THE HOME OF ALL THINGS ED HARCOURT

As we come to the end of February, I for one am imbued with a gently cynical hope, as the winter gradually desists. There have been 3 tracks out now from ‘El Magnifico & a fourth video may make the rounds in March before the album is out on the 29th. I have a run of instores starting with ASSAI in Edinburgh on release day, JACARANDA in Liverpool on April 2nd, JUMBO in Leeds on the 3rd, RESIDENT in Brighton on the 4th, TRUCK in Oxford (hometown now!) 5th APril, then the Rambling Roots Revue in High Wycombe on the 6th and finally two instore shows at Banquet on the 8th April. I hope to see some of your lovely faces there! In the meantime, I shall be preparing for these shows with a strict regime of jumping jacks and shadowboxing. See you on the other side! X

Very excited to announce the release of my forthcoming record, ‘El Magnifico’ on March 29th, 2024. There will be a special ‘dinked’ edition of the LP available from a vast array of our wonderful independent record stores across the UK. Here’s the pre-order link: https://ffm.to/elmagnifico

And the video for Strange Beauty is now up on VEVO / YOUTUBE – shot on a deserted beach in Cabo de Gata, southern Spain…Steve Gullick & I traipsed through the early dawn and he shot this lovely little vignette on Super 8, with yours truly finding novel ways to exploit an umbrella over the course of 4 and half minutes..!

and here’s the link for Strange Beauty: https://ffm.to/strangebeauty

The first track to be released from my forthcoming album ‘ El Magnifico’, due out next year, is to be premiered tomorrow (22/11/2023) on Lauren Laverne’s show on BBC 6music. Tune in from about 7:30am and it should pop up at some point on your radio! Very excited to get this ball rolling, there’ll be some more announcements about the album in due course.

A little update for you all, it’s been a while, it’s all my fault, nothing’s changed there. It’s been an interesting year, staying afloat post- pandemic has been a challenge to say the least. If I’m not juggling a million projects then I’m not happy! I have recently signed up with the fantastic DNA as a film / TV composer and am really excited about working with them on various projects. This month Story Films OTTO BAXTER: NOT A F**CKING HORROR STORY and it’s accompanying short film PUPPET ASYLUM are being released into the world, they’re both something I’m incredibly proud of and I can’t wait for you to experience the world of Otto, he’s a one off that’s for sure. Channel 4 are soon to be airing a very dark and important feature doc I scored about the Hampstead Hoax of Christchurch school that happened a few years ago, basically how internet trolls and conspiracy theorists hooked their claws into ordinary people’s lives and ruined them, it’s quite something, so watch out for that one. Recently I ventured to southern Spain with the inimitable Steve Gullick to shoot artwork and videos for my next album, ‘El Magnifico’ – we had an incredible 4 days there and I can’t wait for you to witness his genius once again. On the production side, I’ve just recorded & produced a new project for Hannah Rose Platt, the debut album for Jess Tuthill; the new & third Tom Bright album is due to be released very soon & next year the forthcoming album from Peter Jöback will be released, which I produced and co-wrote with Kathryn Williams and Peter. The MVT United by Music solo piano tour in July was a resounding success and I’m hoping I’ll get to do more of this kind of thing because I had a blast. See you all down the road, enjoy this crazy Indian summer! EH X