Hello all,

Not long to go now before rehearsals begin for The War Of The Worlds Live! New Generation tour. Just gearing myself up to a busy couple of months ahead....

Recent gigs have included the new season of Not So Silent Movies at King's Place, London. This is the brainchild of cellist and composer Phillip Sheppard and involves a group of musicians performing improvised soundtracks to classic silent films. The concept is totally brilliant, and everyone from audience members and band musicians has a lot of fun. For September's edition we were fortunate to be joined by the Oscar winning composer Dario Marianelli on piano, and Jarvis Cocker on stylophone. In October we welcomed yet another Oscar winning composer, Stephen Warbeck, and the writer of 'Hugo', Brian Selznick. Our first venture with a narrator, and it was a surprisingly emotional occasion....definately one to be repeated!

On Thursday 8th November, I was part of the unveiling ceremony of a beautiful statue in memory of the Spy Princess as she has become known. Noor Inayat Khan was an exceptional young woman who died at the tender age of 30 during World War II at the hands of the Nazis. The ceremony took place in Gordon Square and was attended by HRH The Princess Royal, who unveiled the statue.

I have been recording new material for Solus3's fourth album which will be due out next year, but not before our 'Corner of The Dub' release of remixes which is out January 7th. That's the official release date, but you can mail order and download in the interim. We play the SouthBank next March 15th to celebrate! Please do book your tickets early for this. We will be joined on stage by Damo Suzuki.

Check out the link to buy tickets: http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/feel-free-energy-with-solus3-and-damo-suzuki-69568

...and to listen to our music: http://solus-3.bandcamp.com/music

Happy listening,

Julia x