Gleaming Without Lights

Bill Nelson's first CD release of 2007 is a new instrumental album called Gleaming Without Lights. From Bill's online diary:

This album is centred around the almost 40 minute long soundtrack that I created for the 'Memory Codex' autobiographical video which was screened at last year's Nelsonica. The title of the piece is 'Dreamland Illuminated.' To make up the rest of the album I've recorded some new instrumentals that compliment the soundtrack.


I've also decided the album's running order, which is as follows:
1: 'Gleaming Without Lights.'
2: 'North-East.'
3: 'Rialto.'
4: 'Billy Builds The World Of Tomorrow.'
5: 'Glittering Rails.'
6: 'Dreamland Illuminated.'
7. 'Pilgrim (Fantasia On A Distantly Remembered Hymn.)'
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The entire album is instrumental and electric guitar oriented, falling somewhere between the 'Dreamland To Starboard' and 'Neptune's Galaxy' album stylings. I've also added extra textural details to the 'Dreamland Illuminated' piece that were originally absent from the Memory Codex soundtrack recording.
This isn't a 'major statement' album but an interesting side-project, a pleasant diversion which will only be manufactured in limited quantities.

Gleaming Without Lights is available via the Dreamsville website (Note: the first sample doesn't appear properly using IE7 but it does using Firefox (see sidebar)).

I've just played the album through a couple of times and very nice it is too. Given the length of 'Dreamland Illuminated' you really have to be able to take some uninterrupted time out to appreciate it. It's not something you can listen to on a commute to work or with the kids running about. Slow down, fill a glass of wine, put your headphones on and press play...