Another Short ride on the Arrow of Time as Spaceheads took the two day trip up to the top of Scotland and a Ferry across to the Orkney Isles, with Billy Harrison and his cello onboard
We spent 5 days recording at the Mill O Rango, a studio set up by our friend Simon and his partner Jo.
The sun was shining as we took time off from recording more continuums to visit the sites on the Island. We finished with a gig at The Torvhaug, a pub venue in the town of Kirkwall.
We set up video projectors while we were recording and filmed everything. Video will slowly be released over the year onto the SpaceheadsTV Youtube Channel.
DAILY DIARY
We also posted daily stories and reels to our Facebook and Instagram pages…. creating a daily diary. Click on the numbered links below to watch the stories on dropbox (they were only up on social media for 24 hours)
Day one …..May 5th … leave Manchester with a van load of equipment, heading for a night with family near Grantshouse in the Scottish Borders
2 Stopping off at the Samye Ling Buddhist Centre in the borders
3 Under the bridge at Eyewater
Day two …. May 6th …. drove from the borders up to Aberdeen where we took the Ferry to Kirkwall on the Orkneys. Arriving late in the dark, Simon met us and drove us to the Mill
4 The Ferry across the North Sea
Day three …. May 7th …. set up in the studio and did our first recordings. Visited the Ring of Brodgar
Day four …. May 8th … got down to recording non stop continuums. Visited Skara Brae
7 A Hare dances outside to our recording
Day five … May 9th … Billy joined us in creating continuums playing Cello and then keyboards. We took percussion and trumpet out to Yesnaby cliffs
9 Introducing Billy Harrison on cello
Day six …. May 10th …. more recording and rehearsing for the gig
Day seven ….. May 11th … last bits of recording and pack up studio for gig in Torvhaug, Kirkwall
Day eight …. May 12th … caught the ferry back to to northern tip of Scotland and drove back down to the borders to stay the night. Stopped off at the falls of Bruar
14 Bye Bye orkney … the ferry back
Day nine …. May 13th … visited the singing fence where Richard recorded his Drone Hill CD and the follow up CD Drone Hill 2nd survey. We then drove back down to Manchester
What a week on the Arrow of Time!
Two videos from the fab gig at the Torvhaug Kirkwall
