Robert Halcrow
Page for Robert Halcrow solo tunes and news. See also Picturebox, District Repair Depot, FXU2.
18/10/2023
Life Drawings, ink and watercolour on distressed paper.
19/06/2023
Path in woods, outskirts of Canterbury.
Watercolour and ink on watercolour paper 18 x 26 cm.
05/06/2023
Drawing in felt tip and pastel. White Cliffs of Dover.
31/05/2023
Three new Life Drawings. Conte sticks on toned paper. Some pictures for sale so if anything takes your fancy, send a message.
https://www.instagram.com/roberthalcrowart/
30/05/2023
Two life drawings from last week. Charcoal and chalk.
13/12/2021
Fineliner pen on watercolour wash.
18/11/2021
01/11/2021
New pictures in the Etsy shop. Get your robins at affordable prices.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RobertHalcrowArt
13/08/2021
Things on the go. Experimental and so on. New solo album coming soon.
24/07/2021
There's a new Etsy shop for drawings and paintings at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RobertHalcrowArt.
It's got life drawings and garden drawings at the minute.
This is a new charcoal drawing from this week, which isn't actually in the shop!
There's a new Mad Alice tune on the way. Here's a sneak peek at the video from Young al productions.
30/01/2021
From 5 this evening on BigBubble.uk, Jack Hayter and me in our FXU2 guise will be spinning the platters that matter and the mp3s to set you free on our new FXU2 Radio Show in Big Bubble's Fresh From The Fridge slot. Featuring soul, funk, disco, post-disco, electro, Britfunk hits and misses from these artists and many more. Listen worldwide at https://bigbubble.uk/.
Join Jack Hayter and Robert Halcrow on BigBubble.uk Radio from 5 tomorrow for smooth tunes and classic bangers! Brand new show! Fresh From The Fridge!
https://bigbubble.uk/
11/01/2021
See my bonce in Albert Square. Good fun doing this for Papernut Cambridge at the end of last year.
Nutmusic For Paper People. 'Never Trust A Man With Egg On His Face' (Adam & The Ants cover) Ian Button, Robert Rotifer, Robert Halcrow, Helen McCookerybook, Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey. For more from all these very fine artists, head here:Specia...
28/12/2020
These albums and singles all came out in 2020. https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/robert-halcrow
https://fxu2.bandcamp.com/album/cooling-fx
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-a-shut-library
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rich-and-famous
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/for-petes-sake
From FXU2, Mad Alice and me on my own.
Do have a listen and a buy if anything floats your boat or tickles your fancy. Cheers!
13/12/2020
Played on Soho Radio yesterday, with Ben Lockwood, Gareth Stears and Ali Nelson.🙂
Andy Lewis (12/12/2020) Listen to Andy Lewis (12/12/2020) by Soho Radio
06/11/2020
Me and Jack Hayter with a lot of friends have got this FXU2 album no 2 together and it's up for pre-orders on Bandcamp today. 2 tracks available now and the rest on 4th December. Groovy cover art by An Gael Bournot. Cheers!
Cooling FX, by FXU2 11 track album
07/10/2020
New on Bandcamp. Theme from the non-existent TV series "Canterbury Nites". https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/track/theme-from-canterbury-nites
Theme From "Canterbury Nites", by Robert Halcrow from the album Music From A Shut Library
Frootbat and Theme From "Canterbury Nites"- the first two instalments in the new "Music From A Shut Library" series. Short, instrumentals, theme tunes, incidental music etc. Out today in a name your price scenario for .
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-a-shut-library
24/06/2020
Drawings, paintings etc posted here over the last few weeks. Some for sale. Send a message for details if interested. Thanks.
https://www.instagram.com/roberthalcrowart/
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05/06/2020
Out today. Nearly Cover Version Corner with a Monkees favourite and a skronky remake of a Belle & Sebastian classic. Name your price, only on Bandcamp for .
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/for-petes-sake
04/06/2020
Coming tomorrow at 8am BST. New single with versions of favourites from The Monkees and Belle & Sebastian. Only on Bandcamp for .
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/for-petes-sake
03/03/2020
A Bit About The New Songs:
These songs started around the time of the T***K "Brand New Morning" single and the 2nd FXU2 album in 2018, when I finally got a MIDI controller set up to work, thanks to Dave Hirst. Some of them could have been for FXU2 (the lo-fi, 80s r'n'b project I do with Jack Hayter and numerous friends) but they were too 60s/70s influenced (Sly/Parliament/Funkadelic/ The Meters. Aim high.), not 80s enough. ("Brand New Morning" began life as "Isley Bros" before it went somewhere completely different.)
MIDI meant I was able to use lots of sounds I was really after, like DX7, clavinet, old analog synths, as well as Rhythm Ace, 808 drum machine, synth bass sequencers and wah on the organ and guitar. Not the "wackawacka" funk cliche, more the single note, leady stuff (like on Sly's "Luv 'n' Haight" which knocked me sideways when I heard the reissued "There's A Riot Goin' On" aged 14).
I decided early on that I mustn't ask anyone else to play anything. If I couldn't find the sound or play it or fake it myself, it wouldn't go on the song. Finally, recently enjoying old tapes of Gary Byrd's Sweet Inspirations from mid-80s late night Radio 1 convinced me to get these songs out on home dubbed cassette.
I enjoyed making these songs. Hope you enjoy them too.
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/robert-halcrow
Robert Halcrow, by Robert Halcrow 7 track album
29/01/2020
All the songs posted late last year and two new ones are now collected together in one album on Bandcamp as name your price downloads and on home dubbed cassette. DIY. TDK's finest. Limited quantity.
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/robert-halcrow
16/01/2020
12/01/2020
Last two tunes now up as name your price downloads. https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-verge-of-getting-the-urge and https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/track/p45
Digital and tape compilations of all 7 to come. Home dubbed. TDK's finest. Headcleaners on standby. Cheers!
On The Verge (of Getting The Urge), by Robert Halcrow track by Robert Halcrow
26/12/2019
Happy Boxing Day! Here's the DIY video for "Big Garden", released today. Hickory House, nursery rhyme story time meets something else. Cheers!
https://youtu.be/kCwT741OrwM
Downloads (name your price) at https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/track/big-garden-2
Big Garden - Robert Halcrow DIY video for "Big Garden". Solo tune by Robert Halcrow of Picturebox, District Repair Depot, FXU2 and Papernut Cambridge. Psych funk nursery rhyme mix of lo...
08/12/2019
Making a DIY video. The fi and tech are both resolutely lo. Last two songs of this project on the way. This is for one of them.
28/10/2019
Hello. The first 2 of 7 new songs are up on Bandcamp now. Coming one by one, or two by two. Downloadable and 'name your price' at the moment. Don't hang about though. Cheers!
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/track/eddie-is-an-admin-2
https://stickyfrogrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-right-hon-member
Eddie Is An Admin, by Robert Halcrow track by Robert Halcrow
Welcome to the new page for solo Robert Halcrow tunes. If it's not Picturebox, FXU2 or District Repair Depot, it's here. Cheers!
24/10/2019