July 23
July 23
More information on SPPS below
June 23
Paul, together with friend and fellow songwriter/producer/artist Shelly Poole has started a new venture to deliver creative songwriting workshops and retreats. These will be themed and create a safe and inclusive writing space for attendees to fully express themselves. Under the banner of SPPS (We are sure you can work it out!) Paul & Shelly will deliver 1st class creative songwriting workshops and retreats using their shared knowledge from running retreats across the world.
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June 23
Continuing the Summer songwriting retreats for The Songwriting Academy. Again with Shelly Poole and TSA leader Martin Sutton at this one. Fabulous students, live performances every night !. Again, like last year big Paul would like to say a big Thanks to Shelly for organising his birthday cake n all birthday related things
May 2023
Paul was back in Southern Spain, at Lake Viñuela near Velez Malaga in his continued role as a mentor for The Songwriting Academy.
He has spent increasingly more time in the last year as a 1-2-1 mentor to Academy students and along with his good friend and occasional co-writer Shelly Poole and fellow songwriting mentor, Paddy Byrne, had a fantastic week mentoring and writing/performing every day.
May 23
Pilgrimage And Memory is a new ambient album from Paul Statham layering 28 tracks of audio mostly taken from the Camino de Santiago, an 800km Pilgrims walk across Norther Spain. Available to stream/download and with an accompanying video that can be downloaded from this site. A vinyl style CD with original artwork/signed is also available from the Bandcamp link below
April 2023
From the 22/04/23 to 29/04/23 Paul returned to the remote Scottish peninsula of Knoydart for the 2nd time, again with fellow mentor Shelly Poole. It was a sellout and a success being highly enjoyable with some greatsongs written and performed live in the local community hall on the last evening!
March 2023
The video for both tracks from the installation Pilgrimage And Memory below and links to download/stream
Pilgrimage And Memory
March 2023
Paul joined fellow lecturer and award winning experimental guitarist Dan Pennie with their students for a mash up of Julie Cruises 'Falling" and Nine Inch Nails 'Perfect Drug' at Solent University for the annual anthems night! Paul then returned next day as guest judge for the annual Solent Sounds 'Battle Of The Bands'
March 2023
A new soundscape/video is available as both a separate album and video download (from the new video library tab)
28 layers of sound recorded 20 years ago on the Camino De Santiago and sculpted into one piece, Full details on album link, click cover.
March 2023
Paul and Shelly Poole are the guest mentors at the 2nd Knoydart songwriting retreat from 24th April 2023. As it says, "sold out" !
February 2023
Paul with the legend that is Stevo, music business terrorist,
owner of the Some Bizzare label
and former manager of Paul's band B-Movie as well as manager
and label boss to Soft Cell and The The amongst others. This was at Rough Trade East where Stevo was interviewed on stage by author Wesley Doyle regarding his new book 'Conform To Deform, the story of Some Bizzare Records
February 2023
B-Movie played a storming set at Rough Trade East on Tuesday 28th February 2023. This was also the book launch for 'Conform to Deform, the story of Some Bizzare Records by Wesley Doyle where B-Movie first really started with the track 'Moles' on the Some Bizzare album.
January 2023
SAFO songwriting Workshop in North London on 29th January 2023. Great fun and lovely people. Paul said of the event ' A really talented group of writers and I look forward to doing this again'
January 2023
Paul was a guest mentor at the sold out SAFO songwriting Workshop in North London on 29th January 2023. Other mentors were Nick Gale aka Digital Farm Animals and Laurence Hobbs.
December 2022
B-Movie played 2 shows on 16th December at The Salutation in Nottingham (a sold out home show) and supported The Chameleons at Manchester Academy to 3000 people on 17th December
December 2022
B-Movie released another new song 'Melt' on 05/12/2022. Again, composed by Paul snd singer Steve Hovington. Paul plays most instruments with Graham adding drums, the song was produced by Paul at his home studio.The video is featured below. The track is available to purchase as a download only from Bandcamp/iTunes and to stream from all streaming platforms including Spotify & Apple Music. Links below.
