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Well spotted on the Tantum Ergo. Words here and listen here .

Ah, I'd been trying to decypher that!

Initially it sounded like "Jenny told me..."

I wonder who Jenny is?!

Brilliant .. the more I listen to it .... should be the single.
Seriously it'd be interesting if the album gets picked up by someone on Radio 3 or any of those classical music channels that are around now.

I'm surprised none of the Cathedral Oceans albums have been picked up by such places as yet - since so much of it is verging on being classical, and these stations do pick up the gregorian chanting albums by monks hammered on mead!

Maybe they have an aversion to s..s..syn...th..e..sss...aaaargh!

Maybe it's the name ..?' Anyone got any connections with such programmes/stations?

Maybe we just need to feed John with plenty of Mead!

Anyway - Mike Oldfield has been nominated for a Classical Brit Award for his Music of the Spheres CD - which , OK IS classical, but if an established prog/rock artist can get such a nomination, then why not John.

It would certainly make the decades of work that went into these albums' production all the more worth while.

Another option would be to get Boomkat and other online music stores to carry John's stuff. Boomkat in particular has been promoting a lot of stuff they label as home listening/modern classical (Goldmund, Jacaszek, Johann Johannsson, Marsen Jules, etc), which combines ambient, classical, and electronic elements while being neither prog nor new age. People like Satie, Eno, and Budd are big influences in that style, and since Foxx has admitted being a Satie fan and has actually worked with Eno and Budd, he might fit in.

What about the 'lyrics' to Hawksmoor Orbital? Any ideas?

Trellick Tower got a mention on BBC1 One show tonight as an iconic building

I notice that Sister Ray are now selling copies of My Lost City via their ebay shop (albeit at a slightly higher price than Townsend).

They describe it as 'LTD', which I assume means limited edition, although I don't recall Rob ever stating that this album is a limited edition