Candles EP out now

The Candles EP is out now (iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and CDbaby...among others).

Candles EP on CDBaby

on Amazon

on Spotify

The EP includes collaborations with Kate Rogers, Colin Jones and Anna Wraith.

Thanks go to all collaborators above and also to Chris Aldridge and Debbie Lashley for much appreciated help with the photography.

Next release (due sometime in November) will be The Discovery parts 1 & 2. 

CQ.

Lighting Candles

The new version of Lighting Candles in the Church of the Damned can be heard on the link below, ahead of the forthcoming release of the Candles EP.

Cooke Q's Trinity of Discord and Tribulation remix

CANDLES EP - update

Firstly, apologies for the lack of updates.  I have been particularly busy of late. 

The Candles EP is coming along nicely, though after some unexpected problems one of the tracks is proving a little tricky to finish off.  I had hoped to release the EP this coming weekend but it looks like it will probably have to be pushed back a few weeks, for release in September.  Many thanks go to Chris Aldridge and Debbie Lashley for their invaluable assistance with EP images (again). 

Tracks and featured artists are confirmed as follows:

1. Lighting Candles in the Church of the Damned (with Kate Rogers)

(Cooke Q's Trinity of Discord & Tribulation mix)

2. A Poison Chalice (with Colin Jones and Anna Wraith)

3. Mind Over Matter 

The EP is the third extension to the Flight from Erebus album.  A couple of further extensions are planned this year (namely The Discovery parts 1 & 2 & a new version of Five Rivers).

After that Lost Ark will be taking a well earned minibreak before venturing out of the darkness to whatever lies on the other side. 

Flowers video - Nicci Marbles.

Here is the fab new "Flowers" video from one of Lost Ark's finest collaborators,  Nicci Marbles.

Candles EP & others update

It's been a while since I gave an update, which rest assured is only because I have been exceptionally busy working on the forthcoming Candles EP (which may become The Damned EP, dependent on how I feel about it once it is done I guess).  I can shed further light on the release.

The EP will feature three tracks, which are confirmed as:

1. Lighting Candles in the Church of the Damned (with Kate Rogers) - a new mix of the track, specially for this release.

2. A Poisoned Chalice - a previously unreleased track - expect some brassy elements on this one - courtesy of a very talented guest.

3. Mind Over Matter - a remix of an older track - featuring the mesmerising voice of another very talented guest.


After the Candles / Damned EP, The Lost Ark has a couple of other dark harbours to dock at, before we leave Erebus.  These will be:

The penultimate stop:  The Discovery parts 1 & 2 - including a new version of part 1, I expect.

& finally:  Five Rivers - most definitely a new version of this one.

Echoes of Erebus may still haunt future releases from time to time too, given that tracks like The Sentinel, Demos Oneroi and Last Scene could also easily have headlined releases.  It does however feel like time for this old Ark to move on from the darkness and onto the next phase - which may or may not be the final Lost Ark album - again dependent on how I feel about it at the time.  I can absolutely say for certain that as long as I am still drawing breath, I fully intend to complete one more album at the very least.  The story would not be finished without it and indeed the long overdue continuation of the Flight from Erebus story must also be resumed too.

So lots more exciting / downright odd musical shenanigans to come, basically!


Your Captain



Cooke Q.

Another image for the Lost Ark gallery...

                                                NICCI MARBLES (Nickesha G) - vocalist on the Ouija EP.

            Work continues on the Lost Ark remix of Nicci Marble's "Flowers" - a sneak preview of the
             almost finished track can be found on this link - Nicci Marbles - Flowers (Cooke Q's Gathering the Asphodels remix)

Future Projects

I am starting to plot a route out of the darkness for Lost Ark, as it would be foolhardy to linger here too much longer I fear. Before we can exit Erebus, there are a few other dark places that we must visit.  These will almost certainly be:

#3 - Candles EP (featuring Kate Rogers and other special guests - more on those nearer the time).

#4 - The Discovery (parts 1 & 2)

#5 - Five Rivers (remix)

After this Lost Ark will take a short hiatus, as we work on the 4th as yet untitled album.  I cannot reveal too much about this one just yet but will say that it will be the polar opposite of Flight from Erebus.

Before the Candles EP (due Summer to Autumn) there will also be a remix of Nickesha G's gorgeous track, "Flowers". 

Time permitting, I will also be recording new versions of Rockets, Original Cut and other tracks which I feel haven't quite reached their true potential just yet.


Your Captain.


Cooke Q