Musical exploration of Dundee

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

Andrew Mitchell, 35, a vocalist and bassist with the Hazey Janes and Idlewild, is coupling his love of architecture with an i nstrumental 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 Andrew says 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.

A video for the l ead track Drift was based on Dundee Heritage Trust archive footage of Halley’s jute mill workers embarking on an annual picnic from Dundee to Fife in the mid-1950s.