Terminal Star

A beautiful song by Scottish singer, Karine Polwart. 

Some songs have such resonance, both aurally and lyrically, that they seem to echo in your head like your own memories. I've been listening to it constantly. Check it out if you have the chance.

"You're a beautiful trace

Across time and space

You're a thing that once shone

And you still shine bright

In the darkest night

Though you're already gone"

Ames / Blog

A quick post. Trying to break through? Trying to make your mark in the music industry? Check out Ames at : http://amesjc.wordpress.com/

She's going through exactly the same experience.

Music Video // Jason Kyrone

The 80eight kitchen, has, so we're told, rather amazing acoustic qualities - particularly the reverb. It doesn't seem to help with my flat Northern vowels even when I'm attempting a rendition of the Van Der Graaf Generator 13 minute classic "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", but I'll keep trying :-)

Real, talented musicians have no problem though and here's Jason Kyrone, in the 80eight kitchen, with a fabulous rendition of 'One Dollar Bill'. His voice sounds fantastic, but to be completely honest, he would sound fantastic anywhere.

80eight - New Ident

So, in between the mince pies, nuts, cake, wine, crackers, strong cheese and an impending heart attack we just finished our latest bit of promo work for 80eight. It's a little different to most photography promo's as it doesn't feature :

- Dreamy harps and cello's

- Heart shaped vignettes/borders around the photo's

- Selective colouring of black and white photo's

- Absolutely no mention of 'Capturing your precious moments'

Why? Because we do things differently here and we do it with passion. Have a look at the promo, check our websites out and give us a call. 

Finally, best wishes to all for 2011!

Generate Radio

Duns and The Scottish Borders can, on the surface, appear to be a tranquil, pastoral kind of place where the pace of life is slow, the fields green and lush and the air humming with birdsong.

But wait! What's that sound? 

From their roof top eyrie in Duns Town Square, Generate Radio are broadcasting great sounds, with local presenters and a real community spirit. And more to the point, they are making stuff happen and have big, big, ambitions. Generate Radio should be applauded and you know what, it's run by a couple of teenagers, Kyle and Oscar who not only have created something wonderful, but have done it all themselves, with a little help from their friends.

So now, 80eight will be supporting Generate Radio in anyway we can - whether it's video, photography, food, tidying up or even Colleen presenting every so often. Rumours that this is just a devious way of trying to sneak some 'Van Der Graaf Generator' on to the playlist, are entirely unfounded!

Give them a listen. Give them some support. Generate Radio.

More Lost in Audio // Poster and Photoshoot

Lost in Audio are ramping up for the gig of their lives on February the 11th....They are headlining The Liquid Room in Edinburgh and it's gonna be big! With that in mind, we whizzed up to Leith to meet up with the band and get a few shots for their gig poster. With us we had Skye Jefferson who is a young, up and coming photographer from The Borders who wanted to get some experience of how things happen and come together. 

It was a rushed shoot it has to be said....due to time (er, snow) constraints we didn't have time to recce the locations and we had to squeeze the shoot in between ours and the bands other commitments. But you know, it's all about getting that one shot. That's all it needs. So here's the poster - and it's a blinder.

Also, checkout Skye's gallery here for some behind the scenes shots - unfortunately they do include rare sightings of er, me...So be warned! More of Skye in later posts!

Now we don't do websites // Part 2

As mentioned previously, we don't do websites. So here's another one! This time for Lost in Audio...And what's with the feathers? Well, I can't say a thing, but it's going to be well worth waiting for. Lost in Audio have shifted in to top gear and are about to launch something very special....