November 2022
B-Movie released a new song 'Love Is Dead' on 30/11/2022. Written by Paul & vocalist Steve Hovington and produced by Paul. The lyric video is featured below. The track is available to purchase as a download only from Bandcamp/iTunes and to stream from all streaming platforms including Spotify & Apple Music. Links below.
October 2022
Paul resumed his module leader position at Solent University. His 10th year here as leader of the Songwriting Techniques & Songwriting Portfolio modules. Solent has amazing facilities and staff and a large songwriting cohort of around 50 students. It's a really enjoyable Friday and the modules get tremendous feedback from the students and is a positive environment and again some amazing songs are produced.
September 2022
Paul was back for the 3rd retreat of 2022 for The Songwriting Academy.Again with the 'Dream Team' of Paddy Byrne and Shelly Poole
and some amazing songs came from these sessions with much fun and laughter too!
July 2022
B-Movie return to live action with new keyboard player Marina Vesic aka Black Marine, following the departure of original keyboardist Rick Holliday, It was one of our best shows here in the 10 years appearing here at the 'chilling by Lake Hennesee' festival and featured the live debut of 2 new songs 'love Is Dead' and 'Melt', to be released later this year. Most images courtesy of Claudia Brodowski.
June 2022
Paul was back again at Lake Vinuela along with Shelly Poole & Paddy Byrne to help run another week long retreat for around 23 students from The Songwriting Academy
May 2022
Paul was in Southern Spain, Lake Viñuela near Malaga as a mentor for The Songwriting Academy.
He has spent increasingly more time in the last year as a 1-2-1 mentor to Academy students and along with his friend and occasional co-writer Shelly Poole and fellow songwriting mentor, the exceptionally talented Paddy Byrne, had a fantastic week mentoring and writing every day.
Jan 2022
Paul headed up to the Arctic Cicle to Tromso, North Norway to record sound/film of the wilderness use in a new ambient project and to get imagery of the fabled Northern Lights
Dec 2021
B-Movie, have a new track 'Nostalgia' featured on the new compilation album 'Generation Blitz 2 -Concrete And Chrome'. Co-written with B-Movie vocalist Steve Hovington and produced by Paul, it was recorded during lockdown and features all instruments Paul and all vocals Steve. This will precede a brand new B-Movie album following the departure of original keyboard player Rick Holliday. Drummer Graham Boffey remains to complete the original 3 piece line up of one of the most enduring/iconic post punk bands still recording and touring with Paul completing keyboards on the new album.
After The Rain, Pauls new electro project looks back to the Some Bizzare album for inspiration, invoking the spirit of electro pop 1981 and has it's debut track 'Flicker', also included on the compilation.
The album is released on March 4th 2022.
Digital/CD
https://generationblitz.bandcamp.com/album/generation-blitz-2-concrete-and-chrome
Praise for 'Generation Blitz - Dusk to Dawn'
"Album of the Year' - The Electricity Club
"Generation Blitz is quite a puzzle-box of a compilation. It successfully manages to invoke the spirit of a classic era, but also marries it with a solid selection of contemporary electropop tunes. But the sheer kaleidoscopic nature of the album’s styles and approaches means that there’s unlikely to be a listener who will walk away disappointed." Electricity Club
“ …a fabulous array of moody pop and electronic freakouts.” Classic Pop (4/5 Stars)
“A hugely enjoyable compilation of contemporary electronic artists.” Electronic Sound
“This is a proper celebration of the New Romantic movement that includes specific references to the period.”... more
September 2021
Summer interview with Paul for the Euro Weekly News
September 2021
Paul heads to Knoydart in North West Scotland with fellow mentor, friend and songwriter Shelly Poole to run the workshops for 12 attendees at this sold out retreat !
July 2021
Judging 50 songs for the TUFF Music
John Lennon International songs of hope songwriting competition to be held in October in Liverpool at The Cavern Club where Paul will be a judge with Roachford and head of the William Morris Agency Lucy Dickins
June 2021
Back in the studio with the lovely Janet Devlin. 2 new Nashville country type songs demoed
May 2021
Death & Desire EP. Paul's dark country indie project The Dark Flowers have recorded a collection of classic Murder Ballad covers and features guest vocalists David J, Gabriella Cilmi, The Anchoress and Shelly Poole.
