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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.
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.
BUY JANUARY SONGS HERE 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.
