The Cave Sessions Vol. 2 CD - Andy Rogers

The Cave Sessions Vol. 2 has been recorded and the songs are waiting to wing their way to you for your listening pleasure!

And it sounds like nothing you've ever heard before! I'll explain why in a moment but in the meantime, if you're new to The Cave Sessions here's the back story:

3000 years ago a refugee musician, while fleeing from his own government forces in the middle east, wrote songs while hiding out in caves.

Songs of honest pain and desperation, songs of hope, prayer songs fueled by a vision beyond intimidation and fear.

Those songs have been handed down to this day. We don't have the original music but we do have the lyrics; words which have comforted and inspired generations ever since.

The Cave Sessions are about taking those words and creating songs and music inspired by them, then performing them... in a cave!

Volume 2 is based on Psalm 142, one of those original cave songs, and has been recorded at The Boatman's cave, Ballintoy, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland (Game of Thrones was filmed here too).

Here's why this project has a unique sound you won't hear anywhere else.

We invented a brand new instrument... The Stringer Bowing Machine!

Stu Reid (producer) and I were looking for a unique acoustic sound to express some of the emotion embedded in the original lyrics without having to resort to a synthesiser.

So, like a couple of mad scientists, we headed to my garage/workshop and experimented with a bunch of ideas.

And, as often is the case when you collaborate, a fusion of 2 different ideas produces something unique. In this case a rotating metal sound chamber with 16 cello strings powered by an old Singer Sewing machine foot treadle mechanism.

Hence the 'Stinger Bowing Machine' moniker! It sounds completely 'other-worldly' especially inside a cave!

We think you're going to love this new sound!