Post Punk online give The Dark Flowers a great review below
April 2021
Below are the 1 minute promo clips for the Dark Flowers 'Death and Desire' EP
March 2021
This is the 1st track 'Death Valley 69' from The Dark Flowers feat Bauhaus bassist and solo artist David J & Char from the new Death & Desire EP. Paul's dark country indie project The Dark Flowers have recorded a collection of classic Murder Ballad covers and features guest vocalists David J, Gabriella Cilmi, The Anchoress and Shelly Poole
With 2014 debut album. ‘Radioland’, songwriter and producer Paul Statham brought together a group of guest vocalists for a collection inspired by Sam Shepard’s ‘Motel Chronicles’. Featuring an all-star cast of Jim Kerr, Peter Murphy, The Anchoress, Shelley Poole, Dot Allison, Kate Havnevik and Helicopter Girl, the album was characterized by MOJO as "a perfect album for a lonely winter night" in a **** review and Rolling Stone “unfolds a subtle magic…a soundtrack without a film.” Now, The Dark Flowers return with a four track EP as a taster for ‘Indian Summer’, their second studio album due later this year. The EP is a direct response to our current situation, taking four of the Indian Summer contributors to create a Dark Flowers Murder Ballads collection distinct from the album sessions, with tracks chosen by the participating artists.
March 2021
"When We Were Young" a cowrite with Blitz Club DJ Rusty Egan is the lead track on the new 'Blitzed' EP which also features tracks from Boy George and also feature a great remix of the Visage classic 'Fade To Grey'. It also provides the soundtrack to the new SkyArts documentary on Saturday 13th March 2021.
February 2021
Very pleased to have written/performed this piece to accompany this video, featured as part of artist Jonathan McCrees show 'High Folly' at the Sim Smith Gallery London.
HIGH FOLLY, 2020/21. Jonathan McCree, Jonathan Goddard and Joe Walkling with music by Paul Statham.
December 2020
New track 'Brighton Beach' from B-Movie, released on 10/12/2020 via Loki Records. Available on all digital and streaming platforms. The follow up to 'Promenade' is similar in both musical style and lyrically touches on similar themes.
Produced by Paul Statham
October 2020
Paul co wrote and produced the new track 'Promenade' from Mansfield's finest post punk band B-Movie, released on 22/10/2020 via Loki Records. Available on all digital and streaming platforms links below. The first track of 4 to be released 1 every 3 weeks via digital/streaming that will then be compiled to a CD EP release
This will be followed by a new as yet untitled album in early 2021 on CD/Download/Streaming.
Vinyl is a possibility.
Sept 2020
Paul along with the lovely Shelly Poole will be a writer in residence and mentor at The Knoydart Songwriting Retreat in June 2021.
Let them help you hone your songwriting skills in the wilds of Scotland. Check out the website www.theknoydartretreat.com. See you in the wilderness.
July 2020
Paul co wrote this new Right Said Fred track 'Tide' with Richard and Fred Fairbrass during the sessions for the album 'Exactly'. It was re done and was a lead track on the 'Good Times Everybody' EP released in Summer 2020.
It went to no 1 in the new Heritage Radio Chart soon after.
A real feel good song with a strong message, perfect for these times.
March 2020
2 co writes with former X Factor finalist Janet Devlin are used on her new album'Confessional'. The 1st 'Away With The Fairies' details her teenage battle against alcoholism and was a UK (and her 1st US single release) ahead of the album
Essential Pop magazine saying
'Janet explores the mind’s ability to disassociate with its surroundings – to be ‘away with the fairies’ – a personal reality that stemmed from her struggle to survive hidden addictions.
The carefree nature of the track is at odds with the story at its heart; whimsical verses juxtaposed against a life that was anything but.
Dipped in mandolin, bodhran and cello, with a fluttery piano riff and lilting melody, strikes a comforting, familiar tone and returns the singer-songwriter to the sounds of her Irish roots. The addition of a harp brings a mystical, ethereal feel to the song.'