The Songs That Never Were

by Fran Ashcroft

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1.	Waiting For The Britpop Revival 03:05	buy track
2.	High Window 03:21	buy track
3.	Suddenly 02:30	buy track
4.	Cabdriveraincoat 03:10	buy track
5.	Strange Things 04:23	buy track
6.	Carnival 03:18	buy track
7.	Greater Of The Evils 03:51	buy track
8.	I Believe In You 01:53	buy track
9.	Compass 04:56	buy track
10.	High Wind Oh 01:22	buy track
11.	The Songs That Never Were 04:25	buy track
12.	Still Waiting For The Britpop Revival 00:31	buy track

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A treasure trove of recordings from British producer Fran Ashcroft that defies time with revolutionary AI technology. Ashcroft ingeniously constructs a sonic bridge spanning fifty years, connecting his present day self with echoes of his past. In The Songs That Never Were, old and new harmonize in a truly innovative yet delightfully vintage experience. From his very first recording, the groovy "Cabdriver," to the cheeky piano-based gem "Waiting For The Britpop Revival," this album delivers intrigue from the very first note to its final cut off.

Fran Ashcroft: I expected these new recordings to be all be about using ai technology - but that was just a convenient tool, like any other. What the process actually turned out to be was a real collaboration between my present day self and me from 50 years ago - like some kind of bridge of time had been built between us. It sounds weird, I know (feel free to giggle) - where each song, whether an old recording or a new idea, was developed and transformed into something completely different from what it was to begin with, It was just as if I were working with a co writer- and quite strange at times.

But music exists outside of time, and this I think, makes this record what it is.

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released February 24, 2024

these musicians helped out on Compass, Greater of the Evils, and Songs That Never Were -
Dave Mohan: drums
David Booth: piano
Gez Prior: bass
John Drazek: percussion

Photos: John Drazek, Gez Prior and Min Nolan
Everything else: Fran Ashcroft

Kind thanks also to Roger Houdaille, Beeb Ashcroft, David Bateson, Marc Joy, Krista Muir, Peter Lindahl
©2024 Think Like A Key Music issued under license from Fran Ashcroft. ℗2024 Fran Ashcroft.

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