{"product_id":"mark-chadwick-moment-copy","title":"Mark Chadwick - Ouse Dragon [PRE-ORDER]","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.levellers.co.uk\/collections\/mark-chadwick\/products\/mark-chadwick-moment-bonus-tracks-mp3-wav\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/4542\/7391\/files\/DownloadMP3_480x480.png?v=1623762213\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[PRE-ORDER]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Imagine, but not so hard because it's a true and real adventure, you're visiting a small vibrant town with a river that slowly drifts through hills with buildings ancient and modern. It's been there for a very, very long time but this is your first time. All you have to navigate this place is a pair of headphones and this recording.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSo says Mark Chadwick, singer, songwriter, lyricist, activist and most commonly known as lead singer of the acclaimed Levellers, of his new solo album, \u003ci\u003eOuse Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s a dreamlike and, at times disorientating, collection of six musical pieces that inhabit a leftfield sonic world of electronic soundscapes and ambient textures. Atmospheric and ghostly, it features Mark’s story-telling vocals drawing the listener along over strummed acoustic guitars, drifting keyboards, keening noises and other-worldly instrumentation that is punctuated by bursts of percussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/on-the-fiddle-recordings\/04-leap-markchadwick-20260717\/s-uoxvwutC52F?si=6bdc79fddbfc403683173aa001850a2e\u0026amp;utm_source=clipboard\u0026amp;utm_medium=text\u0026amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eShowcasing a very different musical side to Mark from his work with Levellers, the tracks were originally performed in concert last year in Lewes, where the Ouse Dragon tales originate, both ancient and modern. He describes it as a town, “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ein the forgotten parts of the South of England, its more famous or infamous neighbours cast a shadow, a shadow that fades and pleads for escape when cast upon this odd corner.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe album opens with the eerie title track ‘Ouse Dragon’, stretching to almost nine minutes, evoking a strange and chilling mood of magic that permeates the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSouth Downs. ‘Chrysanthemums \u0026amp; Diadems’ follows, a powerful and affecting song, woozy and dramatic, about a local murder which wrongfoots the listeners with an unexpected interruption from the local police.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e‘Dance Of The Crows’ moves into a dreamlike acoustic countryside, while ‘Leap’ is perhaps the most conventional song, it’s sweet melodic nature offset by its lyrics of sadness. ‘Bearing Witness’ meanwhile has an insistent folk thrum before the epic closing track ‘Paxos Room’ takes the listener on a journey into the deepest recesses of their dark imaginations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“All of the stories herein are true,” \u003c\/i\u003eMark explains\u003ci\u003e. “Murder, abduction, mis-adventures, suicide, possession, spirits and other dimensions. Unknowable but all experienced by the writer. Enjoy the OUSE DRAGON. Headphones and a quiet mind essential”.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOuse Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e will be available on CD from September21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Order Now!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e1.\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eOuse Dragon \/ Chrysanthemums \u0026amp; Diadems \/ \u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003eDance Of The Crows \/ \u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003eLeap \/ \u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003eBearing  Witness \/ \u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003ePaxo's Room\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e+     Ouse Dragon (Acoustic) \/ Chrysanthemums \u0026amp; Diadems (Acoustic) \/ Dance Of The Crows  (Acoustic) \/ \u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003eLeap (Acoustic) \/ \u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003eBearing Witness (Acoustic) \/ \u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003ePaxo's Room (Acoustic)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levellers","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":58312354333055,"sku":"OTFCD020","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/4542\/7391\/files\/ChadwickCover-4500.jpg?v=1788092595","url":"https:\/\/www.levellers.co.uk\/products\/mark-chadwick-moment-copy","provider":"Levellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}