuted in 2009, and a remix of Teenaging tackled by Tesla aka Matthew Sewell, guitarist and knob-twiddler with North-London djent-metallers UNX, whose debut EP was released earlier this year.



it's been an interesting journey that isn't over yet, but for this release i can't give enough thanks to my brother, Ian Byford, for providing inspired artwork, and to Matthew Sewell, who turned in an amazing remix that really changed the sounds that i have had swimming around my head for so long

so please, download, share and enjoy, and keep an eye out for the forthcoming full length album

I

May 30th 2013: it's coming

May 27th 2013: 'I hope we passed the audition'

the trail led us eventually to Saville Row, where amongst all the world renowned tailors sits the former Apple Corps headquarters at number 3, home of the Beatles final performance on the roof of the building

Photo taken by Glen Byford using a HTC desire C and edited using Aviary and Instagram, May 27th 2013

May 13th 2013: this is my church...

this is where i heal my heart...

Photograph taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited in Aviary and Pixlromatic, May 13th 2013

January 2nd 2013: Hunchbakk - computer music (demo)

a short demo of what is provisionally titled 'computer music'

 

October 24th: SoundArt10

this took far longer than it should have done and the end result was nothing like i expected it to be.

what it is, is the first song i have ever written on a guitar, utilising 3 whole chords in true status quo style






inspired by artwork created by Ian Byford

Music created by Glen Byford using a cheap guitar and the 'new' ipad, completed on october 24th 2012

October 20th: my life

I said it would probly be an early nite,
likely leave about 12,
knowing full well that I would be dancing til gone.1

October 16th: the recording studio

working on the much delayed next instalment in the SoundArt series

Photo taken by Glen Byford using a HTC Desire C and edited using instagram, October 16th, 17:08pm

October 16th: where cigarettes grow on trees

having picked up NME's covered version of Up The Bracket i decided to revisit an old Libertines compilation i made, with artwork provided by Ian Byford

Photo taken by Glen Byford using 'the new' ipad, and edited using picstitch and instagram, 16th October, 14:59pm

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march 9th: Giles Babel - track 4 (title pending)

yet another untitled track, as the brand new 5 track EP known as "programmed to prevent war" nears completion.




this track samples Busta Rhymes' Touch It, which in turn sampled Daft Punk's Technologic

created by Glen Byford and completed on 8th March 2012