Album Notes

Radio Wonderlust Vol 1. offers a first taste of Storm Gordon's soulful romanticism & downtempo dance rhythms; Dravidian's Carnathic-inspired vocal style & mix of Indian & sampled/hip-hop beats; the surreal songwriting & warped pop of Drongo; and culminating in the extended ambient/downtempo collaboration, 'The Waves' -co-written by Drongo & the Navigator.

Scottish composer-producer David Galbraith , aka the Navigator (ex-Botany 5 - 90's ambient dance pioneers), worked closely with these three original & diverse artists to create an album that seamlessly flows from one song to the next - revealing the shared optimism & close underlying bond between them as a musical collective at this time.

After recording & launching the Radio Wonderlust project together ,
Storm Gordon has gone on to write & record two more albums with David Galbraith (with a 3rd in progress - due for release in 2008), while Dravidian & Drongo have been following their respective musical paths, with further new recordings & releases now widely available .

Radio Wonderlust Vol 1 is the album that has brought each of these unique artists & songwriters their first UK, & now, wider exposure...

RADIO WONDERLUST Vol.1

Credits:

1. Storm Gordon ~ My Only Sky (Gordon/Galbraith)

vocal - Storm Gordon ; sampled piano - David Galbraith

2. Dravidian ~ Evolution 3 (S. Hall)

vocal, instruments & programming - Dravidian

3. Storm Gordon ~ Wild is the Wind (D.Tiomkin/N.Washington)

vocal - Storm Gordon ; instruments & programming - David Galbraith ;
electric violin improvisation - Kirsty Anderson

4. Drongo ~ Radio Repair Girl (A. Mullen)

vocals - Drongo & Storm Gordon ; instruments & programming - Drongo ;
drumkit - Neil Sommerville ; bass - the Navigator

5. Dravidian ~ Weight of the World (S. Hall)

vocals - Dravidian ; instruments & programming - Dravidian ;
guitars - David Galbraith

6. Drongo ~ Stone Against Stone (A. Mullen)

vocals - Drongo ; instruments & programming - Drongo ;
backing vocals, bass, extra keyboards - the Navigator ; drumkit -
Neil Sommerville

7. Storm Gordon ~ Soulflower (Galbraith/Gordon/Mullen)

vocals - Storm Gordon ; instruments & programming - David Galbraith ;
Mutator & extra samples - Drongo ; electric violin - Kirsty Anderson

8. Dravidian ~ Bobbin wiv the Beast (S. Hall)

vocals - Dravidian ; instruments & programming - Dravidian

9. Drongo & the Navigator ~ the Waves (A. Mullen/D. Galbraith)

instruments & programming - Drongo & the Navigator
Drongo's poem translated & read by Rebecca Klayman ;
guitar - the Navigator ; trumpet imrovisation - Colin Steele


~ Recorded & Produced by David Galbraith & the artists
for Wonderlust Productions
~ except tracks 2. & 8. : Produced by Dravidian
Mastered by D.Galbraith at Wonderlust Audio

All songs published by Wonderlust Music/Hornall Bros. Music Ltd.
~ except track 3. : published by Carlin Music Corp.

Studios were: 1.,3.,4.,5.,6. & 7. @ the Party House, Cowbraehill,
Midlothian, Scotland ; 2., 5. & 8. @ Suria Recordings, Highgate, London ;
4.,6., & 9. @ Spooky Electric, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland ;
9. @ the Palace of Funk, East Lothian, Scotland.

Special thanks to : Kelly & John @ Kelly Pike Publicity ;
Stuart, Janie & Zoe @ Hornall Bros. Music ;
and Al Hale @ Voiceprint .

CD Illustrated by Anonymous Bosh (aka Storm Gordon)