Focus on The Essence

The Essence is a British ambient writing collective between Garry Judd, Nick Ryan and Jay Reynolds. Their style is rooted in the ambient and chillout genre with tracks such as Wunderland, Monsoon and Euphoria evoking a deep emotion.

Over the past few years ESSENCE tracks have appreared on Chillout compilation CDs in the USA and worldwide. Albums include SPIRTUAL CHILLOUT, FRENCH KISS, LOVERS LOUNGE, CHILLOUNGE (Intentcity Records) and SAHARA LOUNGE (Musica Alternativa). Now is the first time a full album release of THE ESSENCE has been released.

This album contains a rich mixture of vocal and instrumental tracks. SERPENTINE is a cool and stylish track with a sexy late night beat with a irresistable sultry vocal. WUNDERLAND sooths the spirit with it's chill out vibe and hypnotic beat.

New bass

Went into a Soho edit suite yesterday to watch a few pictures from one of my latest jobs and popped into a bass guitar shop on the way.

I was trying out a lovely Warwick Streamer JazzMan fretless V...



(I know that the pic above is of a fretted, but you get the idea!!!)

Well, it happened that just as I was trying the bass out, I got a call on my mobile to let me know that I'd had one of my library tracks placed on an advert. This would cover the cost of the bass, so I had to have it!!!

It's a beautiful instrument and had a fantastic warm tone which can be very flexible with liberal use of the onboard EQ and pickup combinations.

My fingertips are burning, but I'm happy!!!