COMING SOON: A TRACE OF MEMORY

PRE-ORDER NOW!: https://sanguinehum.bandcamp.com

SANGUINE HUM

A TRACE OF MEMORY

1. NEW LIGHT (3:04)

2. THE YELLOW SHIP (13:08)

3. PYRAMIDS (4:50)

4. THIN AIR (4:45)

5. UNSTABLE GROUND (4:10)

6. STILL AS THE SEA (3:22)

7. AUTOMATON (8:49)

Joff Winks – guitar, vocals, piano (3), string arrangements (2)

Matt Baber – keys, synths, drums (4), field recordings

Brad Waissman – bass, Chapman stick, upright electric bass

With

Paul Mallyon – drums (2, 5, 6, 7)

Andrew Booker – electronic percussion (1), drums (3)

Pre-order will be coming on Oct 2nd to tie in with Bandcamp no fees day. CD and VINYL shipping for early Nov on Bad Elephant Music.

NEW ARCHIVE DOWNLOAD ALBUM

Sanguine Hum Archive Vol 1 is available to download now from bandcamp. This 12 track release takes a journey back through our career with a look at some of the many demos, rehearsals, live tracks and outtakes that we have amassed on CDRs and hard drives since 2000. All proceeds from sales of this release will directly go towards funding costs for the forthcoming Sanguine Hum studio album.

Archive Vol.1 by Sanguine Hum, released 01 May 2020 1. The Foulness! The Stench! (Original Demo) 2. Anything You Want (Instrumental) 3. The View Part 2 (Original Demo) 4. A Tonic For The Snoring (Original Demo) 5. Marimba Jam 6. Dark Ages (Original Demo) 7. Blues Tune (Demo Excerpt) 8.

HUM 5 - NEW ALBUM IN PRODUCTION!

We’re excited to announce that a new Sanguine Hum album is in the pipeline! The current worldwide situation has given us a moment to reflect on the importance of creating music, which was something that we had pretty much run out of time to be able to do to any satisfying degree. The pandemic has given us that opportunity to take stock and review the music that we had been working on back in 2018 for a possible album - and we’re really excited by what we have recorded already. It’s been challenging but fun working out ways that we can complete this record from our respective lockdown locations!

At the time of writing we have 7 pieces of music that we hope to complete and we are looking at a tentative release date of late May for a download only album. Regular updates will be happening on our facebook page and we hope to unveil a new song in the coming weeks.

Also, keep a look out for various archival things popping up on Youtube and Bandcamp. Currently we have posted a previously unseen documentary from the Songs for Days era which you can find in the videos section of this site or over on YouTube

Matt has also made available a free gig from a solo concert in London which features lots of Sanguine Hum material plus pieces from his solo albums - Bandcamp

Stay tuned and stay safe! And thanks for listening:)

Joff, Matt and Brad

SANGUINE HUM DUO GIG!

Joff and Matt will be revisiting the stripped-back duo formation of Sanguine Hum once again when they return to play at Eppyfest in Cheltenham on Saturday July 20th. Last year saw a brilliantly received set take in almost every release made by either Sanguine Hum or Antique Seeking Nuns. This year the focus will shift to presenting some new music (around 20mins worth) as well as dipping into the Hum back catalogue.

Don’t miss this seriously rare chance to hear some Sanguine Hum music LIVE!! For details, head to the link: https://eppyfest.businesscatalyst.com

PROG Readers' Poll Results!!

Many thanks to the readers of Prog Magazine for voting Now We Have Power into 6th place in the poll for the Best Album of 2018!! We were really thrilled! Thanks also to the writers who voted for NWHP the previous month which saw us just narrowly miss out on a place in the overall Top 20.

Prog Magazine Readers' Poll - Vote Now!

Thanks to everyone who has bought a physical or download copy, or otherwise streamed and enjoyed Now We Have Power! We’re thrilled with the reaction so far. If you’d like to help the album get noticed by even more people then it would be great if you could spare a few moments to vote for us in the Prog Magazine Readers’ Poll … thanks!

Now We Have Power was listed in John Kelman’s Best of 2018 list at All About Jazz, whilst also making the Top 50 list at Altprogcore.

Plus making it into four of the Prog Magazine Writers Top 20 Best of lists in the current edition which is really nice to see.

For those that may have missed it we made three short documentary films to promote Now We Have Power with each one taking a look at a different session during the making of the album. They are gathered together below.

That’s it for 2018…happy new year from all of us!

