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The Shit Piano

We never do the ideas we have in pubs. In pubs we go, 'That's a great idea!' in the morning we go, 'Hmm not so great'. But what if the ideas we have in pubs are the best?

I had an idea to re-record my album 'The Ship's Piano' in a day on casios and call it the Shit Piano. Although on the surface it's an idea based on a pun I was thinking about the tradition of remixes and the earlier tradition of Dub versions of albums.

I tried to use the limitation of the Casios to find new and interesting readings of the songs. The album definitely isn't 'shit' on purpose.

I hope you like it.
 
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January Songs 2012

January 2012 will see the release of the deluxe 2CD version of January Songs. A miniature gatefold sleeve with two full colour slip cases. Limited to 1500 copies, every single sleeve will be hand drawn by Darren. Here are two videos showing the covers being made.
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See and hear all of January Songs here.

DARREN HAYMAN - I TAUGHT YOU HOW TO DANCE

A new four track ten inch EP (featuring download code). The standout track from Darren's latest album 'The Ship's Piano' is released as a ten inch EP featuring covers of three other songs with 'Dance' in the title; 'Dance Away' by Roxy Music, 'I Don't Want to Dance' by Eddy Grant and 'Come Dancing' by the Kinks.

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Catch up with all the other records Darren has released this year