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When the Battle is Over

by Galahad Electric Company

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Letting Go 04:48
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Mysterioso 04:04
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1976 06:04
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Open Water 04:07
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about

Avalon Records is proud to present an ‘unexpected’ new album by Galahad off shoot project the ‘Galahad Electric Company’.

During these strange times in which we have found ourselves over the last few months it appears that Dean Baker and Stu Nicholson have tapped in to a rich vein of creativity resulting in the creation of a substantial collection of new music and songs.

Therefore, the time seemed right to re-activate the ’Galahad Electric Company’ for the first time in over 20 years resulting in a new album ‘When the Battle is Over’.

Much of the material is in a more ‘electronic’ vein as you would expect from Dean who, after all, is the Galahad keyboard player, but there are also a few musical surprises in order to mix things up a bit.

Also, due to more constraints than normal as far as the recording process was concerned a certain amount of experimentation was involved with some of the songs, a few of which were ad-libbed and written in an almost ‘stream of consciousness’ manner!

Stu remarked “This is the first album we have ever recorded whereby neither of us have actually been in the same room at the same time at any point! The actual main writing and recording process only took about five weeks in May and June which is very quick for us! In fact, it was a very easy, fun and quick album to write and record which should, in theory, always be the case but quite often isn’t. “

The end result is an eclectic mixture of music and songs, examples of which are an adaptation of a poem by the famous 19th Century Dorset dialect poet and friend of Thomas Hardy, William Barnes (My Orcha’d in Linden Lea) and even Stu’s cat Sammy Gorgeous contributes ‘meows’ to ‘Mysterioso.
There are also nods to dance, trip hop, folk, krautrock and even opera and gospel influences, all scattered throughout.

Track listing:
A: Suite 2020:
1. Restoration (Intro) (2.56)
2. When the Battle is Over (5.24)
3. Be Careful… (4.41)
4. All That Binds Us (5.59)
5. The Inquisition (Intermezzo) (5.23)
B:
1. Letting Go (4.5446)
2. Mysterioso (4.03)
3. 1976 (6.05)
4. My Orcha’d in Lindèn Lea (4.50)
5. Open Water (4.11)

Bonus: Suite 2020 seamless (24.08)

credits

released October 2, 2020

Dean Baker – Musical composition,synthesizers, sampling, arrangements, orchestration, programming and music

Stu Nicholson – Vocals, backing vocals, samples and words (except ‘My Orcha’d in Lindèn Lea’ written by William Barnes in Dorset in 1856)

Also featuring Sammy Gorgeous on meow, meow and more meow

Recorded at Dean’s place and at Lynwood Studios in Deepest Dorset
Produced by Dean baker and Stu Nicholson
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Dean baker
Art and design by Dean Baker and Stu Nicholson

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GALAHAD Dorset, UK

Long established English Progressive Rock band. Released 12 studio, 5 live (3 of which are a CD/DVD combo) 9 compilation/related project albums up to 2023.

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