NOW WE HAVE POWER PRE-ORDER

The latest album from Sanguine Hum is now available to pre-order!! Now We Have Power is a 14 track, 62 minute album and sees the band continue to explore the imaginative and bizarre world that listeners encountered in both 2013's The Weight of the World (a BBC Freakzone Album of the Year) and 2015's Now We Have Light (hailed as a "masterpiece" by All About Jazz). The album also sees the band reuniting with special guest Paul Mallyon on drums as well as additional guest performances from vocalist Kimara Sajn and trumpeter Mark Kesel. As before, the whole package comes wrapped in a brilliant sleeve design by Meriel Waissman and a 4000 word story booklet. 

Order you copy via bandcamp and you can check out the preview track Speak to Us:

Now We Have Power by Sanguine Hum, releases 12 October 2018 1. The View Part 1 2. The View Part 2 3. Skydive 4. Retreat 5. Speak To Us 6. Devachan Don 7. Pen! Paper! Pen! Paper! 8. Flying Bridge 9. Bedhead 10. Quiet Rejoicing 11. Speech Day 12.

NOW WE HAVE POWER - COMING OCTOBER 12TH, 2018

We're really pleased to announce that our next album, Now We Have Power, will be released by Bad Elephant Music on October 12th, 2018!

The long-awaited sequel to 2015's Now We Have Light sees original Sanguine Hum drummer Paul Mallyon return as a guest musician and also features guest trumpeter Mark Kesel, plus a special guest vocal performance from Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer Kimara Sajn.

The 14 track, 62 minute album will once again come wrapped in a sleeve designed by Meriel Waissman.

More details in the coming months...

Matt Baber Instrumental Solo Album out June 15th

Sanguine Hum keyboard player Matt Baber releases his first solo CD Suite For Piano and Electronics on June 15th on Bad Elephant Music. This album sees Matt taking a sidestep away from the band format, showcasing a different side to his musical personality. With influences as diverse as Steve Reich, Keith Emerson and Boards of Canada, Matt has created a unique suite of modern music that seamlessly blends ambient minimalism with classical sensibilities. 

PRE ORDER THE ALBUM BELOW (orders made before June 15th get a FREE BONUS TRACK)

Matt Baber Suite For Piano and Electronics, releases 15 June 2018 1. Part One 2. Part Two 3. Part Three 4. Part Four 5. Part Five 6. Part Six 7. Part Seven 8. Part Eight 9. Part Nine 10. Part Ten

Sanguine Hum Acoustic Gig

For those keen to hear some live Sanguine Hum music, Joff and Matt will be playing a special Sanguine Hum Acoustic show this summer at Eppyfest 7. 

Taking place in Cheltenham across Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of July, this year's Eppyfest features a really exciting line up including among others Gong and the North Sea Radio Orchestra. 

Sanguine Hum Acoustic will be playing on the Saturday and Joff and Matt are busy exploring the back catalogue and are really keen to try and visit at least one song from every release so far, plus some new material!

This will be the third Hum related appearance at Eppyfest following the band's performance in 2013 and Matt's solo piano show last year. We're hoping to do some more acoustic shows with the trio (sadly Brad is away on tour in July) and hopefully these gigs will lead to some potential full electric band activity...  stay tuned.

For more info on Eppyfest and to get tickets follow the link below.

Sanguine Hum featured in Wonderous Stories

Sanguine Hum are featured in the new book, 'Wonderous Stories' by Jerry Ewing.

It will be released in two editions, both hardbacks, with a forward by Steve Hackett,  and has been beautifully put together by Carl Glover.

The retail version will be in shops shortly.  

Welcome to Sanguine Hum .com

Welcome to the brand new Sanguine Hum website, which is in fact technically the first ever site dedicated to the band. It replaces our old Troopers For Sound label headquarters and will be the primary source of information for all Sanguine Hum activities, as well as our related projects Antique Seeking Nuns, Nunbient and all solo projects.

In the coming weeks we'll be opening a new store for which we are currently sorting through stock of the final copies of all of our Troopers For Sound releases...including a VERY limited supply of the debut Nuns EP Mild Profundities that we recently unearthed in the archive. Stay tuned for more news on that.

Elsewhere you'll find pages dedicated to every release, with links to stream or purchase and for the first time ever: complete lyrics! There is an extensive media section that we'll be adding to on a regular basis, including a photo archive, interviews, videos and more.

Finally, if you have a burning Hum related question then head to the Q and A page and we'll do our best to publish a response. 

We hope you enjoy digging through our history and maybe discovering some new aspects of our work to keep you entertained whilst we move ever closer to finishing the big one...Now We Have Power!