AUTUMN 2009

After an amazing summer of activity all around Europe, most of us a settling into new circumstances. Sadly we've seen many bands break up over the last few months including Onehundredhours, Quench, Finchley and our good friends, The Repercussion who managed to get out to several of the European festivals as well as touring Wales before ending. Becky and Dan and recent new member, Tom on bass, are currently writing and recording demos for an as-yet-unnamed new project.

Other changes in our community are...

• Matt Gainsford of BOSH is now studying worship in the USA and will be there till the end of May. Matt has been replaced by Felix Page of the Tom Whitman band for the time being.
• Mike Griffiths, also of BOSH and the Tom Whitman band is now studying commercial music at Bath Spa.
• Dylan and Liz Thomas of Grace Festivals fame have formed a new band, a vocal group called Four In The Fire.
• The Plymouths have ceased gigging for the time being in order to concentrate on writing and planning the next move for the band.
• Richard Gawler, former frontman of Fool Proof Plan, last seen two years ago, has begun a church song project under his own name. See more at www.richardgawler.com

MORE NEWS

In short, brother john are in the final stages of recording their debut full album, which they're hoping to finish in time for a Christmas release. Tom Whitman is writing new material and studio time with producer, Mike Griffiths has been pencilled in for Easter to make a follow-up to 'The Breaking In Of Light'. Oposium continue to chalk up the gigs in Poole steadily building a local following. BOSH have released their new EP, 'The Gloaming Hour', now available from www.boshmusic.com and have begun recording for their next full studio album, due late 2010. Paul Oakley is currently working on an as-yet-unnamed project with Plymouths member and BOSH producer David Evans. Cornwall surf-rock band Narrowpath have come into relationship with Nth Degree and will feature in future news. The band are currently writing towards a future recording. Verra Cruz are working with German producers on a follow-up to last year's 'Innocence' album. New material was recently showcased at their headline slot at our Fruit Tree Festival in September. Nth Fest is likey to return in late 2010 with the completion of work on the new Life Centre project undertaken by Bournemouth Community Church expected earlier next year.

Finally, I had an email from an Nth site reader who recommends the pod-casts of Patrick Dobson who talks on creativity and writing music for 'the world' and not the church. Check him out and see what you think.

We are starting a new regular gathering for prayer and catching up in Bournemouth. It'll be on the last Thursday of every month. Contact me on dave@nth-degree.net for more info.

See you soon I hope, love in HIM

Dave