Discovery Parts 1 & 2 update

Hello fellow Arkadians.

The next release is taking longer than expected to complete, as I want to get this next release spot on for my esteemed collaborators.  We also have the main release images to sort too.  I was hoping to have it all wrapped up for the end of the year but these things nearly always take longer than expected.  Sadly I also have a day job too, which does tend to get in the way of musical things a tad.

I will just say for now that The Discovery parts 1 & 2 will be released eventually.  Following that will be the final extension of our Flight From Erebus odyssey, which will be a brand new mix of Five Rivers.  It was a toss up between that track or Last Scene, for the final extension.  We will be revisiting the runner up on a future Lost Ark release, I expect.

Now that Christmas and New Year are out of the way, I shall also endeavour to continue the FFE story, on a weekly basis and get caught up to where it should be (in preparation for album four).

Here's wishing you all a very happy New Year!

Hopefully the political class won't wipe us all out before I get to finish all this work.


CQ.

Flight from Erebus - the story continues..

Part XXVI has now been added to the Flight From Erebus story.

A new part should be released every Sunday.


CQ

Two more releases on the way..

This descent into the darkness of Erebus has been a great deal of fun to work on and I have been very fortunate to have had some very talented crew members on board, for the ride.

Two more extensions are coming and the Erebus phase of our journey will be complete.  The title of the next Lost Ark album is not decided on yet but musically you can expect another shift in our sonic palette. You can expect further updated tracks from FFE on the extensions for that album.  It seems a shame not to revisit the other tracks at some point.  If I had more time, they'd have all had their own dedicated extensions but sadly the end of this phase is nigh.

Next up will be The Discovery parts 1 & 2.  Part 1 is an update on the mix from the FFE album and will lead you into the darkness, part 2 will lead you out.  The release will feature two very talented vocalists.  More will be revealed closer to the release date.  Production on both tracks is going very well but we are admittedly a little behind schedule for the release, so expect these two to drop before the year is out or at worst early in the new year.

After that, the final extension will be a remix of Five Rivers, which should ensure the FFE phase goes out with a suitably large bang.  Expect Five Rivers around February time.

I will also be writing the long overdue next section of the Flight From Erebus story soon too, expect updates to this to be posted every Sunday from here on until the end.



CQ v2.

Flight from Erebus (the unfinished story)

A long time ago, I started the story to go alongside the Flight from Erebus album.  Needless to say time has been very short to even think of completing it.  I am however determined to do so and have started to reread everything in preparation to plunge back into that dark underworld again.  I shall not consider this phase of the Lost Ark complete until the final two musical extensions - namely "The Discovery (parts 1 & 2)"; "Five Rivers (redux)" - AND the story are completed.

I cannot say exactly when the story will continue on the blog, but expect there to be new entries in the saga before the year is out.

Along with that, I am also co-authoring on a different story which I very much hope will be finished sometime next year.  Much of the planning and outline is done for this already, so I expect more news of that will follow at some point.

CQ.

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.