Explore Dundee through new album

A talented Dundee musician is challenging fellow Dundonians to consider exploring a fictional version of their city through music as he launches his new solo album today.

Thirty-five-year-old Andrew Mitchell, vocalist and bassist with the Hazey Janes and Idlewild, is coupling his love of architecture with an instrumental album that invites the listener to explore the city through a series of melodies.

Themes For Buildings And Spaces has been inspired by eight architectural sites and open spaces ranging from Lower Dens Works to the Howff.

The album itself, which “encourages the nostalgist in all of us to consider a different view of the city of ‘Jute, Jam and Journalism’”, ranges from cinematic brass and strings to minimal piano.

Last month The Courier told how a video for the lead track Drift was based on Dundee Heritage Trust archive footage of Halley’s jute mill workers embarking on an annual picnic to Fife in the mid-1950s.

Andrew would still be delighted to hear from Courier readers if they recognise any family members in the footage.

The Dundee Heritage Trust footage can be viewed on The Courier website.

Anyone who recognises anyone in the film is asked to contact Andrew via info@ wasylyk.co.uk.