For those that missed the announcement in the recent newsletter... Orchestra Futura - Live Album Update Following years of planning and preparation, a CD of Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Futura is nearing fruition. Many people have commented about how much they enjoyed Orchestra Futura's sets at Nelsonicas and how they would like to have an album released by the trio, comprising of Bill with Theo Travis on saxophone and flute (Soft Machine/Robert Fripp/ David Sylvian) and Dave Sturt on bass (Gong/Jade Warrior). Theo and Dave also appeared with Bill as members of the Gentlemen Rocketeers and on the Live at Metropolis DVD.   An album's worth of Orchestra Futura performances recorded at various live shows has now been mixed and Bill is overseeing the entire project. Mastering is happening this week at one of London’s top mastering studios and the artwork is currently being designed using the working title of 'Live At Nelsonica'. The album will be released independently on Theo's Ethersounds label. There will be a crowdfunding campaign with various options to raise funds to complete the project prior to its release - more details about that will be announced shortly. Watch this space! There are also rumblings that there could be a very limited number of vinyl copies pressed...however, this would be dependant upon demand as vinyl is expensive to produce. To better judge interest in a vinyl edition, it would be appreciated if you could send an email registering your desire to own a (vinyl) copy. The vinyl edition would cost approximately £25 plus postage. And to sweeten the pot even more...we’d like to know if you’d be willing to pre-order an autographed copy; only 50 would be made available, and would sell for approximately £45 plus postage. If either of these options sound appealing to you, please send a quick email to info@billnelson.com so that we can gauge interest. (Note: the original email link was causing issues for some people, so I have provided an alternative one). If you have already been in touch and I have replied, or commented on the forum and I have replied that you're on the list, there's no need to do so again - we shall be in touch should there be enough interest to go ahead with the vinyl release.

This month's Bandcamp release is an extended version of 'Simplex', featuring five previously unreleased tracks. Follow the link to catch up with all the latest news, including a podcast featuring Bill as the show's guest... Click the link below to read the newsetter... https://billnelson.com/so/bePRfGX1p?languageTag=en&cid=7f94bb8f-6d9b-47ea-b956-066bd10ecf Click on the image to go straight to Bandcamp...

Bill has made available one of the rarest albums from his vast catalogue... Astroloops was originally released in January 2015 as a CDR release issued in a very limited edition (just 24 copies) to purchasers of the Astroluxe Custom Ltd. guitar produced by Eastwood Guitars. Download your copy from Bandcamp. Or click on the album image for further information! Astroloops - available from Bandcamp now!

I had the pleasure of spending Thursday afternoon in the company of Bill, Theo Travis, Dave Sturt, John Spence, Ian Haydock and Elliot Nelson at Fairview Studios... I don't want to give too much away at the moment, but for those of you who have enjoyed the Orchestra Futura performances over the years, hopefully there will be a little treat coming your way sometime soon... Keep your eye on news updates over the coming weeks/months.

Bill's annual Christmas video is now available to watch on his YouTube channel... Bill Nelson Christmas Video 2024 A single image accompanies this year's track, entitled 'A Christmas Garland', unfortunately Bill's deteriorating eyesight is making it increasingly difficult to operate his video editing software. Check out the Essoldo Cinema here in Dreamsville for all Bill's videos...

Studio Cadet is back from the manufacturers, ready to ship next week in time for the 6th December release date. This one looks and sounds fantastic!!!

Nice to see Powertron making the 'Prog Album' charts!!!

As is now a tradition, Bill has created this wonderful little Christmas video to get you in a festive mood...enjoy! Check out all the other videos in the 'Essoldo Cinema' (https://www.billnelson.com/essoldo-cinema)here at Dreamsville. Subscribe to Bill's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@billnelsonsdreamsville(https://www.youtube.com/@billnelsonsdreamsville)

Just received my advanced copy of 'Starlight Stories' and cranking up the CD player... Official release date for this album is 1st December, so these will be shipping very soon! If you haven't got your order in yet, or are wondering what to suggest to your loved ones to buy you for Christmas? Head over to Burning Shed (https://burningshed.com/store/billnelson/bill-nelson_starlight-stories_cd)- you know it makes sense!!!