The album is out NOW!
16 songs. Streamable where you stream.
Downloadable most places you can download HOWEVER – BandCamp is best for download- it’s cheaper to you there and has secret extras….
If you’re old-school like me you can buy a CD of the full album, or a vinyl of selected tracks, form ElasticStage.
Album #3 from Violet’s Gone is now available to pre-order!
Releases fully on August 7th 2026
| Digital Download + Digital Booklets http://violetsgone.bandcamp.com | CD and Vinyl Formats ElasticStage |
*Digital formats are available elsewhere (Apple, Amazon etc.) but I strongly recommend purchase from BandCamp because…it’s cheaper to you there, and you will receive not only a higher quality file (if you choose) but you will also receive an extra song (shhhhh! It’s a secret!), but you will also receive the full colour artwork booklet and covers for the album in PDF format too. And also for the selfish reason that I receive a fairer share of the sale value, meaning Violet’s Gone IV can happen in the near future!
**Physical formats are provided by ElasticStage.com on a made-to-order basis. Made-to-order means it can take up to a month for products to be produced and shipped. Shipping is calculated by the manufacturer and will come up on the checkout page (typically between £6-8 for UK shipping on vinyl)
***Vinyl format…I love vinyl records, so it was important to me that this release had a vinyl option. However, I’m not rich enough to gamble on investing in a full pressing run. The current press-to-order service doesn’t allow for a double album length – as such you will see on ElasticStage that there is a Part I (with booklet) and Part II (without booklet), ordering one or the other does work but you’ll only get half the experience. I appreciate it is expensive but I opted for the most economic vinyl packaging option they offer – and I have to say, it looks gorgoeous!
**** Finally! If ordering a physical format; I can provide a download code for BandCamp if you contact me at violetsgone@yahoo.com with proof of purchase of either format from ElasticStage.
Violet’s Gone is due to make a debut performance as a group!
We’re playing a mostly acoustic thing in the corner of the shopfloor of HMV Northampton.
August 8th 2026
1PM
Save the date.
Chris will be singing and making noises with an acoustic guitar and drum machine.
Jon Stolber (of A Knife Ballet) will be playing electric guitar
Scott Humphries (of The Coping Mechanism) will be playing bass guitar.
The 1st single from the third Violet’s Gone album is out now!
‘Caves’
available to stream pretty much everywhere you can stream.
download available in various places but BEST price to you is at BandCamp.
Other news!!!!!
There will be a 2nd single…announced shortly
The album itself releases on August 7th!
Chris will be talking about the record live on BBC Radio Northampton on the day of the album release
AND
Violet’s Gone make a rare, currently 1-off, live performance…AS A GROUP! August 8th, HMV Northampton.
More news to follow…
Violet’s Gone album # 3 is set to release on August 7th.
If all goes to plan, there will be physical CD and Vinyl options alongside the usual BandCamp platform.
Today sees the release of new music from Cloud Helices.
After a silent 2025 this project returns with an hour of ambient, minimalist…stuff.
I hope you enjoy!
Stream/download from BandCamp
| 1. | gripped by a sudden sleep 04:30 |
| 2. | the heart must pause to breathe 03:21 |
| 3. | his ink ran to a single word 03:33 |
| 4. | a scarlet thread of love 04:13 |
| 5. | I look at the hand you held 03:49 |
| 6. | the night thy charms to hide 04:30 |
| 7. | the sailing and the failing stars 03:35 |
| 8. | nothing where i now arrive is shining 03:06 |
| 9. | like sad eclipses 02:59 |
| 10. | faint moonbeams on dark stairs 03:55 |
| 11. | on these spindrift pages 04:14 |
| 12. | not backward as in doubt 03:51 |
| 13. | the shadow and the nightmare sound 06:33 |
| 14. | mild colourless people 03:41 |
| 15. | once more we saw the stars 04:58 |
Been writing some new songs in the studio with some familiar faces…will hopefully share some new music from this project in the near future!
‘Occam’ is the new EP of classical music from
Available to stream/download from today over at the Bandcamp site
A new orchestral work composed by Chris Fordham and released under The Silent Committee moniker.
The 1st track, Occam II, is a complete movement of music centred primarily around piano and viola but also features a wider orchestral pallette than on previous works, introducing percussive and wind elements into the mixture.
As with Chris’s previous orchestral release, restrictions of access/funding to musicians means the majority of instrumentation is midi based, excluding some live elements of viola, piano and bowed bass played by Chris himself.
Occam III is an experiment in orchestral ambience – long drawn notes that interweave and create moments of peace and discomfort in equal measure.
Download of the full EP includes high a resolution image of the full original artwork ‘Occam IV’
I hope you enjoy the sounds!
CFx
Chris Fordham Music 