The English Audio Refinery international project: "EAR 2010" was conceived and organised by Richard English and involved the composing and reworking of modern and traditional jazz and folk music, from the UK, Serbia and Macedonia.

With the help of Serbian composer Igor Lecic, the project involved a 10 day trip to Novi Sad to meet and record the balkan musicians.

The resulting compositions, an album titled: "Balkan Hoodoo" has been mixed with contemporary originality. A couple of samples of these culturally diverse fusions are here for your delectation and delight.

English, Scottish, Serbian, Slovakian and Croatian nationals all took part in this successful and original musical collaboration.


Without the much appreciated funding this project would never have seen the light of day. This Escalator project was supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Music...? Art...? or conceptually ambient EAR candy? Uhmm......., Richard English’s free-range, original and diverse solo album "In One EAR" is a corn-fed, genetically modified fusion of culturally ambiguous melodies, rhythms and sound collage. Richard dictates a sometimes ominous but overall optimistic sonic escapade sans frontieres.

This fantastic voyage of discovery surprises as it dramatically unravels before reaching its relaxing coastal climax. As ever the use of natural and man-made field recordings are incorporated into these tracks.

Conclusively, worth a place in any music collection and is currently ON SALE FROM THE SHOP ON THIS SITE.

Richard is still affiliated with contemporary dance companies and his compositions are enjoyed by dance students and teachers alike.

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We have just a little taster here of Stanley Twobricks yet to be reworked style of radical funk rock. We are sorry for the poor quality of this mp3 but are working with Stanley on rectifying the situation.

Please rest assured that at no time were any animals put at risk during the making of this music. Stanley doesn't smoke or take pharmaceuticals.

English Audio Refinery's CD album "Limited to two" is still on sale from the shop on this web-site. It contains music composed by Richard English for Critical Mass and Torsion two pieces that have been included in the repertoires of the Russell Maliphant Company, the Lyon Opera Ballet and the Ballet Boyz. 

This CD has also proven to be popular with dance students and teachers around the world.

You can now also see the E.A.R. by clicking on the eye. There are nine video clips of past collaborations available to view on MySpace TV, along with more song previews on the E.A.R. Myspace profile.

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