22 January 2008
Where was I?

That was the year that was...
2007 was a busy year insofar as the writing and recording of new material was concerned.

In November I went to Helsinki to begin work on my next record. Once again, I was joined by Ken and Carl Papenfus from RELISH and i'm thrilled that this record will feature collaborations with the brothers. Jukka Jylli of Finnish cult power trio KINGSTON WALL played bass on the first session. I was delighted to team up with my good friend Léo Fourástié, who engineered and produced the session. The record will be finished this spring and released some time later in the year.

In July I made my first music video which was an interesting experience. Again the location was Finland. An opportunity arose to work with acclaimed Finnish cinematographer and director Sampsa Huttunen, director Tuomas Valtanen, and actress Saila laakkonen of Finnish TV series Salatut Elämät.

When in Helsinki recording my album I was able to open for the gothic rockers Marbleheroes. Turned out to be a great show, very intimate and a tad nervy as it was my first performance in in some time. Thanks to the lovely Sanna Helén for joining me on Viola.

Brian Bridges, half of Irish experiMENTAL industrial outfit AUDOGENIC, got his hands on the Desperation files and went about remixing it the way he always heard it. You can check it out on my blog. It's rather experimental.

The year also saw me team up with the other half of Audogenic, Phil Grier. This project was very rewarding and the results rather tasteful, if I do say so myself. See for yourself on my blog.

All said, a very enjoyable, rewarding year.

Thanks to all of you who helped make it a great one. Here's to another!

Happy New Year, and I hope to see some of you very soon.

Love, Steafán

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