May 4th            LISBON – Indie Lisboa Festival - culturgest
Lisboa - https://www.facebook.com/events/1840867399545044/
Lisboa - https://ticketline.sapo.pt/evento/john-parish-screenplay-24349

Much of 2017 was spent on the road with PJ Harvey. John was musical director, and played guitar, keyboards, drums and sang in the band. The tour, which began in Toulouse, France in June 2016 and finished in Mexico City in November 2017 comprised 100 shows in 35 different countries.
 
In between bouts of touring John produced the following albums :
ALDOUS HARDING – ‘Party’   Rough Trade album of the year
THIS IS THE KIT – ‘Moonshine Freeze’
NADINE KHOURI – ‘The Salted Air’
CHRYSTA BELL – ‘We Dissolve’   https://chrystabell.com/
VALPARAISO–
‘Broken Homeland’  https://valparaisoofficial.bandcamp.com/releases

This single was produced in aid of displaced children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. The artists will donate all net profits from the track to Beyond Association in the Bekaa Valley, a national Lebanese non-Governmental Organisation
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St George’s have commissioned John to put together an evening of Nick Drake’s music to commemorate what would have been Nick’s 70th year. 

John will be joined by friends including New Zealand singer ALDOUS HARDING, Beirut born,London based singer NADINE KHOURI, Welsh musical polymath H HAWKLINE, guitar player JEREMY HOGG, Bristol musician JACK OGBORNE,  and THE LOCHRIAN STRING QUARTET.  Original string arrangements have been written by ROB ELLIS (PJ Harvey, Marianne Faithful) and ENRICO GABRIELLI (PJ Harvey, Calibro 35). Tickets available here:

 ‘The Salted Air’ by Nadine Khouri, ‘Moonshine Freeze’ by This Is The Kit, and at number 1 album of the year ‘Party’ by Aldous Harding.

THIS IS THE KIT
 
‘Moonshine Freeze’ is the new album by This Is The Kit. Produced by John & released worldwide through Rough Trade.
 
The album was recorded with Marco Tagliola at Invada Studios, Bristol, and mixed with Ali Chant at Playpen (formerly Toybox). ‘Moonshine Freeze’ is the band’s fourth album, and the second to be produced by John. It has received great reviews across the bard & was BBC6 Music album of the day on release. The band is touring extensively to promote the record – check the website for dates/info :
 
 https://thisisthekit.co.uk/
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John’s score for Nathalie Tierlink’s film ‘Le passé devant nous’ has been nominated for an Ensor (Belgian Oscar) at the 2017 awards to be held at the Ostend Film Festival in September.  The film has a further two nominations in the best debut category.
https://www.filmfestivaloostende.be/ensors/ontdek-genomineerden-ensors-2017/

This is John’s second Ensor nomination, the first being for his score to Patrice Toye’s ‘Little Black Spiders’ in 2013.
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​ PJ HARVEY & RAMY ESSAM      ‘The Camp’

PJ Harvey and Egyptian recording artist Ramy Essam have come together to write and record ‘The Camp’, released digitally Friday 9 June 2017.

The Camp video features photographs by photo-journalist Giles Duley and was edited by Rick Holbrook.
Harvey and Essam recorded the track in Bristol with Harvey’s long-time collaborator John Parish, who produced and mixed the track. The artists will donate all net profits from the track to Beyond Association, a national Lebanese NGO which provides access to education, healthcare, and psycho-social support for displaced children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon.

New release -    
ALDOUS HARDING   ‘Party’19th May 2017
 
Astonishing singer-songwriter from New Zealand. The album was recorded in Bristol in summer 2016 and just released worldwide through 4AD (& Flying Nun in New Zealand) to great critical acclaim. 

The Trinity Anthem (Adrian Utley and John Parish), recorded and performed live at the Trinity Centre, Bristol 4th April 2017 - every penny raised in donation helps fund essential repairs to the iconic Trinity Centre

The Trinity Anthem was written and produced by Adrian Utley and John Parish to raise money towards the essential repairs needed to the iconic Trinity Centre, Bristol.  Please help towards this worthy building.

‘Le Passé devant Nous’  is the debut full length feature from Belgian director NATHALIE TIERLINCK. It stars Evelyne Brochu, is scored by John, & opens on Friday 17th February. You can watch the trailer below: ​NB - trailer music not by John Parish