Welcome to the musical home of Ian J Cole
Composer, Musician, Producer and Sound Designer
currently producing ambient electroacoustic music
and playing electronics in The Stray Field
Ian is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians
and
The Guild of Northern Media Composers
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July 2022
Ian travelled down to London on the 1st of the month as he had tickets for Gearfest 2022 where he met up with members of the online synth community. On the 13th July Ian performed a 15 minute set at the York EMOM night, there were technical issues which meant the session didn't get video recorded although Ian did manage to make a recording from his mixing desk. The composition is called First Time and can be heard here
It was improvised using a Novation Circuit and an Ipad running GeoShred with GeoSWAM sample instruments via a Linnstrument.
June 2022
Ian appeared on Ranz Adamson's Synth Geekery show for the first time on the 11th June and again on the 25th June. He also accepted the invitation to join a new corporate/function band which started rehearsals on the 13th June although by the end of the month Ian and the Bass Player were told they were not needed as the band leader had two friends he wanted in their place - Ian was asked if he was interested in stepping in if the keyboard player was unavailable - Ian politely declined.
May 2022
Ian was invited as main guest on the Mr Wiggly YouTube Show which can be watched here. The middle of the month was spent visiting family in London and at the end of the month Ian conducted his first solo Duty Manager shift at Pocklington Arts Center. He also registered for Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Media Accreditation.
April 2022
After going to the Bull / The Howl & The Hum Gig on the 3rd April Ian contracted Covid 19 for the 2nd time and spend the next 10 days in isolation missing the Lovely Eggs gig in Leeds.
March 2022
There is a fantastic Virtual Electronic Open Mic Show each month on Twitch and Ian was very pleased to have one of his tracks 'The Accepted Advice' included in this months show.
February 2022
Ian was invited to become a Duty Manager at Pocklington Arts Center which he accepted and training began. He also had a couple of studio visits this month from his old friends George Hall and Wayne Britcliffe.
January 2022
Ian began work on the Debut album by The Wave Prophets with is planned to take most of 2022 to complete, a song writing session was held at The Sinners Studio with two tracks being started, A demo of the Wave Prophets track Thelema is available to watch here.
November/December 2021
Ian started volunteering at Pocklington Arts Center, working front of house auditorium for films and live shows. He also worked on the music production for a dance show.
October 2021
The first of the month saw Sinners Music Ltd took over their new offices in Market Weighton, Ian documented the demise of Pocklington Music in his video series about Music Retail - You can watch it here.
September 2021
Fangfest happens every year at the beginning of September, Ian and Jane visited the festival - Click the video link to watch 'A Visit to Fangfest 2021 - A Festival of practical Arts' Ian spend the rest of the month preparing for the Electronic Open Mic Night in York on the 29th, You can watch the performance here
August 2021
Ian and Jane spent 14 days reviewing Edinburgh Fringe 2021, this years festival was a mix of online and face to face, they saw over 45 shows and you can watch all 51 review videos here
June/July 2021
Ian and Jane were accredited as reviewer for Edinburgh Fringe 2021 and started planning their visit to the festival which starts on the 6th August.
May 2021
Ian spent part of the month visiting family in London and Devon which was a nice break, he also produced a demo of a new track by the band The Wave Prophets, you can listen to the track here.
March/April 2021
The computer in Ian's studio (a 2014 Mac Mini) finally died, Ian had been resuscitating the machine for a few months and a new Apple M1 Mac Mini was ordered which created its own problems. Ian documented these issues on his YouTube channel which can be watch here.
Ian also decided to relearn Max/MSP and explore the latest version of Ableton live 11, we can expect to see the results in future music projects.
February 2021
On the 14th February, Ian was invited to be a guest on the GEOSynths Synth Show to talk about the music industry and how he makes music, you can listen to the show here.
January 2021
Jamuary is a concept whereby musicians and composers create live music jams, video them and post them on YouTube, Ian joined in the 2021 Jamuary challenge and posted a new live impovised piece of music everyday throughout January choosing to use a diffent instrument everyday. You can watch and listen here.
December 2020
On the 7th of December, Ian released a five track Christmas EP 'A Christmas Rub A Dub Dub' that can be listened to on Bandcamp. He also started showing on his YouTube channel the UK Parliament Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming. You can watch the proceedings here.
November 2020
Ian started a relationship with Wizdom Music and agreed to create a series of videos on their new iPad GeoShred SWAM modelled instruments, He started the series with a review of GeoTenorSaxes which you can watch here.
On the November 29th The Stray Field released the first track that Ian had written with the band, You can listen to The Coffin Lawn here.
October 2020
Ian started writing songs for a new project and continued to contribute to The Stray Field songwriting process. Ian was also asked to be a participant in the Imperial College London COVID-19 REACT study whereby Ian tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, so it seems that Ian had COVID-19 back in January.
September 2020
Ian has joined The Stray Field on keyboards, percussion and electronics and is currently working remotely on new compositions with the band.
August 2020
As the UK started to lift the lockdown DC Blues has organised a gig to be played in Malton, North Yorkshire on the 24th September, Ian decided to leave the band because of Health and Safety reasons.
July 2020
On the 7th July Ian released Black Scars Across my Back on all digital platforms, with a fantastic review on the Aural Aggravation website.
June 2020
Ian put the finishing touches to his latest album release Black Scars Across My Back, you can hear the finished product Here.
April and May 2020
Ian spent the time in lockdown like the rest of the country although he did manage to work on his next album Black Scars Across My Back and release the track John Copley 1925-1946 on YouTube. The album will be out in early July 2020.
March 2020
Ian played his last gig (for the foreseeable future) with DC Blues on the 14th March at the Quakerhouse in Darlington.
February 2020
Ian spent most of the month working on a dance production for a client, although he did manage to spend some time at the Huddersfield Electric Spring Festival.
January 2020
Ian had day surgery on the 2nd of January and spent all of the month recovering after contracting what seemed like Covid 19 symptoms while in post-op recovery (although he felt this was too early) Doctors described it as a 'virus' that was going around.
