Latest news on the position of mv7, and a quick introduction.

Hello All mad_vicar fans. We here at AEGRE hope you had a good holiday, and all the best for 2010. A quick introduction is required here: My name is Dex Leighton, and I shall be posting OFFICIAL AEGRE information on the mv blog. Frances Green, my predecessor, has moved up the corporate ladder, and we all wish her well in her new post. Just so that you can tell at a glance, AEGRE postings will be in this nice blue colour, whilst postings from mad_vicar himself will be in whatever colour he fancies at the time!

I have received a few emails asking about mv7, and where we are with the album. So I thought it would be a good idea to explain it via the blog, so that everyone interested can get the news easily.

As far as recording goes, there are currently enough new mad_vicar tracks to fill one compact disc almost to capacity - that is, seventy minutes plus. However, mad_vicar himself has indicated that he would like mv7 to be a multi-disc album, possibly even a multi-media project. Therefore, although an ordinary-length album has been recorded, nothing can be released until there are more tracks. How many new tracks, and indeed how many CDs, has not been discussed. AEGRE, with its policy of complete artistic freedom, is content to wait until mad_vicar is happy with every part of the project, and delivers the masters to us.

I have heard the finished tracks, and it will be a powerful album when it is ready, so we hope that we can count on the die-hard fans patience until then!

Thanks!

Dex Leighton

Introducing Dex Leighton, my new PR personage...

Hello again!

More interesting news! I just wanted to drop a quick message here to congratulate Frances on her promotion - she will be hanging out with the big dicks in executive suite from now on! I have therefore been assigned a new AEGRE Bodyguard, although AEGRE have some really cool name for it - Talent PR Manager or something like that. He is (drum roll) Dex Leighton, and he will be taking over Frances' role, posting OFFICIAL stuff on the mv blogerama. So welcome Dex! There will be a posting from AEGRE almost any minute now explaining mv7 and introducing Dex from the AEGRE perspective. Long live Authentricity Electronic Gramophone Recording Enterprises!

Taraferabit

mv

mv7 delay....

Hello everyone! I hope you had a splendiferous Chrimble and I wish you Bright Blessings for 2010.

AEGRE is releasing a statement about the delay of mv7, but I wanted to put out some personal feelings about the gestation of the album too.

Creating "Participant in the Liquidation of the Accident Consequences", that some refer to as mv6, was a massive undertaking. It began this time three years ago, and wasn't finished until the day before release, which was April 26th 2007. The date was significant, since it represented the 21st anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. Indeed, it is true that I created the Masters on 24th, then burned CD-R and DVD-R discs all day on the 25th to be ready.

I hope that mv6 helped people understand what everyone involved had to go through and the suffering of The Liquidators, and the album remains one that I listen to most often (of all my music created thus far) - even though it does make me quite emotional.

That was 2007, and as strange as it might seem, I haven't found the time or energy often enough to get creative. There was a point where I said to myself, now is the time to start work on mv7, and bit by bit around 70 minutes of new music has been recorded. But my personal feelings are that since it has been so long since mv6, I really want mv7 to be a big album. I want to "reward" the patience of those who like my music with a big lump of new tunes, so at the minimum I would like it to be double, preferably a triple CD collection. Perhaps some computer content too. LiJa remains my favourite video director, and I would love to get her to produce some more visuals to go with the music. She worked so very hard with the videos from mv6 (Pripyat City of the Future I, Nuclear Power, Liquidators, and the DVD-only Ghost Town of Pripyat) taking time pressure in her stride and coming up with striking visuals, that she is the only choice for me.

And so that's the full story. As you can imagine, the run up to Chrimble and the New Year is busy anyway, and to add to that we have had some catastrophic computer meltdowns over the last month which we have only just managed to sort out, even if some bits still are not quite working properly! I will get back to it soon, I promise!

In the meantime, I have a question for YOU. I have specifically NOT issued any of the new material, to keep everything for the mv7 album. But would a CD single be welcome? Yes, it will be then later released on the mv7 album. If this idea turns you off, then let me know. Equally, if you would like a CD single of one or two tracks as a taster, could you drop me a line and let me know that it would be welcome? I make a point of listening to what my "fans" (I hate that word!) say, and thus feedback on this issue would be very welcome.

Stay well, stay happy.

mv