The mad_vicar era is coming to an end...

Hello All m_v fans,

Well it had to happen sooner or later, and it seems like the right time - but first I will post the information on the blog to let everyone know ahead of schedule.

The mad_vicar era is about to come to an end.

In 2011, it will be ten years since I began recording music under the top pseudonym mad_vicar. A few people out there know why I started as mad_vicar in the first place: I am an Ordained Pagan Minister with Universal Life Church, and I acheived my ordination in 2001. That was when I begin recording, and have hammered away at this pursuit since then.

After recently completing mv7, there had been plans to create an ecological album, which would have been mvVIII, and the posibility of a stop-gap album in the meantime, entitled "Interlude" or "Interludings". However, these look like never being completed, even though a track or two off each albums have been created.

It has been a good ten years, and I have enjoyed producing the music that I created, even when it felt like I was sweating blood to get out the sound I wanted. But all good things come to an end, and I feel now is a good time to do it.

I have recently had some meetings with the record company AEGRE, and whilst they are obviously saddened by my decision to quit recording, they support my decision, and are being generally understanding and pleasant to me.

Of course, I want to thank you all for having been so supportive in the past, attending my appearances, and of course, listening to the music - and I am more than grateful to you for the wonderful emails (and I have read every one!) complimenting me and generally enthusing me on to further creations.

Here is what AEGRE want to do: Next year, probably in late Spring, issue a retrospective ten-disc box set, which will include all the seven studio albums, a singles album, a disc of previously unreleased material, and lastly some choice remastered tracks from the Canonbie/Zlotow era. I am very keen for this to happen, and will be involved in the design, production, remixing and remastering - in other words, at every stage of the production. As information becomes available on the box set, I (or Dex) will post up information about how it's going and when it will be released. Incidentally, mv7 should be available to purchase by mid-December.

Again, I cannot thank you enough for all the support and enthusiasm over the last ten years. I have enjoyed making music for you, and I am so happy that you liked it. I have no plans to do any further recording after the box set is completed, and a little while after that, this blog will be taken down. It's been a fun rollercoaster of a decade, and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I have.

Well that's all I have to say for now. I'll post more when I have more news, but for now this is mad_vicar signing off.

Take care, and love always,

m_v