Twelve Thousand Days is the joint project of MARTYN BATES (Eyeless In Gaza) who has worked with such luminaries as Ann Clark, Mick Harris (Scorn) and Max Eastley to name but a few; and ALAN TRENCH (Orchis, Temple Music, Cunnan), founding director of the late lamented World Serpent Distribution (once the home to Nurse With Wound, Sol Invictus, Death In June, Coil, Terminal Cheesecake, Martyn Bates and Eyeless In Gaza, In Gowan Ring, Nature And Organisation, Current 93, Antony And The Johnsons, Shockheaded Peters, Danielle Dax, Dawn & Dusk Entwined, Sieben, Elijah's Mantle, Ozymandias, Ronan Quays etc etc - apologies to anyone not mentioned, no deliberate sleight intended).
They first got together with the intention of recording some material for Orchis; decided it had a charachter all of it's own and released the first album, In The Garden Of Wild Stars via Italy's Musica Maxima Magnetica (thanks to Dario), followed by The Devil in the Grain on Trisol (thanks to Alex) and the At the Landgate ep and From The Walled Garden album via Shining Day (thanks to Marek).
Twelve Thousand Days have an utterly unique sound; ethereal, otherworldly; beckoning silently from mists and pastures; and from silent uplands where kestrels hover and owls cry in the moonlight as they hunt through ruined stone walls and bats flit through sightless windows; in the blackgreen of the restless forest as the brook coils through the moss and ferns and the salamander sits heavy and waxen, entirely still but for the glittering eyes; as the midnight processional winds amidst the lichened boles... this is where Twelve Thousand Days has its being.
Both Martyn and Alan have access to this page, so you can contact them here with offers of vast treasures and glistening praise...
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After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace... Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my blog for details): CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
I uploaded my brand new song, "An Open Letter", a 9:37 minutes-long track which I believe will appeal to those who love progressive, new wave, jazz, art-rock, gothic and classical music, since it contains elements from all these musical genres and even some reggae-like passages and little oriental and almost ambient touches...
Main influences:
Japan/David Sylvian/Mick Karn/Dolphin Brothers/Nine Horses, Talk Talk, Bamboo Industry/Rain On Bamboo, Duran Duran/Arcadia, Alphaville, Furniture, The Associates/Billy Mackenzie, Camel, Eyeless In Gaza, Shriekback, The Cure, The Stranglers, It's Immaterial, Blue Nile, Scott Walker, Metro/Duncan Browne, John Foxx, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Ippu Do/Masami Tsuchiya, Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Winston Tong, Eberhard Weber, Percy Jones, David Torn, Erik Satie, Wim Mertens, Devil Doll, Gazpacho, Ken's Novel, Arrakeen, Riverside, Sad Lovers And Giants, And Also The Trees, B-Movie, Jeanette Dwyer, Marcie's Still Waiting, Bark Psychosis, DeFilm, White Town, Muse, Blezqi Zatsaz...and many more!
Hi, thanks for the add. Boudisque is not so long ago, only last april. Nowhere to go anymore to get some fine records... Respect from Holland and all the best, Bob
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