December 2019
Ian handed over Pocklington Music to the new owner on the 1st December but continues to run Sinners Music studio and record label.
November 2019
Ian played a number of gig with DC Blues throughout November, He also spent a couple of days in London seeing the talk talk and Mark Hollis celebration concert, his review of the event is here. He also made a video to David Martin's short story Relic, which can be watched here.
October 2019
In early October Ian went to Synthfest in Sheffield and recorded a number of videos for his YouTube channel, you can view the results here.
September 2019
Ian continued providing his Audiophile Radio Show with the radio show now being expanded to YouTube as well as iTunes and Podbean sites
August 2019
Ian spent the early part of August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, He managed to video record (with the help of Jane) over 30 YouTube reviews in just 10 days. You can view the results here.After returning from Edinburgh, Ian Played the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne, Lancashire. You can see how the band did here.
July 2019
Ian videoed the Hull New Music Biennial in the early part of the month, sadly this content cannot be shown due to copyright restrictions.
June 2019
Ian continued his regular YouTube videos and applied to be a reviewer at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he's planning to spend 10 days at Ed Fringe this year.
May 2019
Ian started recording work with a new client initially in a songwriting capacity, he also continued to work hard at developing his YouTube Channel with guitar repair videos and a new series on starting a record label.
April 2019
The first few days were spent in Hong Kong and then it was straight back to Yorkshire for the York Blues Festival with DC Blues. The second An Endless Sky Podcast was released with Ian again provided music and sound design this time the story was We Are The Disease by Gareth E Rees
March 2019
Apart from playing two more shows with DC Blues, Ian also spent 10 days in Hong Kong, you can watch his travelogue on his YouTube Channel and he also recorded his Audiophile Radio show out there.
February 2019
Ian played his second concert with DC Blues at the Dewsbury Socialist Club. The first Endless Sky podcast became available titled What Rupert Don't Know by Glen James Brown - You can listen to it here
January 2019
Ian started rehearsing with blues band DC Blues and after two rehearsal played his first gig with them in Harrogate. January also saw the launch of the new An Endless Sky Podcast by David Martin, Ian provided music and sound design - You can listen to the pilot Relic here
December 2018
In early December Ian had a practice with his old friend Ryan Shirlow (of the Bloody Marys) it was a shambolic experimental affair but the possibilities of something new. Ian also released a live album on Bandcamp Ian J Cole 2014 - 2018 Live which is currently free or pay what you like - You can download it from here
November 2018
Ian performed at the York Electronic Open Mic Night on the 6th Nov and also spent some time working on the sound design for a new podcast due out in early 2019 called An Endless Sky
October 2018
Ian went to SynthFest in Sheffield on the 6th October, you can view his short video here. He also presented an award at the Yorkshire Gig Guide awards on the 7th you can listen to Ian's radio show about the awards here
September 2018
Most of the month was taken up with building a new recording studio 'The Bunker' The whole process was filmed and available to view on YouTube Here.
Ian also performed his first solo headline gig on the 26th Sept at the Wonky Stuff Night.
August 2018
Ian took his radio show up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - you can listen to part one Here and Part Two Here
July 2018
Ian stopped work on the JJK's project becasue of musical differences, He performed at the York EMOM night on the 5th July - you can listen to Ian's performance here
June 2018
Recording continued with the JJK's and Vince Morgan, Ian also found time to play Accordion for The Silents on the 23rd June.
May 2018
10th May Ian played what is to be the last Katie and the Questions gig for the foreseeable future at Leeds EMOM, then overdub and mixing sessions started for the Juke Joint Kings album, recording sessions for the forthcoming Vince Morgan album continued. The end of the month was taken up with recording a Dance project for a regular client.
April 2018
Most of the month was taken up with recording sessions with various clients for Pocklington Music. The Juke Joint Kings recorded at Fairview and started overdubs at the Pocklington Music recording studios, the album should be finished by the end of Summer and will be released on Ian's label Sinners Music.
March 2018
March was taken up with recording a 20 minute piece based around a field recording of the New York underground journey called Downtown to SouthFerry, a demo version of this track can be heard on Ian's March Audiophile Radio Show Podcast
Jan/Feb 2018
Ian starting planning recording sessions for the Juke Joint Kings by visiting Fairview Recording Studio where the principle recording will take place (sessions are scheduled for April.
Ian also started work on his Bevin Boy coal mining project.
Dec 2017
Ian had concerts booked in York and Hull throughout December but had to cancel due to an accident and illness. Ian did find time to create a track from a Christmas compilation album You Might Not Like This Xmas
Nov 2017
Ian release the final part of the Bristol Trilogy on the 24th November. The triple album is available on all streaming and download sites Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon, Google Music, Deezer.
Sept/ Oct 2017
Ian spent most of September and October putting the finishing touches to the third album in his Clifton Hotel Bristol Trilogy. Bristol 3 can be heard here. He also found time to visit SynthFest 2017 and present one of the awards at the Yorkshire Gig Guide Grassroots Awards.
August 2017
Recording on Ian's Bristol 3 album continued throughout the month, Ian took time out to spend his birthday at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland - you can listen to his Audiophile radio show about his visit here.
Ian also bought a Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesiser, his first experiment with it was streamed live - see the video here.
June / July 2017
Ian started work on the final Clifton Hotel Bristol 3 album which utilises a Korg Micro X synthesiser as its main instrument. You can listen to an early demo here. Ian also managed to find time to record a improvisation session for a future Wave Prophets record with drummer Ray Brearton the session was streamed live via Periscope watch here
May 2017
1st of May the 16 track version of Aleatorical Alchemy is re-released
Download from iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and all good download and streaming platforms
March 2017
Rehearsals started with a new Katie and the Questions band featuring a fantastic group of musicians, the group are planning to play festivals over the summer. Work also started on the remastering of Ian's first album Aleatorical Alchemy which will have a worldwide digital distribution on the 1st May 2017.
February 2017
Ian took delivery of a Roger Linn LinnStrument MPE midi controller from America, he can be seen playing it here.
January 2017
Ian spent the early part of the month writing and recording demos for the next Katie and Questions album, he also found time to record sessions for a couple of new clients at Pocklington Music Studios.
December 2016
The main part of the month was taken up with mastering the rinnan album which was released on the 24th December which is a double CD and available as a free download until the end of January 2017. Ian also managed to record some voiceover work for a new client.
November 2016
The first two weeks of the month were spent completing the dance project that was started in October. The rest of the month was spent recording overdubs and mixing the rinnan album
October 2016
Work continued with Wave Prophets before Ian started preparation on his next solo album rinnan. Ian also found time to start work on a 2 hour dance project.
September 2016
Ian started work on a new venture with Wayne Miller (drums) and David Martin (guitar) called Wave Prophets. On the 18th September Ian's record label Sinners Music released Chris Brearley's album Welcome to my Loonyverse
August 2016
The early part of the month was taken up with a visit to Edinburgh Festival Fringe where Ian recorded some interviews for his Audiophile radio show (listen here). The rest of the month was taken up with mastering Chris Brearley's album which is due out on the 18th September.
July 2016
Ian's album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 2) for Cello & Moog was released on the 8th July. The first video for the track 5:27am is available here. Katie and the Questions played two festivals on the 24th (Dunnington Live) and 30th July (Pocklington Festival).
June 2016
Recording and mixing continued for Ian's Bristol 2 album, along with a mastering project for Malcolm Oxborrow's album Ocean of Reason's which has been unavailable for a while and can now be downloaded via the link. Ian also worked on Chris Brealey's album which is nearing completion and should be available in September. Rehearsals for the July Katie and Questions gigs started with new musicians to complement Ian and Kirsty's set of songs.
May 2016
Ian started the final recording of his latest solo album named The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 2). This is a companion piece to the 2014 album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 1), mixing will start in early June with the release date set for the 8th July 2016. Ian also found time to re-mix and master two albums by the East River band Is there Really Love? and Finale!
Ian travelled down to London on the 1st of the month as he had tickets for Gearfest 2022 where he met up with members of the online synth community. On the 13th July Ian performed a 15 minute set at the York EMOM night, there were technical issues which meant the session didn't get video recorded although Ian did manage to make a recording from his mixing desk. The composition is called First Time and can be heard here
It was improvised using a Novation Circuit and an Ipad running GeoShred with GeoSWAM sample instruments via a Linnstrument.
June 2022
Ian appeared on Ranz Adamson's Synth Geekery show for the first time on the 11th June and again on the 25th June. He also accepted the invitation to join a new corporate/function band which started rehearsals on the 13th June although by the end of the month Ian and the Bass Player were told they were not needed as the band leader had two friends he wanted in their place - Ian was asked if he was interested in stepping in if the keyboard player was unavailable - Ian politely declined.
May 2022
Ian was invited as main guest on the Mr Wiggly YouTube Show which can be watched here. The middle of the month was spent visiting family in London and at the end of the month Ian conducted his first solo Duty Manager shift at Pocklington Arts Center. He also registered for Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Media Accreditation.
April 2022
After going to the Bull / The Howl & The Hum Gig on the 3rd April Ian contracted Covid 19 for the 2nd time and spend the next 10 days in isolation missing the Lovely Eggs gig in Leeds.
March 2022
There is a fantastic Virtual Electronic Open Mic Show each month on Twitch and Ian was very pleased to have one of his tracks 'The Accepted Advice' included in this months show.
February 2022
Ian was invited to become a Duty Manager at Pocklington Arts Center which he accepted and training began. He also had a couple of studio visits this month from his old friends George Hall and Wayne Britcliffe.
January 2022
Ian began work on the Debut album by The Wave Prophets with is planned to take most of 2022 to complete, a song writing session was held at The Sinners Studio with two tracks being started, A demo of the Wave Prophets track Thelema is available to watch here.
November/December 2021
Ian started volunteering at Pocklington Arts Center, working front of house auditorium for films and live shows. He also worked on the music production for a dance show.
October 2021
The first of the month saw Sinners Music Ltd took over their new offices in Market Weighton, Ian documented the demise of Pocklington Music in his video series about Music Retail - You can watch it here.
September 2021
Fangfest happens every year at the beginning of September, Ian and Jane visited the festival - Click the video link to watch 'A Visit to Fangfest 2021 - A Festival of practical Arts' Ian spend the rest of the month preparing for the Electronic Open Mic Night in York on the 29th, You can watch the performance here
August 2021
Ian and Jane spent 14 days reviewing Edinburgh Fringe 2021, this years festival was a mix of online and face to face, they saw over 45 shows and you can watch all 51 review videos here
June/July 2021
Ian and Jane were accredited as reviewer for Edinburgh Fringe 2021 and started planning their visit to the festival which starts on the 6th August.
May 2021
Ian spent part of the month visiting family in London and Devon which was a nice break, he also produced a demo of a new track by the band The Wave Prophets, you can listen to the track here.
March/April 2021
The computer in Ian's studio (a 2014 Mac Mini) finally died, Ian had been resuscitating the machine for a few months and a new Apple M1 Mac Mini was ordered which created its own problems. Ian documented these issues on his YouTube channel which can be watch here.
Ian also decided to relearn Max/MSP and explore the latest version of Ableton live 11, we can expect to see the results in future music projects.
February 2021
On the 14th February, Ian was invited to be a guest on the GEOSynths Synth Show to talk about the music industry and how he makes music, you can listen to the show here.
January 2021
Jamuary is a concept whereby musicians and composers create live music jams, video them and post them on YouTube, Ian joined in the 2021 Jamuary challenge and posted a new live impovised piece of music everyday throughout January choosing to use a diffent instrument everyday. You can watch and listen here.
December 2020
On the 7th of December, Ian released a five track Christmas EP 'A Christmas Rub A Dub Dub' that can be listened to on Bandcamp. He also started showing on his YouTube channel the UK Parliament Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming. You can watch the proceedings here.
November 2020
Ian started a relationship with Wizdom Music and agreed to create a series of videos on their new iPad GeoShred SWAM modelled instruments, He started the series with a review of GeoTenorSaxes which you can watch here.
On the November 29th The Stray Field released the first track that Ian had written with the band, You can listen to The Coffin Lawn here.
October 2020
Ian started writing songs for a new project and continued to contribute to The Stray Field songwriting process. Ian was also asked to be a participant in the Imperial College London COVID-19 REACT study whereby Ian tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, so it seems that Ian had COVID-19 back in January.
September 2020
Ian has joined The Stray Field on keyboards, percussion and electronics and is currently working remotely on new compositions with the band.
August 2020
As the UK started to lift the lockdown DC Blues has organised a gig to be played in Malton, North Yorkshire on the 24th September, Ian decided to leave the band because of Health and Safety reasons.
July 2020
On the 7th July Ian released Black Scars Across my Back on all digital platforms, with a fantastic review on the Aural Aggravation website.
June 2020
Ian put the finishing touches to his latest album release Black Scars Across My Back, you can hear the finished product Here.
April and May 2020
Ian spent the time in lockdown like the rest of the country although he did manage to work on his next album Black Scars Across My Back and release the track John Copley 1925-1946 on YouTube. The album will be out in early July 2020.
March 2020
Ian played his last gig (for the foreseeable future) with DC Blues on the 14th March at the Quakerhouse in Darlington.
February 2020
Ian spent most of the month working on a dance production for a client, although he did manage to spend some time at the Huddersfield Electric Spring Festival.
January 2020
Ian had day surgery on the 2nd of January and spent all of the month recovering after contracting what seemed like Covid 19 symptoms while in post-op recovery (although he felt this was too early) Doctors described it as a 'virus' that was going around.
December 2019
Ian handed over Pocklington Music to the new owner on the 1st December but continues to run Sinners Music studio and record label.
November 2019
Ian played a number of gig with DC Blues throughout November, He also spent a couple of days in London seeing the talk talk and Mark Hollis celebration concert, his review of the event is here. He also made a video to David Martin's short story Relic, which can be watched here.
October 2019
In early October Ian went to Synthfest in Sheffield and recorded a number of videos for his YouTube channel, you can view the results here.
September 2019
Ian continued providing his Audiophile Radio Show with the radio show now being expanded to YouTube as well as iTunes and Podbean sites
August 2019
Ian spent the early part of August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, He managed to video record (with the help of Jane) over 30 YouTube reviews in just 10 days. You can view the results here.After returning from Edinburgh, Ian Played the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne, Lancashire. You can see how the band did here.
July 2019
Ian videoed the Hull New Music Biennial in the early part of the month, sadly this content cannot be shown due to copyright restrictions.
June 2019
Ian continued his regular YouTube videos and applied to be a reviewer at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he's planning to spend 10 days at Ed Fringe this year.
May 2019
Ian started recording work with a new client initially in a songwriting capacity, he also continued to work hard at developing his YouTube Channel with guitar repair videos and a new series on starting a record label.
April 2019
The first few days were spent in Hong Kong and then it was straight back to Yorkshire for the York Blues Festival with DC Blues. The second An Endless Sky Podcast was released with Ian again provided music and sound design this time the story was We Are The Disease by Gareth E Rees
March 2019
Apart from playing two more shows with DC Blues, Ian also spent 10 days in Hong Kong, you can watch his travelogue on his YouTube Channel and he also recorded his Audiophile Radio show out there.
February 2019
Ian played his second concert with DC Blues at the Dewsbury Socialist Club. The first Endless Sky podcast became available titled What Rupert Don't Know by Glen James Brown - You can listen to it here
January 2019
Ian started rehearsing with blues band DC Blues and after two rehearsal played his first gig with them in Harrogate. January also saw the launch of the new An Endless Sky Podcast by David Martin, Ian provided music and sound design - You can listen to the pilot Relic here
December 2018
In early December Ian had a practice with his old friend Ryan Shirlow (of the Bloody Marys) it was a shambolic experimental affair but the possibilities of something new. Ian also released a live album on Bandcamp Ian J Cole 2014 - 2018 Live which is currently free or pay what you like - You can download it from here
November 2018
Ian performed at the York Electronic Open Mic Night on the 6th Nov and also spent some time working on the sound design for a new podcast due out in early 2019 called An Endless Sky
October 2018
Ian went to SynthFest in Sheffield on the 6th October, you can view his short video here. He also presented an award at the Yorkshire Gig Guide awards on the 7th you can listen to Ian's radio show about the awards here
September 2018
Most of the month was taken up with building a new recording studio 'The Bunker' The whole process was filmed and available to view on YouTube Here.
Ian also performed his first solo headline gig on the 26th Sept at the Wonky Stuff Night.
August 2018
Ian took his radio show up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - you can listen to part one Here and Part Two Here
July 2018
Ian stopped work on the JJK's project becasue of musical differences, He performed at the York EMOM night on the 5th July - you can listen to Ian's performance here
June 2018
Recording continued with the JJK's and Vince Morgan, Ian also found time to play Accordion for The Silents on the 23rd June.
May 2018
10th May Ian played what is to be the last Katie and the Questions gig for the foreseeable future at Leeds EMOM, then overdub and mixing sessions started for the Juke Joint Kings album, recording sessions for the forthcoming Vince Morgan album continued. The end of the month was taken up with recording a Dance project for a regular client.
April 2018
Most of the month was taken up with recording sessions with various clients for Pocklington Music. The Juke Joint Kings recorded at Fairview and started overdubs at the Pocklington Music recording studios, the album should be finished by the end of Summer and will be released on Ian's label Sinners Music.
March 2018
March was taken up with recording a 20 minute piece based around a field recording of the New York underground journey called Downtown to SouthFerry, a demo version of this track can be heard on Ian's March Audiophile Radio Show Podcast
Jan/Feb 2018
Ian starting planning recording sessions for the Juke Joint Kings by visiting Fairview Recording Studio where the principle recording will take place (sessions are scheduled for April.
Ian also started work on his Bevin Boy coal mining project.
Dec 2017
Ian had concerts booked in York and Hull throughout December but had to cancel due to an accident and illness. Ian did find time to create a track from a Christmas compilation album You Might Not Like This Xmas
Nov 2017
Ian release the final part of the Bristol Trilogy on the 24th November. The triple album is available on all streaming and download sites Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon, Google Music, Deezer.
Sept/ Oct 2017
Ian spent most of September and October putting the finishing touches to the third album in his Clifton Hotel Bristol Trilogy. Bristol 3 can be heard here. He also found time to visit SynthFest 2017 and present one of the awards at the Yorkshire Gig Guide Grassroots Awards.
August 2017
Recording on Ian's Bristol 3 album continued throughout the month, Ian took time out to spend his birthday at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland - you can listen to his Audiophile radio show about his visit here.
Ian also bought a Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesiser, his first experiment with it was streamed live - see the video here.
June / July 2017
Ian started work on the final Clifton Hotel Bristol 3 album which utilises a Korg Micro X synthesiser as its main instrument. You can listen to an early demo here. Ian also managed to find time to record a improvisation session for a future Wave Prophets record with drummer Ray Brearton the session was streamed live via Periscope watch here
May 2017
1st of May the 16 track version of Aleatorical Alchemy is re-released
Download from iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and all good download and streaming platforms
March 2017
Rehearsals started with a new Katie and the Questions band featuring a fantastic group of musicians, the group are planning to play festivals over the summer. Work also started on the remastering of Ian's first album Aleatorical Alchemy which will have a worldwide digital distribution on the 1st May 2017.
February 2017
Ian took delivery of a Roger Linn LinnStrument MPE midi controller from America, he can be seen playing it here.
January 2017
Ian spent the early part of the month writing and recording demos for the next Katie and Questions album, he also found time to record sessions for a couple of new clients at Pocklington Music Studios.
December 2016
The main part of the month was taken up with mastering the rinnan album which was released on the 24th December which is a double CD and available as a free download until the end of January 2017. Ian also managed to record some voiceover work for a new client.
November 2016
The first two weeks of the month were spent completing the dance project that was started in October. The rest of the month was spent recording overdubs and mixing the rinnan album
October 2016
Work continued with Wave Prophets before Ian started preparation on his next solo album rinnan. Ian also found time to start work on a 2 hour dance project.
September 2016
Ian started work on a new venture with Wayne Miller (drums) and David Martin (guitar) called Wave Prophets. On the 18th September Ian's record label Sinners Music released Chris Brearley's album Welcome to my Loonyverse
August 2016
The early part of the month was taken up with a visit to Edinburgh Festival Fringe where Ian recorded some interviews for his Audiophile radio show (listen here). The rest of the month was taken up with mastering Chris Brearley's album which is due out on the 18th September.
July 2016
Ian's album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 2) for Cello & Moog was released on the 8th July. The first video for the track 5:27am is available here. Katie and the Questions played two festivals on the 24th (Dunnington Live) and 30th July (Pocklington Festival).
June 2016
Recording and mixing continued for Ian's Bristol 2 album, along with a mastering project for Malcolm Oxborrow's album Ocean of Reason's which has been unavailable for a while and can now be downloaded via the link. Ian also worked on Chris Brealey's album which is nearing completion and should be available in September. Rehearsals for the July Katie and Questions gigs started with new musicians to complement Ian and Kirsty's set of songs.
May 2016
Ian started the final recording of his latest solo album named The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 2). This is a companion piece to the 2014 album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 1), mixing will start in early June with the release date set for the 8th July 2016. Ian also found time to re-mix and master two albums by the East River band Is there Really Love? and Finale!
April 2016
Recording sessions for the Katie and the Questions next EP were conducted. You can listen to a rough demo of Wonderland by clicking on the link, Ian also found time to record a concert for Chris Brealey that is to be used on his forthcoming album release.
March 2016
Most of the month was taken up with client recording and pre-production on the next Katie and the Questions EP.
February 2016
Ian spent the early part of the month putting the final touches to the Only Shadows Moves album release for Sinners Music Publishing before jetting off to New York to do some recording in the Big Apple, demos can be listened to on Ian's Soundcloud page.
January 2016
Ian got down to work on mixing and editing the album with David Martin titled Only Shadows Move, the album is planned for release on the 14th Feb 2016. Ian also recorded a 2nd demo session with Iona Kaye for Sinners Music Publishing with tracks being played on West Wolds Radio.
December 2015
Recording sessions continued throughout the month with Ian starting working on demo's for a new brilliant female singer songwriter. Ian started preparing for his new two hour radio show on West Wolds Radio. The radio show (which started on the 9th Dec) is called The Audiophile and is a music and arts radio programme focusing on local music and music Ian likes to play, it is broadcast every Wednesday evening from 8pm until 10pm (Live streaming here). It is also available to listen again here. Ian also found time to release his 5th solo album on the 24th Dec based on recording he had done back in August 2015 while staying in London. The album is free to download until the end of January 2016.
November 2015
Lots of recording sessions for a number of Artists and projects were undertaken, Ian also found time to visit London for Pocklington Music shortlisting as Best Small Retailer of the year (sadly they didn't win)
Sept 2015
September was taken up with rehearing and then performing with Katie and the Questions at Bealby Festival, a 40 min set was recorded by West Wolds Radio for future presentation.
August 2015
Part of the month was taken up with the principle recording of an Ian J Cole solo album to be released on the 24th Dec 2015 - available here.
July 2015
Katie and the Questions performed an acoustic set on the 19th July in Bealby Church as part of the Pocklington Music singing pupils summer concert.
June 2015
The month was taken up with recording sessions and rehearsals for short concert set by Katie and the Questions in Bealby Church.
May 2015
Ian agreed to host a music and arts radio show on West Wolds Radio which will go live in November 2015 so he attended meeting in preparation Katie and the Questions rehearsed for a acoustic show planned for June
April 2015
Ian continued to work on recording projects throughout the month with Chris Brealey and Diesel Dave. He also found time to record some new demos in London which can be listened to by following these links Wharfdale, Battlebridge Basin and Lighterman House. Katie and the Questions (Ian and Kirsty Grice Venour) performed a well received electronic synth, vocals and ipad set at Simply JJ's on the 26th of April as part of the Pocklington Littlefest.
March 2015
Katie and the Questions started preparing for their first performance of 2015 which is scheduled to be on the 26th April at Pocklington Littlefest. Ian also started working on comic song-smith Chris Brealey's debut album with this work due to continue into the summer. Ian had three tracks remixed from his second album Deconstruction:Demolition:Reinvention for Framework Radio on Resonance 104.4fm. He also found the time to be a judge on Pocklington's talent contest PockIdle which was sponsored by Pocklington Music.
February 2015
The month was taken up working on the music and audio editing for the Elliot School of Dance 2015 production which was performed in early March.
January 2015
Ian started work (with Kirsty Grice Venour) on writing and recorded demos for the next Katie and the Questions release which will be an EP scheduled for release towards the end of Summer 2015.
November & December 2014
Ian recorded and mixed the first track for Sinners Recording Artist 'Diesel Dave' who will be releasing a single in Spring 2015. He also released a free download album 'Cities' just before Christmas.
October 2014
Ian performed at Sonophilia 2014 Lincoln's Festival of Sound as part of Sonic Arts Forum on the 24th October. He performed three pieces A Summers Day and Demolition from his 2012 CD Deconstruction:Demolition:Reinvention and 4:50am from his current album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 1). A recording of the performance is available here, Ian also participated in a improvisation session with fellow musicians. You can listen to the results here.
September 2014
Ian again taught an Introduction to Creative Music Technology course for Pocklington Music and started preparing for the first public performance of material from The Clifton Hotel album, which will be at the end of October as part of the Sonic Arts Forum at the Sonophilia 2014 Festival of Sound (23rd to 26th Oct). Ian's performance will be on the 24th at 11:10am.
August 2014
Ian spent the early part of the month having a holiday by visiting family in London. The latter part of August was taken up the the release of Ian's third solo album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 1) which gained lots of interest and a fantastic review in YorkMix. The album was released on the 31st of August and can be purchased here.
May to July 2014
This time was taken up finishing the Clifton Hotel album which is scheduled to be released at the end of August, pre-orders are available through Pocklington Music and the album can be previewed until the 25th Aug here
April 2014
All 13 demo songs had been recorded on the comic album project so Ian spent most of the month editing,mixing and mastering the demos. The finished recordings were handed over to the client just before Easter.
February - March 2014
Work started on a new recording studio project in Pocklington, the recording of 13 demo songs for a forthcoming album of comic songs for a client. Ian also managed to fit in more work on the Clifton Hotel 1 album.
January 2014
Ian took the month off to recuperate after an emergency eye operation over the Xmas holidays.
December 2013
The month was taken up with working on Ian's third solo album Clifton Hotel 1 which will be out to buy late spring early summer, you can find out more and hear a snippet here
November 2013
The gig with Hazel O'Conner on the 1st of the month was a fraught panic stricken affair with Hazel (who was lovely) taking up everybody's soundcheck/setup time by messing around with the lighting for hours. The gig itself was great fun with Katie and the Questions making new friends and selling CD's to boot.
The other main highlight of the month was Ian was asked to review the Aesthetical Short Film Festival (7th-10th) for YorkMix Magazine you can read about all of the 4 days here.
October 2013
Ian taught an Introduction to Creative Music Technology course for Pocklington Music. Katie and the Questions had been asked to support Hazel O'Conner at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on the 1st Nov, so most of the month was taken up with rehearsing a new electronic version of the Katie and the Questions band featuring Katie Stewart, Wayne Britcliffe, Ian and a laptop.
September 2013
Ian spent a lot of time throughout the month re-recording, editing and mixing a two hour dance show for a client. It was also planned that Katie Stewart and Ian would perform an acoustic Katie and the Questions gig at Pocklington's Little Fest but this show had to be cancelled due to illness.
August 2013
York Mix sent Ian to Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a week as a accredited reviewer - all of Ian's reviews are here
July 2013
Ian reviewed Bruce Springsteen's opening concert at the newly built Leeds Arena (24th July) which upset a lot of Bruuuuce fans. Read why here
June 2013
On the 9th of June Ian was invited to a Music Trade Day where he had lunch with Gordon Giltrap and filmed (Oliver Dawson) Saxon performing.
May 2013
Ian spent the early part of the month remastering a 1973 vinyl album for Sinners Music Ltd and finishing off the recording studio at Pocklington Music. The studio is now fully functional - prices can be viewed here.
Ian also released a free download of Belfast an electronic piece created with Max/MSP and a Korg kaossilator.
April 2013
York Mix asked Ian to review two shows this month both at the York Theater Royal. The first was the The Dutch Gypsy Jazz Legends on the 9th April, the 2nd show was two days later and a fantastic performace of Cosi Fan Tutte by English Touring Opera
March 2013
On the 7th March Ian was invited to the opening of the Aesthetica Art Prize where he reviewed the event for York Mix, You can read his article "Fascinating, disappointing, inspiring: prize winning art" here
January 2013
A new year brought a new venture - Ian along with his wife Jane bought Pocklington Music, a retail shop and music academy. Ian set about remodelling two of the upstairs rooms into a recording studio while Jane took on the role of Shop Manager.
November 2012
At the beginning of November Ian was asked to cover the Aesthetical Short Film Festival (8th-11th) for YorkMix Magazine and he managed to watch 75 films in 4 days. You can read all about it here: Day1 Day2 Day3 Day4. The Katie and the Questions album 'Answers' is finished and going through the final stages of print design, you can have a sneaky listen here.
September 2012
Most of the early Sept was taken up with the re-vamping of Ian's recording studio The Audio Clinic. There is a full history dating back to the start of the Audio Clinic in the 1980's. The studio now offers an analogue and digital transfer service, so if you need any old 78's, vinyl, cassettes or any other media inc wax cylinders check out the website.
Work in progress videos for the Clifton Hotel project will be appearing on YouTube this month so subscribe to the Sinners Music YouTube channel for e-mail updates as to when these videos come online.
August 2012
Ian spent the beginning of August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival reviewing 36 shows in 7 days for YorkMix magazine, you can read about his exploits here.
The rest of the month was spent mixing and mastering Katie and the Questions first album 'Answers' for Sinners Music Publishing.The album will be out later in the year and here is where Ian explains to a music industry panel how the album was made (scroll to 48:40).
Ian has also been building a Cajon just for fun.
July 2012
Ian has recorded the Ebor Vox procession as it marched through the streets of York on the evening of the 9th of July the resulting album can be downloaded free from here.
Read Ian's YorkMix column on the new wave of York novelists.
June 2012
Ian has a new video for his composition FireDance watch it here.
Ian has started work on a new experimental piece based around a 3 hours and 14 minute recording of a rain storm, the work in progress version of the first 6 minutes can be listened to here.
May 2012
Ian will be playing with Katie and the Questions at the FoxFest in Holgate, York on the 26th May, on stage around 5pm. The rest of the month is taken up with the recording and mixing of Katie and the Questions first album 'Answers'.
Ian has written a couple of pieces for the YorkMix Magazine one on Musicians getting paid and one on the failings of Eurovision.
April 2012
Ian's has been ask to write a regular column for new web magazine YorkMix and decided to write a piece on a Steven Severin Laptop Performance that he attended a few weeks back - Read it Here.
Recording sessions for the Katie and the Questions next EP were conducted. You can listen to a rough demo of Wonderland by clicking on the link, Ian also found time to record a concert for Chris Brealey that is to be used on his forthcoming album release.
March 2016
Most of the month was taken up with client recording and pre-production on the next Katie and the Questions EP.
February 2016
Ian spent the early part of the month putting the final touches to the Only Shadows Moves album release for Sinners Music Publishing before jetting off to New York to do some recording in the Big Apple, demos can be listened to on Ian's Soundcloud page.
January 2016
Ian got down to work on mixing and editing the album with David Martin titled Only Shadows Move, the album is planned for release on the 14th Feb 2016. Ian also recorded a 2nd demo session with Iona Kaye for Sinners Music Publishing with tracks being played on West Wolds Radio.
December 2015
Recording sessions continued throughout the month with Ian starting working on demo's for a new brilliant female singer songwriter. Ian started preparing for his new two hour radio show on West Wolds Radio. The radio show (which started on the 9th Dec) is called The Audiophile and is a music and arts radio programme focusing on local music and music Ian likes to play, it is broadcast every Wednesday evening from 8pm until 10pm (Live streaming here). It is also available to listen again here. Ian also found time to release his 5th solo album on the 24th Dec based on recording he had done back in August 2015 while staying in London. The album is free to download until the end of January 2016.
November 2015
Lots of recording sessions for a number of Artists and projects were undertaken, Ian also found time to visit London for Pocklington Music shortlisting as Best Small Retailer of the year (sadly they didn't win)
Sept 2015
September was taken up with rehearing and then performing with Katie and the Questions at Bealby Festival, a 40 min set was recorded by West Wolds Radio for future presentation.
August 2015
Part of the month was taken up with the principle recording of an Ian J Cole solo album to be released on the 24th Dec 2015 - available here.
July 2015
Katie and the Questions performed an acoustic set on the 19th July in Bealby Church as part of the Pocklington Music singing pupils summer concert.
June 2015
The month was taken up with recording sessions and rehearsals for short concert set by Katie and the Questions in Bealby Church.
May 2015
Ian agreed to host a music and arts radio show on West Wolds Radio which will go live in November 2015 so he attended meeting in preparation Katie and the Questions rehearsed for a acoustic show planned for June
April 2015
Ian continued to work on recording projects throughout the month with Chris Brealey and Diesel Dave. He also found time to record some new demos in London which can be listened to by following these links Wharfdale, Battlebridge Basin and Lighterman House. Katie and the Questions (Ian and Kirsty Grice Venour) performed a well received electronic synth, vocals and ipad set at Simply JJ's on the 26th of April as part of the Pocklington Littlefest.
March 2015
Katie and the Questions started preparing for their first performance of 2015 which is scheduled to be on the 26th April at Pocklington Littlefest. Ian also started working on comic song-smith Chris Brealey's debut album with this work due to continue into the summer. Ian had three tracks remixed from his second album Deconstruction:Demolition:Reinvention for Framework Radio on Resonance 104.4fm. He also found the time to be a judge on Pocklington's talent contest PockIdle which was sponsored by Pocklington Music.
February 2015
The month was taken up working on the music and audio editing for the Elliot School of Dance 2015 production which was performed in early March.
January 2015
Ian started work (with Kirsty Grice Venour) on writing and recorded demos for the next Katie and the Questions release which will be an EP scheduled for release towards the end of Summer 2015.
November & December 2014
Ian recorded and mixed the first track for Sinners Recording Artist 'Diesel Dave' who will be releasing a single in Spring 2015. He also released a free download album 'Cities' just before Christmas.
October 2014
Ian performed at Sonophilia 2014 Lincoln's Festival of Sound as part of Sonic Arts Forum on the 24th October. He performed three pieces A Summers Day and Demolition from his 2012 CD Deconstruction:Demolition:Reinvention and 4:50am from his current album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 1). A recording of the performance is available here, Ian also participated in a improvisation session with fellow musicians. You can listen to the results here.
September 2014
Ian again taught an Introduction to Creative Music Technology course for Pocklington Music and started preparing for the first public performance of material from The Clifton Hotel album, which will be at the end of October as part of the Sonic Arts Forum at the Sonophilia 2014 Festival of Sound (23rd to 26th Oct). Ian's performance will be on the 24th at 11:10am.
August 2014
Ian spent the early part of the month having a holiday by visiting family in London. The latter part of August was taken up the the release of Ian's third solo album The Clifton Hotel (Bristol 1) which gained lots of interest and a fantastic review in YorkMix. The album was released on the 31st of August and can be purchased here.
May to July 2014
This time was taken up finishing the Clifton Hotel album which is scheduled to be released at the end of August, pre-orders are available through Pocklington Music and the album can be previewed until the 25th Aug here
April 2014
All 13 demo songs had been recorded on the comic album project so Ian spent most of the month editing,mixing and mastering the demos. The finished recordings were handed over to the client just before Easter.
February - March 2014
Work started on a new recording studio project in Pocklington, the recording of 13 demo songs for a forthcoming album of comic songs for a client. Ian also managed to fit in more work on the Clifton Hotel 1 album.
January 2014
Ian took the month off to recuperate after an emergency eye operation over the Xmas holidays.
December 2013
The month was taken up with working on Ian's third solo album Clifton Hotel 1 which will be out to buy late spring early summer, you can find out more and hear a snippet here
November 2013
The gig with Hazel O'Conner on the 1st of the month was a fraught panic stricken affair with Hazel (who was lovely) taking up everybody's soundcheck/setup time by messing around with the lighting for hours. The gig itself was great fun with Katie and the Questions making new friends and selling CD's to boot.
The other main highlight of the month was Ian was asked to review the Aesthetical Short Film Festival (7th-10th) for YorkMix Magazine you can read about all of the 4 days here.
October 2013
Ian taught an Introduction to Creative Music Technology course for Pocklington Music. Katie and the Questions had been asked to support Hazel O'Conner at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on the 1st Nov, so most of the month was taken up with rehearsing a new electronic version of the Katie and the Questions band featuring Katie Stewart, Wayne Britcliffe, Ian and a laptop.
September 2013
Ian spent a lot of time throughout the month re-recording, editing and mixing a two hour dance show for a client. It was also planned that Katie Stewart and Ian would perform an acoustic Katie and the Questions gig at Pocklington's Little Fest but this show had to be cancelled due to illness.
August 2013
York Mix sent Ian to Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a week as a accredited reviewer - all of Ian's reviews are here
July 2013
Ian reviewed Bruce Springsteen's opening concert at the newly built Leeds Arena (24th July) which upset a lot of Bruuuuce fans. Read why here
June 2013
On the 9th of June Ian was invited to a Music Trade Day where he had lunch with Gordon Giltrap and filmed (Oliver Dawson) Saxon performing.
May 2013
Ian spent the early part of the month remastering a 1973 vinyl album for Sinners Music Ltd and finishing off the recording studio at Pocklington Music. The studio is now fully functional - prices can be viewed here.
Ian also released a free download of Belfast an electronic piece created with Max/MSP and a Korg kaossilator.
April 2013
York Mix asked Ian to review two shows this month both at the York Theater Royal. The first was the The Dutch Gypsy Jazz Legends on the 9th April, the 2nd show was two days later and a fantastic performace of Cosi Fan Tutte by English Touring Opera
March 2013
On the 7th March Ian was invited to the opening of the Aesthetica Art Prize where he reviewed the event for York Mix, You can read his article "Fascinating, disappointing, inspiring: prize winning art" here
January 2013
A new year brought a new venture - Ian along with his wife Jane bought Pocklington Music, a retail shop and music academy. Ian set about remodelling two of the upstairs rooms into a recording studio while Jane took on the role of Shop Manager.
November 2012
At the beginning of November Ian was asked to cover the Aesthetical Short Film Festival (8th-11th) for YorkMix Magazine and he managed to watch 75 films in 4 days. You can read all about it here: Day1 Day2 Day3 Day4. The Katie and the Questions album 'Answers' is finished and going through the final stages of print design, you can have a sneaky listen here.
September 2012
Most of the early Sept was taken up with the re-vamping of Ian's recording studio The Audio Clinic. There is a full history dating back to the start of the Audio Clinic in the 1980's. The studio now offers an analogue and digital transfer service, so if you need any old 78's, vinyl, cassettes or any other media inc wax cylinders check out the website.
Work in progress videos for the Clifton Hotel project will be appearing on YouTube this month so subscribe to the Sinners Music YouTube channel for e-mail updates as to when these videos come online.
August 2012
Ian spent the beginning of August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival reviewing 36 shows in 7 days for YorkMix magazine, you can read about his exploits here.
The rest of the month was spent mixing and mastering Katie and the Questions first album 'Answers' for Sinners Music Publishing.The album will be out later in the year and here is where Ian explains to a music industry panel how the album was made (scroll to 48:40).
Ian has also been building a Cajon just for fun.
July 2012
Ian has recorded the Ebor Vox procession as it marched through the streets of York on the evening of the 9th of July the resulting album can be downloaded free from here.
Read Ian's YorkMix column on the new wave of York novelists.
June 2012
Ian has a new video for his composition FireDance watch it here.
Ian has started work on a new experimental piece based around a 3 hours and 14 minute recording of a rain storm, the work in progress version of the first 6 minutes can be listened to here.
May 2012
Ian will be playing with Katie and the Questions at the FoxFest in Holgate, York on the 26th May, on stage around 5pm. The rest of the month is taken up with the recording and mixing of Katie and the Questions first album 'Answers'.
Ian has written a couple of pieces for the YorkMix Magazine one on Musicians getting paid and one on the failings of Eurovision.
April 2012
Ian's has been ask to write a regular column for new web magazine YorkMix and decided to write a piece on a Steven Severin Laptop Performance that he attended a few weeks back - Read it Here.
Ian's CD Deconstruction:Demolition:Reinvention is available to buy by clicking on the album cover image
Here are some of the comments about this amazing work
Here are some of the comments about this amazing work
- Some unsettling spaces. Lovely use of sudden changes. 4/5
- Excellent. the sound sources are so processed as to be unrecognisable.
- The use of the vocal is superb. Sounds faintly islamic! 5/5.
- It's got a whole church vs ZX spectrum thing going on. The variation in the central set of tones makes it sound less obviously accordion. 5 stars.
March 2012
Ian performed 'Deconstruction' at the Sonorities Festival in Belfast - 25th March 2012
December 2011
Ian's piece Deconstruction was performed at the International Streaming Festival 1st to 18th Dec 2011 and has now been added to the Festival's Permanent Collection -Click on the above image to visit the Festival site.
