performances of pieces from ‘piano mixture’
Two original compositions by Mix Amylo, from her book Piano Mixture, are performed here: Francesca playing ‘the lion pan’ – click here And Owen playing ‘half-sock’ – click here
Piano Mixture – book of 21 original compositions for solo piano
Excited to have my first book of piano pieces out in the world! It’s only taken fifteen years… no, really..!. I composed them in 2005-7, on a hundred-year-old Pleyel grand piano in the south of France, and a keyboard in London… and wrote them out by hand… edited them in a cave in Granada last […]
Morning Coffee
A short piece of writing, in response to the idea of ‘love in lockdown’, to be published in a collection of short stories in 2021. …………………………………………………………………………………. MORNING COFFEE Yes. It was this. Most mornings. Morning coffee, soft taste of Arabica, a wondering: will he answer, did he sleep well, is he more or less worried […]
Week Four of Spanish Lockdown
Friday 3rd April My dreams are even more vivid than usual, populated mainly by people I have lost in real life, swirlings of journeys that never end and stories that never finish. The worlds I visit in them are lighter places than the one we find ourselves in now; they’re filled with the usual convoluted […]
Week Three of Spanish Lockdown
Friday 27th March Two weeks since the announcement of the state of emergency. I take the bins out sporting a very fine orange mask, fashioned for me by my lovely neighbour. Never in my life did I think I’d be wearing a mask out on the street like this. Especially an orange one. Especially while […]
Week Two of Spanish Lockdown
Hi again. I hope you’re healthy and staying vaguely sane. Or insane, if that’s preferable. Which it often is. So, two weeks have already passed. Time is doing the opposite of slowing down, strangely. Week two of staying at home starts to feel like normal life, for all my occasional raging against it. In Spain […]
Week One of Spanish Lockdown – a glimpse into one tiny life
Hello. I hope you’re staying safe and keeping well. It’s been a while since I wrote a blog, but a friend suggested it, and although at first my feeling was no, I didn’t have anything startlingly original to say, a day later I started writing down some musings. Maybe it’s good to keep a record […]
Album of production music by Hutch Demouilpied and Mix Amylo – ‘Moongazing’
After working together as songwriters, horn players, singers, producers and performers for many years in London, Hutch and Mix have recently combined their composition and recording experience to produce this album of instrumental music, available through Soho Production Music. ‘Beautiful piano music for moonlit nights. A modern sound reminiscent of Debussy and mysterious magical wonder. […]
‘Spoondrift in Manchester’ – live band mini album released
Mix and Swiss guitarist Philippe Aeby, ‘Spoondrift’, recorded this album in 2017 in Airtight Studios, Manchester, along with Alan Lowles on bass and Richard Young on drums. The five songs blend funk, jazz, reggae and latin influences. Listen and download it here
new mini album ‘normal isn’t’
New five track album released this month, called normal isn’t. The songs deal with the fall-out from losing someone, and feature voice, piano, sax, acoustic guitar, clarinet, heavy ghost guitar, keyboard strings, crockery and a hoover. Here’s a link: https://mixamylo.bandcamp.com/album/normal-isnt mix amylo : vocals, piano, sax, clarinet, keyboards, acoustic guitar, playing of household objects, […]
