Music

The end of an Enormous music ride

by Enormous on November 1, 2011

Enormous is over. The music has stopped. The musicians involved have all gone back to their own projects leaving this website with one last purpose. To bid everyone a fond farewell and channel this website’s ample amount of readers into the arms of the musicians who made Enormous what it is and who now continue on their own musical journeys. Amazing as it may sound, this website still gets over 1,200 visitors every day without fail, most of whom are looking for one thing and one thing only.

Music.

Music, music and more music.

So, in no particular order…

Paul Varga. Paul Varga continues to work as one half of the Enormous Horns, the horn section that Enormous helped to launch, and is also available as a freelance saxophonist, transcriber and arranger. Paul also continue to work on a number of music projects with Ashley Morgan.

Travis Peters. Enormous crashed just a few months after diminutive pianist and organ handler Travis joined our then merry band of musicians. He’d hardly had time to set up his organ when the band came crashing down around his ears. Travis jumped ship and found a new home with Wwolves. The band, not the football team.

Graham Boffey. Still drumming in the corner where he can be heard for miles and miles.

Ashley Morgan. Enormous was never Ashley Morgan’s first love, musical or otherwise. Ashley Morgan’s own music always came first and that is probably how it will always be. Some people just aren’t cut out to be in other people’s bands because they can only hear their own music. Ashley Morgan is one of those people. Follow Ashley Morgan’s music career at ashleymorgan.com.

Mike Ridley-Dash. “I told you we should have hired the other guy”. Those were Ashley’s last words regarding Mr. Ridley-Dash and it’s safe to say that there was no love lost between the two of them. Musically and professionally they disagreed. And that’s an understatement. Mike continues to play and we all wish him well with his future endeavours musical or otherwise.

Davy Lawrence. Unknown. Missing in action. Napoleon Fantastic is dead, long live…?

But what about the music, what about the music?

Never fear, we hear your cry. Did you really think we were going to just flush over 5 studio albums of material down the lavatory? Did you really think we that musically stupid?

The Enormous music, the music of Davy Lawrence, Steve O’Toole, Graham Boffey, David Graham, Paul Varga and Ashley morgan. That music.

It’s coming.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

E&R Records and Big Arena Records

by Enormous on April 29, 2011

E&R Records now owns some of the assets of Big Arena Records, specifically the early recordings of Ashley Morgan and The Ashley Morgan Quartet that were originally released on Big Arena Records.

Big Arena Records will continue to exist as an independent label in it’s own right. E&R Records, like Ashley Morgan’s other record labels 447 Records and 7611 Records is exclusively analogue, distributing music on vinyl and cassette only.

Click here to learn more about Ashley Morgan recordings and releases on vinyl and cassette or here if you are interested in Ashley Morgan digital downloads and mp3.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

447 Records and 7611 Records

by Enormous on April 26, 2011

447 Records and 7611 Records are now analogue only record labels. All music is now exclusively available on vinyl and cassette. Digital is fake. Analogue is real.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

The Ashley Morgan Quartet and E&R Records

by Enormous on April 21, 2011

The Ashley Morgan Quartet are now available exclusively on vinyl from E&R Records.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Ashley Morgan’s new record label, E&R Records, is something of a music industry anomaly. At a time when every the major labels are falling over themselves to go digital Ashley Morgan’s new record label is taking things back to the old school with good old fashioned analogue vinyl and, shock horror, cassette!

All of these Ashley Morgan recordings will be distributed through independent record shops. No digital downloads, free or paid.

No, I don’t know what he’s up to either. Personally I reckon it’s crazy. But he tells me that digital music is a waste of time and that analogue is the only way forward. I told them that it might work for jazz (I would imagine that jazz musicians and jazz fans were Ashley Morgan’s target audience when he put this new shindig together) but not for the kind of indie pop that Enormous push.

I remain confused and dazed but hopeful that Ashley Morgan’s new record label is heading in the right direction here. Otherwise we are all doomed.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

We are Enormous

by Enormous on February 27, 2011

 

{ 0 comments }

Analogue is real. From this point forward all Ashley Morgan recordings will be exclusively analogue and available on analogue formats. Vinyl and cassette only.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }