Alfie Granger-Howell

The last few months have seen me continue to assist Jonathan Goldstein on various projects including the highly successful recent Nat West campaign, and another for Felix which also saw me work as an M.D./conductor for the orchestral recording session.

I’m also pleased to find out that the viral Drench campaign I worked on some time ago with Jonathan has reached the milestone of 1 million hits on youtube between the various videos.

I’ve started a new dance music project, Dusky which is an alter-ego of mine and Nick Harriman’s Solarity project. The debut single Lost In You received much industry acclaim and gained BBC Radio 1 play. Our debut album Stick By This has also been released with DJ Mag reviewing it as “an intoxicating album, full of life and flashes of brilliance” 4/5 * * * *

Recent ad work includes a TV spot for the Sunday Times Rich List, composed with Jonathan Goldstein. I’ve also continued to assist Jonathan on various projects including campaigns for Kelloggs, The Trainline, The Sun & Carlsberg.

I’ve also been working closely with Hum Music Production, and you can find some of my tracks in the brand new ‘Hum Tracks’ boutique library.

You can see some of my ad work on my Vimeo site here.

On the dance music side of things Solarity have had a very successful run of late, with two tracks on our label’s latest compilation Anjunadeep:03 which reached No. 1 album in the iTunes dance chart. We’re also proud to have gained Radio 1 airplay for the first time.

I’ve had an eventful couple of months working on a few projects, most notably arranging the music for the Tesco christmas TV campaign with Jonathan Goldstein. The campaign features a leading 50 second ad with various other 10 and 20 second spots all airing heavily throughout the run up to Christmas. Elsewhere I’ve also recently assisted Jonathan on campaigns for Kelloggs and Woolite.
Meanwhile our recent Solarity releases have continued to find success in the download charts on beatport.com. We’ve also been hard at work putting together the debut Solarity album due out early/mid 2011, featuring some incredible guest vocalists and various tracks that showcase our eclectic sound. Various gigs for the coming months have also been announced in London and around the UK.

I recently completed the music for an Aston Martin web advert (with Nick Harriman), and the two of us recently finished some work for Hum Music Production: an ident for Sky Movies Italia. The sound and music for the 15 second film provides the sonic branding for one of the Italian Sky Movie channels and heavily features some cinematic sound design as well as orchestral elements.

I have also continued to assist composer Jonathan Goldstein on various projects, including a campaign for Sky Broadband.

On the DJ/dance music front we had a spectacular gig in sunny Cyprus and have a fast-approaching headline gig in Manchester. Progressive giants Sasha and John Digweed have been championing our forthcoming single and some very special vocal collaborations are in the pipeline.

I’ve recently done some additional production for an Argos TV campaign, and have been putting the finishes to a couple of tracks with AyseDeniz Gokcin.

On the dance music front we’ve had performances round the UK and abroad in Estonia, with further gigs secured for the UK and abroad in the coming months – something to look forward to! In addition our recent tracks have continued to prove popular with DJs and on the download charts. We have 3 tracks on the new Anjunadeep02 compilation which reached No. 1. on the iTunes album dance chart in the U.S.

Several other projects have been keeping me busy, more word on those as I complete them!

Over the last couple of months I’ve composed music for online campaigns for AVG and Floatworks.

I’ve also been an assistant to renowned composer Jonathan Goldstein on the excellent recent Weetabix TV campaign. In addition I have co-written the music with Jonathan for a very quirky new advert for Drench which has been gaining plenty of media attention! It involves a jazz-playing band of hamsters (!) – check it all out here.

I’m also excited about a collaboration with the excellent pianist AyseDeniz Gokcin for a future recording and live show. More information to follow.

Our dance music releases have been continuing their successful run, and upcoming gigs in the UK and abroad are keeping us busy as ever. As always more information is available at our myspace.

I’ve had a busy couple of months with lots of goings on. I recently completed the music for a corporate video for Bacardi, and I have some more corporate/advert work in the pipeline (details soon). I’ve also moved into a new studio in North London which I’m settling into nicely.

My piece ‘Flux Stasis’ for Blue Harp is premiering at the Royal Academy of Music on 10th September, performed by Lizzy Scorah.

Our dance music has been very successful recently, with tracks of ours finding success in the beatport progressive house charts. As well as an upcoming gig at iconic club Ministry of Sound in London, we recently played as far afield as Iceland. As always you can find more info at our myspace.

This month I am pleased to announce I have won a Tim Williams award for best composition with my piece ‘We Wear The Mask’, performed brilliantly by the very talented Jonathan Eiø at the awards on Sunday 21st June. This was the very first awards ceremony to honour the memory of (the late musical director) Tim Williams, and was a rousing success! (More information on the event can be found here). The events are organised by the excellent ‘London Shakespeare Workout’ who do some fantastic work and are worth checking out.

This month I’ve also finished arranging and recording for a Toyota/ITV family movies ident currently being broadcast on ITV in the UK. In addition I have recently had some music featured in a TRESemmé viral video currently doing the rounds.

Solarity’s release schedule has become even busier, with further releases planned in the coming months. As always more information can be found here.

Lots in the pipeline for the next few weeks; I’ve agreed to do soundtracks for a couple of games which I’m excited about. I’m also entering an interesting song-writing competition, culminating in a performance in June. I’ve also been doing some orchestration work for possible TV projects which has been keeping me busy.

On the dance front, Solarity have agreed to sign a couple of tracks to Anjunadeep records, it’s a great honour as we’ll be joining the ranks of some fantastic artists with a huge worldwide following. We’ve got lots more material in the works as well as some remixes, so our release schedule over the coming months is looking pretty hectic.

I have started some new orchestral material which I hope to share with you soon, and am in talks about some future TV and film work which I’m excited about.

On the dance music front Solarity’s recent releases on Whoop and the legendary Perfecto records seem to be receiving considerable dance and club play which is always good news. Our recent gigs in Madrid and London have been good fun and a great success, and we have many tracks in the pipeline due to be released on some very respected labels in the coming months. As always you can find more information on our myspace.

I’ve updated the music page with an extract from a new Solarity track ‘Hunted’.

As well as the Solarity project Nick Harriman and I are starting a new moniker to explore a more raw, experimental but dance-floor friendly sound – more news on that as it comes!