Pollard, Brendan

Artists: Free System Projekt & Brendan Pollard & Hashtronaut
P: 2009
Recorded at Radial Velocity Studio, Bedford, England in the Spring of 2009.
Composed and produced by Brendan Pollard, Hashtronaut, Free System Projekt
A new session album is released: Time out of Mind.
It consists of material recorded during our stay at Brendon Pollards studio last May. We (FSP/Pollard/Hashtronaut) recorded hours of music and the results can be heard on the new album.
77 minutes of pure analogue feeling and sequencing.
 

Artist: Brendan Pollard, Javi Canovas, Adrian Dolente, Michael  Daniel
P: 2013
LTD 500
Way back in 2006 I promised my good friend Javi Canovas that we would one day make a collaboration cd. Some good friends joined us in the journey, Michael Daniel from Pollard Daniel Booth and my old synth technician Adrian Dolente. Lots of old friends lent some of my old equipment back to me and so during December 2012 and March 2013 Two Roads was recorded in three different locations, Bedford, Liverpool and Tenerife.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2010
Here the final cut on multitrack from their appearance at E-live 2009. Berlin School style at its best. Many sequences and mellotronsounds.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2018
Earlier this year after 7 years away from the music scene Brendan managed to buy back some of gear he had to sell in 2011.
Set up in his new studio he invited his old PDB bandmates to come down for a jam. Over 4 days in the summer, through heatwave and storms, the band recorded several hours of material. Following more recording sessions in Michael's studio he produced the 4 tracks that comprise the new album Eight.
An album the band believe to be their best release so far.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2010
3 long tracks that form early Berlin School styles. From experimental, to sequenzerbased, a new masterpiece of the 3 musicians.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2010
At the end of march 2010, PDB allowed an "outside" camera operator into the studio for the first time to film the sessions for what would ultimately end up as PDB IV. The raw footage was taken away and edited by Phil Booth, the result is a film that takes a peek into the private world of PDB at work in the studio.
All compositions by PDB except the themes from "The Call" and "Ricochet", included as a playful and respectful nod to Tangerine Dream.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2019
This is a remastered factory pressed CD of the official bootleg release entitled September Jams.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2009    
Ltd 100
You can sit here and say the music from this "Awakenings" concert is very much like Tangerine Dream in the "Rubycon" era.
But no, the recording is more than that, it is an exploration of analogue synthesizers being tested to the limit as if on some test to see if the boundaries of t.d. mid 70's could be pushed back. There are also elements of Michael Hoenig on display.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2010 
LTD 100
Recorded live at the Awakenings Burton upon Trent, we find perfect Berlin School Sequencing at its best.

Artist: Pollard, Daniel & Booth
P: 2009    
LTD 100
A follow up to their self-titled debut, this one is even more austerely packaged, but once again what matters is the excellent Berlin school music within.
“Catalyst” is a brilliant extended Teutonic jam session over 50 minutes long, with great sequencing that chugs along just so for most of it. The opening minutes are stellar atmospheric space music, with some really strong electric guitar courtesy of Michael “Mick” Daniel aka Hashtronaut. He really does a phenomenal job adding just the right extra punch to the proceedings without overwhelming things at all. Once we get about 8:00 in to the journey, it sounds a lot like some of the best RMI offerings I’ve heard, and that is saying something. And although the sequencing is the thing, check out the warbly experimental haunting section that ensues just past the 22:00 mark. Beautiful Mellotron flutes smooth things out nicely, keeping things from going too far afield. This softer section continues for quite a while, with sequencers not resuming until past the 33:00 point, though of course they are quite welcome when they do. This is a masterpiece, and well worth the price of admission alone.
But the trio follows it up with another 20 minutes of first rate music in the form of “The Chaos Balance.” This one stays mellow throughout, with male choirs, abstract deep space sounds, and warmer ethereal touches, making a fine finish to a fine album.