Just a little teaser for the exhibition and accompanying album…

After having received Arts Council support for the Music & Geometry project ‘A Hidden Order’, we went into the studio recently to record the compositions which will be used to create the visuals for the exhibition. A suite of 10 pieces for mixed ensemble including flute (Philippe Barnes), cor anglais (Suzie Shrubb), marimba/percussion (Adam Bushell) & cello (Susie Winkworth), we took over the Conker Room in Barcombe for a couple of days and worked like madmen (and women) to get everything done on time, draining engineer Danny Bright of every last drop of energy, as always! The recordings are sounding great, looking forward to their release early next year. I’ll be posting some videos up here soon with music and visuals working together, as a little precursor to the exhibition in March.

An exciting day for the Small Gods – we’ve been nominated for 2 Songlines Music Awards (Best Group, Best Cross-cultural Project)!!! So please, people, get your voting gloves on, cos we need your help! Check out the link below. Please forward it to your mates, your mum, your grandma, your grandma’s buddies, etc. Also, by voting you get the chance to win tickets to next year’s Womad Festival. Nice.

http://www.songlines.co.uk/phpQ/fillsurvey.php?sid=16

Meanwhile, here’s a little thank you video from us to all the people who came out and supported us this year, or checked out our new album.

It is finally safe to announce that the Music & Geometry project has been awarded an Arts Council grant! This means that the project can move ahead with full force, no holds barred, and also means we’ll be devising a workshop which we can take to schools in the new year.

The exhibition will be held at the Prince’s School Of Traditional Arts, Shoreditch, between 19th and 28th of March. Live performances are set to take place on the 19th, 20th and 27th. Get it in your diaries, folks!

A very sad day indeed. Here’s to the greatest of setters. It won’t be the same knowing we won’t find your mischievous name beneath a crossword again! You’ll be sorely missed.

http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/prize/26107

The ‘Moving In The Dark’ EP will be released on vinyl tomorrow, marking both my first appearance on a 12″ and our first vinyl press as a band! The tracklist includes album versions of ‘Moving In The Dark’ and ‘White Rum’, plus two juicy remixes of the title track. Here’s where you can pre-order your copy –

http://www.eccrecords.co.uk/shop/pre-order-moving-in-the-dark-12-vinyl-ep

The main bulk of the Dizraeli & The Small Gods Autumn Tour begins tomorrow (London & Nottingham having been a couple of weeks back). Great news is that Le Juki will be supporting once again for some of these dates. Here’s where we’ll be –

13th – DATSG + Le Juki @ The Globe, Cardiff
14th – DATSG + Le Juki @ The Factory, Barnstaple
15th – DATSG @ Moles, Bath
16th – DATSG @ The Barrelhouse, Totnes
20th – DATSG + Le Juki @ The Old Firestation, Bournemouth
21st – DATSG @ Electric Palace, Bridport
23rd – DATSG + Le Juki @ The Haunt, Brighton

Le Juki will then be concluding our year with another spree of gigs –

Nov 29th – Le Juki @ Hootananny, Brixton
Nov 30th – Le Juki @ Passing Clouds, Dalston
Dec 1st – Le Juki @ The Bicycle Shop, Norwich
Dec 5th – Le Juki @ The Blind Tiger, Brighton

Hopefully see some of you out there along the way.

Today I’m re-releasing my third album ‘Dragon’ (2009), and for this week only it’s up for free download. Get yourself a copy while you can. Featuring the beautiful voices of Gunes Omer and (briefly) Rachel Weston, this is predominantly a solo guitar album. It was recorded in the Crypt of Lancing Chapel over a cold winter by Danny Bright. We had every kind of interruption imaginable during the recording process, including lawnmowers, piano movers, BT men, tourists, aeroplanes, vergers, organists… you name it, we had it. That said, it was a magic time, and we came out with a great selection of tracks from a room with one of the finest natural reverbs I’ve ever heard! You can download the full album HERE.

You can now listen to all the Lee Westwood back catalogue on Youtube as it’s being re-released. Check out the channel at www.youtube.com/leewestwoodmusic. In the meantime, here’s a little taster…

ROUND TWO!!! For one week only, my 2008 album ‘Nymph Suite & Other Stories’ can be downloaded for absolutely free. Click on the image below to be taken to the download page, or alternatively visit the music page of this site –