WelcomeThanks for visiting the site. The new album has finally arrived. Check out some samples on the music page, or pick up a copy of the album now, hot off the press. Just click on the Buy Now button here (right) or on the music page. Enjoy... Lee.
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Check out some tracks from each album in the player below. You can purchase individual tracks you like the sound of by clicking 'Buy'. Alternatively pick up a copy of the albums on the Music page
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Latest News... 23/11/11 - Le Juki & Dizraeli New Albums - With the debut Le Juki album underway, and Dave Meckin onboard to work on sound design for the album (= well exciting), Dizraeli & The Small Gods have also been shaping up new material for our 2012 release, which will be the first album written by the full band. We've just spent 4 days in The Forge, a family-run studio outside of Norwich, knocking our heads together, and am pleased to say some great material's come out. Keep your eyes and ears on this space. 30/8/11 - So Long Festivals - The passing of another year has been marked by the end (for me at least) of the festival season. Both incredible and testing, The Small Gods have managed to rack up about 20 dates over the last few months, have seen a lot of fields, and have spent uncountable hours in the tour bus driving to and from the West Country. Definitely good times, but also great to be sitting on my couch again. Nice. 13/7/11 - Bells Of St Sava - Last year I was lucky enough to make a trip to the national folk festival in Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria, which takes place once every 5 years. It was a great honour to be able to travel up into the mountains of central Bulgaria and witness firsthand the regional folk traditions from across the country. On our journey back to Budapest, we stopped in Belgrade for a couple of days, where another musically enlightening moment took place - I stumbled across the cathedral of St Sava, where the midday bells were sounding. What an incredible sonic experience! This summer I'm making the journey back there to record those bells, in the hopes of using them as the basis for a composition. Whatever happens, it should be a great adventure... 12/7/11 - Reverb Nation, e.t.c. - I swear, you turn your back for one minute, and there's another 300 social networking sites that everyone's using! So now you can join me at Reverb Nation, Twitter, Facebook and Myspace for more regular news. 20/6/11 - Le Juki Recording - Just back from an epic journey to the depths of rural France where I've been recording the new Le Juki album with those very lovely people. Amazing times, we got a hell of a lot done, but there's still much work to do before the album is ready for your ears. We posted a blog over the recording session (fairly surreal to be honest), you can check it out at www.lejuki.com 10/1/11 - Minor 7th reviews 'Dragon' CD - This month 'Dragon' has been made a special feature by online review site Minor 7th. There's also a free giveaway CD on their site, and a couple of tunes from the album on their podcast. Check it out at www.minor7th.com 1/1/11 - New Work For Piano - I'm very pleased to be able to tell you that Adam Swayne will be premiering a short composition for piano entitled 'In The Quiet Of The Night', which I wrote earlier in 2010. This will be performed on January 20th at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton, as part of the upcoming season of NMB concerts. This is the first piece I've written in the medium, so I'm quite nervous... Older News... 11/12/10 - Gigs in Dublin - On a trip to Scotland this summer to play at the Ullapool Guitar Festival, I met the fantastic guitarist Stefan Galt, who has invited me to play some shows in Dublin at the end of this year. Keep your eyes on the gig list at the top of this page for updates. 20/7/10 - TOUR OF CYPRUS MACH II - The second Cypriot tour was undoubtedly a success, thanks to all the people who came back to see me play again, to Trio Errant, the London Jazz trio I was touring with, and of course to Lefteris Moumtziz (Louvana) for organising the whole affair. Great times... Sonata For Cello & Piano - Now the heavy Summer season has died down, I'll be at home between gigs working on a new suite for Cello and Piano. This is a new medium for me, so it's proving both a very exciting, but also very challenging project, and the learning curve is steep. I'm hoping to have it premiered early next year, so keep watching this space for updates. Dragon - Album no. 3 is finally ready. Entitled 'Dragon', it is comprised of 13 tracks (9 solo guitar, 4 voice and guitar), with guest vocals by Psych-Folk artist Goon, and illustrations by Lucy Taylor. Check out samples on the Music page, and pick up a copy with the button above. Guitar Book - I have laboured for what I can tell you was a very long time, and have just finished a book of 24 pieces for solo guitar, in full notoation and tablature, taken from the first 3 albums (To Sleep, Nymph Suite, & Dragon). The first press is indeed very limited edition, with just 50 copies, so grab one while stocks last. Available from the music and tablature pages. Dizraeli & The Small Gods - After a heavy summer of festival gigs (hats off to the Chai Wallahs) with Folk/Hip Hop group Dizraeli & The Small Gods, I'm pleased to announce that we've been signed to the booking agency Coda, who are lining up a month's tour for us in the Spring. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for dates in your area. In the meantime this Autumn has a few choice shows, like the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Centre on 31st October. Nice...
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