"Songs to soothe throats and harden arteries, folk songs for those who like a bit of jazz, a cappella music for instruments. Torch-songs for those without batteries."

This website will expire in 2009 and, until then, for technical reasons we will be unable to update it, but it's here as a record of what we have done. For up-to-date information about the band or to join our list of friends, visit us at MySpace Music. Also you can still contact us through this website.

September 2006

Nankivell's Optet Goes Digital

Thanks to a digital distribution deal with CDbaby, our album Bird~Leaf~Pear~Book is now available worldwide to download track-by-track. Have you got us on your ipod?

Tell us about your ipod collection!

Hello to all our listeners in Poland!

Have you downloaded one of our tracks from Melo? If not, visit our site at:

http://www.melo.pl/album/aid/78244

...and start listening

Worldwide web hits

According to our web stats this site is now receiving hits from countries including Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Brazil, Canada, Seychelles and Spain. If you're one of our international visitors e-mail us and tell us what you think!

Migration

We are taking a bit of a break from playing music together! Jim is still in Kenya, and now Hugh has moved down south too - though not quite as far. Yorkshire's loss is Devon's gain...

Please visit the homepage of Hugh's project Whaletone Opera.