Who Is Alien Skin?
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I Let My Imagination Take Over
Cancer is an insidious and cruel taker of life. So many public figures have succumbed to it. Only today, it was virtuoso guitarist Eddie Van Halen. And also so many humble unknowns. One of the later was my wife Iryna for whom I continue to write songs for. Our modern, often toxic environment is full […]
‘At Peace At Last’
My wife and partner of 28 years, Iryna, died Wednesday August 26 from cancer. The insurmountable grief I feel is finding a voice in one song after the other. Yesterday, I wrote and hastily recorded ‘At Peace At Last’ in memorium of my beloved. In the evening I did a live vocal rendition performing to […]
Hey Mr Spaceman (Iryna’s Song)
In tribute to Iryna, my late wife who died of cancer August 26, 2020. I wrote this immediately afterwards and with the help of Aidan Casserly from Ireland on backing vocals, it is now my new Alien Skin single. [Free offer has expired, sorry]
The Happiest Face – NEW SINGLE!
‘The Happiest Face’ was written in the 1980s and admittedly inspired by Depeche Mode’s ‘Happiest Girl’ which mesmerized me at the time, and still does. Love those unique days! ‘The Happiest Face’ has been a favourite Alien Skin of mine for quite some time. Beauty, I know, is in the eye, ear or mind […]
Video: Unboxing my new CD
PLEASE NOTE: ABOVE VIDEO OFFER ENDED AUGUST 1st – BUT CD STILL AVAILABLE FROM ME WITH JEWEL CASE FREIGHT FREE FOR $US20 After waiting months on end for my consignment of CDs from my record Label, ScentAir Records, based in Russia – myself in Australia – I finally received them today. International freight delay […]
The Rubber Room video intro
The Rubber Room is one of my personal favourite songs I co-wrote with Stephen Beckett in the very early 1980s. Performed live during the period, it was a staple of our playlist, back when all was very analogue and electronic music live was still a nerve wracking experience as equipment and venue power supplies were […]
