We’ve been looking for the perfect outdoor cover for our large video screens that sit behind us on stage. And we’ve found them – the tradional Indian Wedding tent! We’re having to purchase a number of these to fit the live equipment under but they should look fantastic when erected. You can see the top of the tent and the South Shropshire hills sat behind.

Visit. It’s a beautiful place to be… Special.

Read about the making of the album and the integral part the location has been. Keep in touch. Say hello! And thanks for all the kind words re: the new album. It fills me with inspiration to know there are so many Utopians out there building the earth!

Love & Light. David.

Why Utopia Moments? Just take 2 minutes out from your day to visit Utopia – just click above to listen whilst reading the thought piece below…

The essence of life seems to be movement. This is what I’m attempting to depict in Circles – the  music above… a piece taken from the new album the light. I shot this video in our valley early this Summer.

We decided to include wild flowers from the valley we live in within our new limited edition box set. UtopiaXO has been a proper assembly line these past few weeks (see picture!!!). Diligently we sent them out to all those people who’d pre-ordered the album. A week later the calls and emails started to come in. The album had not arrived. We soon realised USA, Canada and Australia were fine. It was simply mainland Europe where there was a problem.
We would have never guessed! They’d been impounded by the drug squad pending further investigations! Apparently a particular wild flower we’d used had a fragrance extremely similar to an illegal narcotic!

The Creative Pause. When attempting to solve an issue, or even enjoy an experience, often focusing on a small detail, contemplating it & considering it helps you enjoy it with more positive intensity. Think of such contemplation as a ‘creative pause’.

By studying the detail in something with a contemplative mind it helps raise you above day to day trivia & take away the chattering ‘monkey mind’  – to a clear objective world where things can be seen for what they really are… or could be.

We decided to send wild flowers with every copy of the new album boxed set. It’s been a real production line in the kitchens of UtopiaXO! The care and attention to each set has been worth it however, they’ve been really well received by Utopians everywhere! Love & Light!

UtopiaXO studios. From left right: Yamaha 12 String, Gibson 333, K Yari Acoustic Bass, Fender Precision Bass, Hofner S9C, Hammered Dulcimar, Ron Ewing Mountain Dulcimar, Gibson DC Pro, Crafter Parlour Guitar, Gibson 175, Paul Hathaway Cittern, Martin Accoustic @ many pedal friends!