The Sophia Collective: Robin Proper-Sheppard, Jeffrey 'The Bear' Townsin, Jonathan 'Leather' Digby, Adam Franklin, Will Foster, Matthew Round, Calina de la Mare, Lawrence O' Keefe, Malcolm Campbell, Sarah Willson, Robert Spriggs, Ruth Gottlieb, Chris Koh, Sophie Sirota, Lucy Wilkins, Andrew Nice, Graham Miles, James Elkington, Dan Mulligan, Tim Cedar, Frank Ramsey, Andrew Blick, Stuart Wright, Nick Bergin, Simon Russell, Steve Hackett, Alzy, Matthew Ward, Alison Dods, Rick Koster, Helen Rathbone, Emma Black, Jenny Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Alice Pullen, Karen Fotherby, Malcolm Middleton, Stephen Jones, Melanie De Basio, Philip Lethen, Fuego and still there's more...
Influences
Listening:
Portishead - Third
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
David Bowie - Heroes
The Cure - 17 Seconds
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
The National - Boxer
Neil Young - On The Beach
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Damien Jurado - Caught In The Trees (New)
Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
Josh Rouse - Country Mouse, City House
Reading:
Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus
Winnie The Pooh - A.A. Milne
The Penguin Guide to Punctuation
All Haruki Murakami...
Stuff:
'Anything too stupid to be said is sung' Voltaire
'When I haven't any blue I use red' Pablo Picasso
'I am a sick man... I am an angry man. I am an unattractive man' Dostoyevsky - Notes from the Underground
Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie, A fly can’t bird, but a bird can fly. Ask me a riddle and I reply “Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.” A Bear of Very Little Brain (A.A. Milne - Suggested reading: The Tao of Pooh)
Bruce Springsteen: Brilliant Disguise (And a short talk about life...)
This is a beautiful little duet The Boss sings with his wife Patti Scialfa.
It's taken from the VH1 series 'Storytellers'.
Daniel Lanois DVD: Here Is What Is.
Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno on the creation of Art ("Beautiful things sometimes grow out of shit...")
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Oh and this is a wonderful little Flash animation for the intro to 'Razorblades' by Marz. I love this. Especially the tear that falls down my cheek. So melodramatic. Just like me...
thank you for your concert in berlin!it was amazing...was there with my, now 11 weeks old daughter,well she slept all the time, but i think she liked it too...:-) for my man it was his fourth concert of you and for us two girls the first one and definitly not the last!thank you very much!lots of greets from berlin and you're always welcome again....:-)
Hello, Robin! And thank you so much for the touching and moving performance in Rome last evening. I've been overwhelmed by a nerverending burst of intense emotions and I'll keep being so rethinking of this precious concert and constellation of hertfelt everliving moments. As I had the chance to tell you, I'm still searching for my direction, but i feel I'm not alone in this half-struggle-half-quest: your music is a very guide and a gift. Hope to see and listen to you again soonest! Wholeheartedly yours, Esteban
P.S.: I'm sure! My beloved brotherly friend Rachel will love the Sophia's vinyl single that you signed. She'll love your immensely beautiful desert song (n.2) and your kindness and generosity. You're a truly fantastic person, Robin!
amazing hours in Karlsruhe and Wiesbaden - many thanks four the nice foto (to see in my photoalbum). Your music attends me every day and especially helps me to bear even the hardest and sad days.
Damn! I missed your concert!!! How can i ever forgive myself that i wasn't aware of you playing here??? Anyway, i hope you enjoyed it ... Your new Album is awesome! Lots of regards, Nadja
There Are No Goodbyes sounds better for my ears with each listening. And great artwork. If it weren't for the album cover that instantly got my eyes, I might have missed on the equally beautiful music.
I have received by mail "There are no goodbyes" right yesterday! Such a great surprise when i'm come back home after a hard day's work! So i listened to it all the evening (and i've finished in the middle of the night with the Valentine's day session bonus cd). The lyrics are very moving. The music it's truly wonderful. This is absolutely a masterpiece, very intense and fascinating! The bonus cd is just a review of how beautiful is the music you wrote in the past, with some tunes refreshed and brightened with a new light. Thank you Robin for another fantastic Sophia album! Hope to see you soon in Italy! Cheers
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