Wud Records

It’s been a long time since we released anything new for you to listen to and we apologise for that. Life has been very busy for all the members of the Wud Records team and will continue to be so for a little longer. An end is in sight at last and we believe that sometime around the middle to the end of June we will be able to return to making music. In the meantime, please feel free to explore all of the pages of the Wud Records website.

Wud Records: The Wood!

Wudmaster — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:30:42 +0000

Early in January on one of the first sunny days of 2013, Fedax collected Fooog from his sometime residence in Honiton and together they journeyed to the Wud Records Studios in Exeter to make some more recordings for Pok’s Anthology album. On the way they stopped at The Wood, specifically, The Clearing, and it is still there!!! A spontaneous outburst of blapping and the arrangement of some fallen branches to form the word ‘Wud’ in the centre of The Clearing was enough to let The Wood and The Clearing know that two of their long-lost prodigal sons had returned for a few moments at least.

The Clearing in The Wood was one of the spiritual homes of the pioneers of Wud way back around the time when we all started doing musical things. Many of the original Wud posse would go and camp in The Clearing in The Wood, build a fire, play acoustic guitar, eat, drink, smoke, sleep and be generally merry.

One of the things about this place that made it so special was how it had evolved. Several decades previously it had been part of the garden of a stately home. During the later part of the 1800s the owners of said stately home brought some rhododendron back to England from their travels and planted it in the garden. Time passed, land was sold and the rhododendron spread, and when the Willow View Caravan Park was home to Grape and some of the others during the early and mid 1980s, the wood had been significantly infiltrated by the rhododendron. In its very centre the branches, roots and runners were so dense, thick and heavy you could not pass and it was very dark and mysterious there. Much of The Wood was – essentially – a single plant! In our states of heightened awareness, we were able to sense the awareness of The Wood itself, which surrounded us and extended in every direction. Highly trippy, it was.

When the A30 was to be made into a dual carriageway in the late 1980s and the proposed route drove right through the heart of the The Wood, some of the Wud posse set up a protest group, called Habitats Under Threat (HUT), and George and Richard (who would later work together in Alien Heat) made a recording of their song Planet Earth (which was performed live many times by Rough Terrain) to raise awareness of the issues of environmental destruction caused by the building of new roads. It ultimately proved futile and the development went ahead as money always wins in these battles, despite the prolonged efforts of the Fairmile A30 Protest Camp.

You can even see The Clearing on Google Maps! If you look at the A30 near Ottery St Mary you will see Straightway Head Big Wood – this is The Wood through which the A30 was built. A deep cutting scars the top of the once-beautiful hill and there is a footbridge almost at the top of the hill, which links the two parts of the road that was split when the A30 was diverted. About 50 feet to the north west of the west side of the bridge you can just make out The Clearing itself.

This was a truly awesome and auspicious discovery by Fooog and Fedax, who both felt energised, reinvigorated and thrilled in equal measure to be able to return to such a significant spiritual home long after it was thought to be lost to the great Vogon-like yellow earth-moving machines of the 80s. The subsequent studio session felt that bit more special as a result.

Wud Records: our Bandcamp download/playlist chart for March 2013

Wudmaster — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:43:15 +0000

Here is our collated top 20 download/playlist chart for March 2013 for all the tracks available from the Wud Records shop at Bandcamp.

Everything is linked to open in new windows for your enjoyment. :-)

March 2013
1. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Astronomy (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/astronomy

2. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Then Came the Last Days of May (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/then-came-the-last-days-of-may

3. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Subhuman (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-subhuman

4. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Wings Wetted Down (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wings-wetted-down

5. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Redeemed (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/redeemed

6. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Teen Archer (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/teen-archer

7. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: She’s as Beautiful as a Foot (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/shes-as-beautiful-as-a-foot

8. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Cruelest Dream (Cherry Smoke Empire)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-cruelest-dream

9. Flicker: Week Five (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/week-five

10. Dark Company: Astrologer (Signmaker)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/astrologer

11. Alien Heat: Jigsaw (Red Rug Demo)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/jigsaw

12. Pok: Young Light (Anthology)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/young-light

13. Rough Terrain: Won’t You Come Around My Way (Exit Stage Deaf)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wont-you-come-around-my-way

14. Wud: That’s No Way to Pay a Bodyguard (Daylight Demo)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/thats-no-way-to-pay-a-bodyguard

15. Rough Terrain: Down at the Elephant Fayre (Exit Stage Deaf)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/down-at-the-elephant-fayre

16. Dark Company: Killer (Signmaker)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/killer

17. Flicker: Welcome to the Family (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-the-family

18. Dark Company: Animal House (Signmaker)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/animal-house

19. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Furniture (part 1: overture) (Cherry Smoke Empire)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-furniture-part-1-overture

20. Rough Terrain: Starlight Dream (Exit Stage Deaf)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/starlight-dream

Wud Records: our Bandcamp download/playlist chart for February 2013

Wudmaster — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:48:17 +0000

Here is our collated top 20 download/playlist chart for February 2013 for all the tracks available from the Wud Records shop at Bandcamp.

