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gavD - Richmond Road sessions

By Gavin Davies

Songs recorded in the year or so after leaving university.

Leaving uni broke my heart. I don’t know if I really got over it until my kids were born. It was so strange to not be in that environment any more, I didn’t handle the change well at all.

This era saw me write a lot of angry, confused songs. Metal was creeping back into my musicality.

One of these songs, “Overdrive”, became “Overload”, a Vibration White Finger track. One of these songs I would use later in collaborations - like Butterfly.

There are clear influences here from Primal Scream, RHCP, Primus and nu metal.

The last 7 tracks are bass solos, I think I was envisaging some kind of suite of styles, but really it’s just mostly aimless noodling!

01 Intro


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02 Pressure Cooker


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03 All Is Not Lost


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04 Beatbox Digital


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05 Cauldron Nails


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06 Castle Walls


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Shoegaze/black metal/breakcore song.

Whilst obviously most black metal bands are spiritually very dark, and I don’t recommend listening to it on that account, I’ve always loved the sound and production of black metal - the tremolo picked guitars and sheer noise of it can create an amazing soundscape. I had a guitar teacher at university - Huw Davies - who showed me how to play this way and I always enjoyed it musically speaking.

07 Open Eyes


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08 No Ballad


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09 What It Is


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10 Overdrive


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11 Coastline


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12 Left For Dead


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13 Life Torn Out


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14 Soul Architect bass solo


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15 Nu Funk


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16 Pencil Bass


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17 Screaming Symphony


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18 Time Breaks


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19 Tap


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20 Butterfly


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21 Come In From The Cold


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22 Unwritten


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23 Claustrophobic


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24 Snake Style


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25 Iron Fan Style


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26 Monkey Style


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27 Track 27


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28 Track 28


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29 Track 29


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30 Track 30


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31 Track 31


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