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Well folks, as we end a week in which all three editions of Late Junction on BBC Radio Three with the wonderful Max Reinhardt have featured tracks from Demerara Records’ unique eclectic new music compilation This is Tomorrow Calling, here is the third of the three podcasts of the show. Listen from around 1 hour 21 minutes to hear Marc Yeats’ Conversation 13 (from the Temple of Hermes) and hear Max’s kind comments about the album afterwards too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j23kt

Here it is everyone: Podcast of last night’s Late Junction (BBC Radio 3) with the legend that is Max Reinhardt on which the second track played is Guy Avern‘s Robot heart beats on the Land f’rom the Demerara Records compilation album This is Tomorrow Calling. Enjoy. 🙂

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j1xvk

It’s Super Thursday for Demerara Records and the album This is Tomorrow Calling as two of the world’s leading new music radio stations feature our music.

At 8pm (UK time), The Clear Spot on Resonance FM with Daniel Ross dedicates an hour to the album with tracks, chat (between Daniel & composer/Demerara Records head Neil March) and interviews with Tomorrow Calling composers Anna Murray, Marc Yeats, Joshan Mahmud (Moda Trio) and Jamal Dorce.

Then at 11pm (UK time), for the third consecutive night, the amazing Max Reinhardt plays a track from the album on the flagship BBC new music show Late Junction. This time it’s the second play in one night for TC composer Marc Yeats. This show is on BBC Radio Three.

If you miss either or both we will have the podcasts on this home page as soon as they are available.

Last night (Tuesday 20 October 2015) saw another excellent and eclectic mix on Late Junction (BBC Radio 3) with the legendary Max Reinhardt finish with the opening track from the This is Tomorrow Calling album on Demerara Records, namely the thoroughly original Aimai  composed by Anna Murray and performed by Michelle O’Rourke.

Here is the podcast of the show. If you listen from around 1:23, you will hear Max talk about the album and this track. Congratulations to Anna and Michelle. And don’t forget to tune in tonight (Wednesday 21 October 2015) to hear Max play another track Robot heart beats on the Land  by Guy Avern and then again on Thursday night (22 October 2015) to hear him play Marc Yeats‘s Conversation 5 (or13) from the Temple of Hermes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j14rp

Tomorrow Calling composer Martin Gaughan will have his work for Alto Flute, Vibraphone & Cello entitled Exquisite Taiwanese performed on Friday 23 October at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen by the Red Note Ensemble. Click the below link for details.

http://www.rednoteensemble.com/event/2015-sound-festival-red-note-ensemble-noisy-nights/

We have had confirmation today that there will be one track per night from the album This is Tomorrow Calling played on all three editions of this week’s Late Junction on BBC Radio Three with the legendary Max Reinhardt. And, on what we are now calling our Super Thursday, Resonance FM will be broadcasting the one hour Clear Spot featuring presenter Daniel Ross chatting with Demerara Records’ head and composer Neil March between playing tracks from This is Tomorrow Calling and running short interviews with some of the composers on the album.

The three editions of Late Junction are on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (20 – 22 October) commencing at 11PM (UK time). Tuesday will see Anna Murray‘s track Aimai played on the show while, on Wednesday, it will be Guy Avern with Robot heart beats on the Land and Thursday’s line-up includes Marc Yeats with one of his two Conversations from the Temple of Hermes.

The Resonance FM Clear Spot edition broadcasts at 8PM (UK time) on 104.4FM in the Greater London area and worldwide @ http://www.resonancefm.com. Composers and Groups whose works feature in the show are Veera Lummi (formerly Markkanen), Fivrel (aka Jostein Avdem Fretland), Anna Murray, Elliot Corner, Marc Yeats, Moda Trio, Jamal Dorce, Neil March and Backspace.

Working with our media promotion partners Hornetmuziq Press and strategic partners Promote Classical, Demerara Records are playing a leading role in the establishment of the New Music Network. The network is inspired by the example of the famous Indie cartel in the nineteen-eighties which enabled UK independent labels to get their releases into a network of specialist stores. But the New Music Network is not about distribution (which is already amply taken care of by our excellent contemporary classical specialists Dart Music who get all our releases into every established digital retail and streaming platform). This Network is focused on media promotion.

So how will it work? At the moment, we promote the music we release through two distinct networks. One is the established radio and press around the world who have an interest in contemporary classical and related music. That includes radio stations with a massive international audience such as BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 Music and Resonance FM as well as non-UK stations and it also means magazines like The Wire, BBC Music etc. and national newspapers. A huge amount of work goes into trying to get these organisations to play or review our music and, in truth, what we get in return is often very modest. The other is an online network of radio stations which are serviced through an external plugger. They deliver a good level of individual plays on stations across the world based on information we provide about the kinds of music potential fans are likely to listen to and what territories are a priority for us. However we only get limited information about where our music has been played and most of those serviced probably have very small audiences. So although the exposure to suitable listeners is great and we do get a reasonable number who register as fans, the impact in terms of building fanbases and selling albums is not big.

So we have decided, in discussion with fellow organisations, that instead of moaning about lack of support from the established media, we need to build a new network of online radio stations, fanzines, blogs etc. that are committed to supporting and promoting new music to the widest possible audiences. The benefit for the online media folks is that we will be encouraging our followers to listen to their shows and visit their websites. The benefit for us and the musicians we support is the likelihood of sustained airplay (rather than a one-off play here and there on a major show), reviews and publicity targeted at an audience that is engaged with and interested in the wide spectrum of new music we represent.

We are also still looking into the logistics of adding our own internet radio station as part of this network. So look out for more news on here as the idea begins to take shape. 🙂

Demerara Records are pleased to announce plans for the worldwide digital release of an album by the highly talented British composer and recording artist Guy Avern. We hope to have the album out this side of Christmas.

Guy’s music traverses the (vanishing) boundaries between Contemporary Classical, Electronic and related genres, blending powerful and experimental sound with an ear for strikingly unconventional melody and harmony. Check out the below taster from the Demerara Records Soundcloud page.

The irrepressible happy wizard man Jamal Dorce did so well with his recent White Magic Music T-shirt campaign, he has launched a new one. Jamal, whose album is due out on Demerara Records, also has another youtube video showcasing the track Discovery which you can view by clicking the following link.

To once again board the White Magic Music Love Train click the following link

Demerera Records plan to put out a compilation in 2016 focused on ethereal, otherworldly soundscapes. So if you have tracks that are maybe harmonically modal and unconventional or which utilise strong evocative sounds in a surreal or dreamlike way, please submit them using one of the following methods:

• create a dropbox folder and add demerararecords@yahoo.co.uk
• put the track(s) on a Soundcloud page & email details to us
• attach file(s) to a WeTransfer file with a covering message

Please do not use any other method to submit tracks. Tracks selected will be used on an informal license basis whereby the composer/artist allows Demerara Records to use the track(s) on the album but the composer/artist retains full ownership of both the track and recording and can use it/them again for separate release in the future.