Thank-you everybody for the generosity and kind words at last weeks online concert. It was lovely to spend a bit of virtual time amongst friends. With that in mind, i’ve been rooting through the archives and found a couple of nice bits of concert which i’m putting together and will share with ye.

The first is a short 15-minute bit of concert from 2006 Dublin. It’s three folkey songs filmed in Bewleys Oriental Room at the album launch concert for our LIVE AT BEWLEYS mini-album (available on CD and to download in our bandcamp shop). These songs aren’t on any of our albums and, as far as i can remember, weren’t recorded at any other time. One song features Christophe Capewell playing his violin, another is a Jacques Brel song and the third is none of these things!

Come with us back to Celtic-Tiger Dublin for a few songs this saturday (june 12th 2021) at 20h CET! The venue will magically appear at the link on the other side of this picture 🙂
[aidan]

Hi all,
I hope spring has sprung with you… On SATURDAY, i’m going to play some songs for all ye internauts… The online concert will start at 20H CET – that’s Germany, Belgium, Spain and all (19H GMT, for Ireland, like; 14H EST; 04H AET, but for all y’all on that side of the world, it’ll be the 23rd;…)
There’ll be some old songs, some new songs; we’ll laugh, we’ll cry; i’ll sing as best i can after 433 days of couch!
Do please tune in, if you’re free!
[aidan]

P.S. I was joined by a few guests and have put up an abridged version of the show so you can watch it again, if you wish. Thanks for tuning in and for the tips – that was unexpected 🙂

As summer is coming to a close, we are releasing a new single, “April 2020” today 🙂 It is from future FLOATINGHOME album, possibly called “The Other Seat Was Taken”. It was written during the corona pandemic in, eh, april 2020, and recorded along the train lines in Berlin as the restrictions were lifting.

The B-side is a song called “The Slave of the Hourglass“: It is a song written for the wonderful short film “Le Temps d’un Sablier” by Belgian filmmaker, Michaël de Nijs. “The Slave of the Hourglass” features Augi Dethier playing on the drums and Simon Bèriaux singing some backing vocals.

BUY ME: https://floatinghome.bandcamp.com/album/april-2020-single

FLOATINGHOME – April 2020

Bandcamp are, once again, generously giving artists 100% of proceeds for the day today, 1st may 2020. I am releasing the lord altmont album for the day on our Floatinghome page, if you want to get your hands on it, get it here, get it today 🙂
floatinghome.bandcamp.com/album/lord-altmont

Gillian Welch and a south-facing window 🙂 These are long days… Filled with beautiful music! I hope everyone is staying in, keeping well and slowing to the rythem. I was noodling around with this yesterday, i thought i’d share…

FLOATINGHOME – Revelator (by Gillian Welch)

I’m delighted to announce that i’ve been invited to open for WALLIS BIRD on her autumn 2019 “woman” album launch tour… I’ll be leaving the faders and knobs at home for the next couple of months and playing songs solo from our latest album, “dreams for dreamers” – come and say hi, if we pass you by 🙂
[aidan]

07.10 DE-jena, volksbad :: 08.10 DE-hannover, pavillion :: 10.10 DE-berlin, metropol :: 11.10 DE-leipzig, felsenkeller :: 13.10 DE-dresden, beatpol :: 15.10 BE-leuven, het depot :: 16.10 DE-bremen, tower :: 17.10 DE-hamburg, laeiszhalle :: 18.10 DE-bochum, christuskirche :: 21.10 DE-stuttgart, theaterhaus :: 22.10 CH-zurich, papiersaal :: 24.10 DE-konstanz, kulturladen :: 25.10 DE-munich, technikum :: 26.10 AU-vienna, theater akzente :: 27.10 AU-graz, orpheum :: 01.11 DE-würzburg, st. johannis :: 02.11 DE-freiburg, jazzhaus :: 04.11 DE-mannheim, capitol :: 05.11 DE-erlangen, hugenottenkirche :: 06.11 DE-frankfurt, heilggeistkirche :: 07.11 DE-münster, effata kirche :: 08.11 DE-köln, kulturkirche :: 09.11 NL-amsterdam, paradiso :: 16.11 NI-belfast, the cuncaim :: 17.11 IE-dundalk, the spirit store :: 20.11 IE-limerick, dolans :: 21.11 IE-dublin, vicar street :: 22.11 IE-wexford, opera house :: 23.11 IE-galway, black box :: 24.11 IE-cork, the everyman theatre :: 27.11 UK-london, bush hall :: 01.02.2020 DE-köln, gloria :: then sleep!

There i am, wrapped up in this wonderful new Netflix series when the lead character Moritz, in the deepest moment of his slump, clicks on Floatinghome’s “beyond tomorrow” for some solace – nice 🙂

Listen to beyond tomorrow: https://floatinghome.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-for-dreamers

it has come to my attention that our debut album, “le grand discours” is 7 years old… originally released in 2012 by hazelwood and rough trade under the artist name “aidan”, the album has come back home 🙂 so we, at floatinghome, are delighted to re-release it online for your listening (and buying!) pleasure.
[aidan]

– “an infinitely rich, moving and natural piece of folk art, which offers continuous surprises. A diamond debut.” – glitterhouse

buy me: “le grand discours” on bandcamp

Video 06: Lila in my Arms, Rehearsal in Louvain-la-Neuve

Actually, i was going to stop there with the videos, but i really like this one, also from Grape n Roll – and, sure isn’t it customary in music to play an encore? so, here is one more tune 🙂

Get Dreams for Dreamers on vinyl or tee-shirt: love-your-artist.de/index.php?cID=10732
or download: floatinghome.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-for-dreamers

Video 05: Thaias Kept, video by Joseph Wright (Grin & Bear Films)
Happy first birthday, Dreams for Dreamers!! This final video in the series takes us back to a late summers’ afternoon, last year at Cafe Pförtner in Berlin. The sun was beeming through the bus windows – we had a lovely plate of curry then i did a few songs on the bus… Joe came along with his video camera 🙂

Get Dreams for Dreamers on vinyl or tee-shirt at the love your artist shop
or download with bandcamp