Alfie Granger-Howell

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!

Thanks for all your feedback regarding the site. I’m currently working on a few projects; look out for some Solarity releases in the next few weeks on Whoop! records, Dissident Music and Perfecto. Our gig schedule will be taking us to Madrid in a week or so – lots to prepare for. More updates soon!

The year so far has seen my completion of the music for a TV advert for Perfect Getaways and further progress in Solarity’s domination of the world dance music scene. Nick Harriman and I have been hard at work in the studio and have releases coming out this month on Whoop! Records amongst others. As always you can find out more about Solarity here and listen to and obtain our music on beatport.