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Finally it’s finished. My almost-year-long journey into the depths of a dark and troubled mind has been printed. Done. And boy, am I relieved!

Above are snippets (excerpts) of the seven chapters that comprise La Muerte de Antígona por Ariadna Moore. I’m not exactly sure that the snippets do the whole thing justice, but it gives you a feel for the environment that Antígona 2011 inhabits.

This is Ariadna’s magnificent work and I’m really grateful to have been able to help bring her artistic vision to life. I know (because she’s told me) that she’s really excited about the finished version, so as soon the complete version is out there I will be sure to let you know.

At the beginning of March, I engineered a mini recording session with a gifted vocalist, Beth Trollan. It was a full-on task, but we managed to cram the recording of eight jazz standards into a day session. We recorded How High The Moon, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, You Don’t Know What Love Is, Georgia On My Mind, Bye Bye Blackbird and Canteloupe Island.

Beth and I did the mixing and you can listen to the rest of the songs on her Soundcloud page.

 (l.r) Ariel Vigo and Pablo Lopez go through their paces

So I did promise something new up on the Soundcloud today… and here it is in all it’s unfinished glory!

I’ve spent the last three months practically solitary-confined to the studio, trying to imagine this play off the page and out into the airwaves. Recording wrapped a couple of weeks ago but the post is hellish. But it’s my kind of hell.

Load, listen, reblog, please feedback in whatever way you feel most appropriate, on whatever point(s) that most grabs you. There’s still loads of work to do on it (what’s up is about a third of the total play in any case). I’ll probably leave this up for a week, then pull it down until everything is set.

Later today I will be uploading something new to my Soundcloud. I’d really (re-eeally) love your feedback on it. If you have a Soundcloud account, log-in and leave a real-time comment!

With the good weather just around the corner it makes even more sense to do this. I live in one of the most diverse and interesting areas of Barcelona (diverse and interesting not always in a good way), and have been thinking for some time of recording an audio tour of the Raval.

But where to start? The first thing is the route, of course. The Raval is part (the salubrious part) of the Ciutat Vella of Barcelona, the old city. The Barri Gótic and, I think, Barceloneta. As such, there isn’t the organised block system of L’eixample. There are dark streets and impossibly narrow callejons. A little bit like within the walls of the City of London, I suppose.

There are not that many “must see” buildings or landmarks in the Raval, which means I can customise the walk much more to my own tastes, but it will be sure to include La Rambla del Raval, with Fernando Botero’s “fat cat” sculpture, and the Carrer de Sant Pau lined with prostitutes and creepy old men.

I will frame it within the six metro stops that contain the neighbourhood:

Catalunya (L1, L3)

Universitat (L1, L2)

Sant Antoni (L4)

Liceu (L3)

Drassanes (L3)

Parallel (L3, L2)