Eva Hipsey Music

Welcome to Eva Hipsey Music

My name is Justin Spooner and I make slightly odd music with a big bunch of other people. Recently I made birdzong with Jim Noir. And even more recently than that I put up my work with Computer Magic here. But the absolutely most recent thing I'd advise you to listen to would be the new ANTSTAR II album. Of course if it is piano music you are after, and I know you are, you'll be wanting Roland's Selected Piano Works.

This music making thing is a hobby and has been for over 20 years. I have never tried to make a living from it and probably never will. But I still make stuff - I can't help it. That said, I have now got myself a bandcamp shop, so if you want to keep stuff so that you can use it when jogging, that is now possible.

I am going to be putting up works in progress as well as finished tracks, sketches, stuff I've done for film and whole albums for your perusal. I will be asking for your opinions and doubtless sometimes for your help. I'll do most of my thinking and playing on the blog here. I am also going to talk about and stick pieces up that I make in collaboration on a dedicated page.

By the way Eva Hipsey was my nan. I wrote this a few years after she died. I named my label after her, but now I tend to think of it as more of an approach to music making than a business entity.

Listen to the latest thing

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A winter playlist that might work on Apple devices

I do most of my own chatting here on twitter. And then I have my Soundcloud site that pretty much powers all of this. And then finally, in this narcissitic array, I have my poems and nonsense website called unedits.

Here are a few music sites I keep an eye on. First up is my business partner Simon who does shouting in a very articulate way on his music laden 'Don't get me started' blog.

Truly one of the most absurd, brilliant and essential music blogs has to be 'Rouge's Foam'. I think this is the new new writing.

For my daily dose of software madcappery I always have a quick read of either Palm Sounds or Chris Randall's 'Analog Industries' - he's rude and clever and makes beautiful software, so I'm a fan.

I do want to mention one other - Jeremy Denk writes beautifully over at his blog on what he refers to as the 'glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist'. Somehow reading about his kind of glamour leaves me either laughing with delight or struck by his uncanny ability to be utterly clear and mainstream with his prose, whilst plumbing the deep and complex places only a classical practitioner can go.

I'll leave it there for the moment.