Everything is linked to open in new windows for your enjoyment. :-)

February 2013
1. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Then Came the Last Days of May (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/then-came-the-last-days-of-may

2. The Ug Brothers: Lookout (Cute But Weird)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/lookout

3. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Furniture (part 1: overture) (Cherry Smoke Empire)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-furniture-part-1-overture

4. Dark Company: Killer (Signmaker)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/killer

5. Wud: That’s No Way to Pay a Bodyguard (Daylight Demo)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/thats-no-way-to-pay-a-bodyguard

6. Pok: Young Light (Anthology)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/young-light

7. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Sometimes (Cherry Smoke Empire)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sometimes

8. Flicker: Welcome to the Family (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-the-family

9. Alien Heat: Badass Boogie (Essential)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/badass-boogie-2

10. Alien Heat: Jigsaw (Red Rug Demo)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/jigsaw

11. The Ug Brothers: Spin Gone Crazy (Cute But Weird)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/spin-gone-crazy

12. Flicker: It Starts Right Here (HappySad)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/it-starts-right-here

13. Flicker: Serendipity (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/serendipity

14. Wud: Flashback (Daylight Demo)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/flashback

15. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Furniture (part 7: the bureau) (Cherry Smoke Empire)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-furniture-part-7-the-bureau

16. The Ug Brothers: White Water (Cute But Weird)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/white-water

17. Dark Company: Medicines (Rage in Heaven)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/medicines

18. Rough Terrain: Frog (Exit Stage Deaf)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/frog

19. Mark Drower and the Everyones: I Know I Know You (The Blaze Tape)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/i-know-i-know-you

20. & co: Armed & Dangerous (Digital RMX) (Signmaker)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/armed-dangerous-digital-rmx

Wud Records: our Bandcamp download/playlist chart for January 2013

Wudmaster — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:14:17 +0000

Here is our collated top 20 download/playlist chart for January 2013 for all the tracks available from the Wud Records shop at Bandcamp.

Everything is linked to open in new windows for your enjoyment. :-)

January 2013
1. Flicker: Welcome to the Family (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-the-family

2. Flicker: Farsight (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/farsight

3. Flicker: Moonpath (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/moonpath

4. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Furniture (part 1: overture) (Cherry Smoke Empire)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-furniture-part-1-overture

5. Flicker: Oily Road Hideaway (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/oily-road-hideaway

6. Flicker: It Starts Right Here (HappySad)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/it-starts-right-here

7. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Then Came the Last Days of May (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/then-came-the-last-days-of-may

8. Flicker: Hair and Eyes (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hair-and-eyes

9. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Sometimes (Cherry Smoke Empire)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sometimes

10. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Wings Wetted Down (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wings-wetted-down

11. Pok: The Lecher (Anthology)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-lecher

12. Flicker: Serendipity (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/serendipity

13. The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Redeemed (Cosy Lube Turtle)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/redeemed

14. Flicker: Aeroplane (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/aeroplane

15. Flicker: Or Maybe Not…? (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/or-maybe-not

16. Flicker: The Percolator (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-percolator

17. Flicker: Lucky Stone (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/lucky-stone

18. Flicker: Week Five (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/week-five

19. Flicker: Another Star in the Sky (At Least 1000 Words)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/another-star-in-the-sky

20. The Ug Brothers: White Water (Cute But Weird)
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/white-water

Pok: Young Light

Wudmaster — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:33:11 +0000

Young Light is the latest song by Pok to be added to his Anthology collection. This is the third of Pok‘s old back catalogue songs to be released and there are at present another nine songs in varying stages of completion.

Young Light was written as a tribute to the memory of the inspiration unknowingly bestowed upon us all at Wud Records by Mark Drower. It was composed by Pok in 1983.

If you would like to download or listen to Young Light or the entire Anthology album by Pok as it stands right now, you can do so by clicking here.

Dark Company: Alarm Clock and All Tomorrow’s Parties

Wudmaster — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:44:01 +0000

The Noir album from Dark Company has started to receive its sonic upgrade, with Alarm Clock and All Tomorrow’s Parties being the first newly upgraded tracks to be uploaded. The performances on many of the songs on the Noir album are very sketchy and little more than an outline of some of what is intended to be present, so the most dodgy tracks from a performance perspective may not be upgraded until some of the playing has been upgraded as well.

Alarm Clock and All Tomorrow’s Parties are tracks one and two respectively from Dark Company‘s Noir album. We hope that we can squeeze all 18 songs onto an 80-minute CD when they are done!

In other Dark Company news, Pete’s health has been too poor for him to do anything musical for a couple of months now. He is having new teeth fitted later this week and we hope to see him back in the studio sometime the following week. Meanwhile, he has managed to produce some more of his wonderful visual creations and these have been added to Gallery 7 of his artwork.

If you would like to listen to Alarm Clock, All Tomorrow’s Parties, and indeed the rest of the Noir album as it stands just now, you can do so by clicking here. To see the latest additions to Gallery 7, please click here.

Pok: Summer ’83

Wudmaster — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:21:49 +0000

Summer ’83 is a new recording of an old song by Pok that has been released and added to his Anthology album. It is a wistful, reflective, questioning song with a slight flavour of acoustic Canterbury prog-rock.

Pok plays acoustic and electric guitars and banjo, Maxx Damage plays the wonderful old Antoria bass he calls The Plank and Zak Black plays the synthesizers. Three of the synths are free VST downloads from those cunning DSK synth boffins who we love.

The recording of this old song by Pok began in the autumn of 2012 and we finally managed to finish and release it today. There will be another song added to Pok’s Anthology album in the next few days – more about this will follow in our ‘News’ service!

If you would like to download or listen to Summer ’83 by Pok, you can do so by clicking here.

Murdock: Night Vision

Wudmaster — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:36:39 +0000

We have added the 2001 Night Vision demo by those riotous Paignton rockers Murdock to the Archives of Wud Records. Their bass player Adam, now living in Australia, has hinted that there may be more songs lurking in a locked filing cabinet in a disused toilet in the basement where the lights don’t work and someday he may dig them up from their sanctuary to be enjoyed once more by humans worldwide.

If you would like to hear the Night Vision demo by Murdock, please click here and press ‘play’ on the mp3 player when the new tab appears.