Thursday April 22nd Wedgewood Rooms

 

I will be supporting Warrington Runcorn at the
Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth 22nd April 2027.
This will probably be the 1st time I have played live since Nov 25, so tad nervous to say the least. I will be playing some old tunes and some new tunes from the next release
(due sometime 2027) Also playing on the night will be Secret Self (Simon Heartfield and Burning Trestle.
Tickets

3 Short Promos By Grebo Gray

Grebo Gray is a Belgrade based Artist/Photographer. I have known Grebo for a number of years through a mutual friend. Grebo's artwork has been used by Simon Heartfield on a number of his releases. As a fan of Mr Gray's work I approached Grebo to see if he would be interested in putting together a few short promo vids for some tunes on my last release Counting to Ten Then Back Again.
Grebo very kindly said yes, and ended up producing three short promo vids, which are all now up on YouTube.

Out Now Clip Clop to the Shop (Simon Heartfield Orchestral Mix)

Following on from my Feb 2026 Castles in Space Album: Counting to Ten Then Back Again.
Here is Simon Heartfield’s superb mix of the album track Clip Clop to the shop.
“The orchestral mix was the 2^nd of two remixes, the first being mostly electronic. All the percussion was removed. The main melody became a piano part with the addition of brass, strings, strings and violin. The idea was to make an alternative version but transposing it to acoustic instruments whilst keeping a little of the original atmosphere but making it a new piece of music in itself.”

Simon Heartfield (May 2026)

Available Now from Bandcamp

 

Clip Clop To The Shop (Video by Simon Heartfield)

 Here is a new promo vid for the track Clip Clop to the Shop from the forthcoming new album
Counting to Ten Then Back Again. The Video was made by Simon Heartfield.
Release Date Friday 27th Feb 2026 on Castles in Space.

Saturday 17th Feb and some New Releases

Syncing Not Swimming 3.0
An evening of live electronic music with
Keith Seatman, Kieran Mahon, Simon Heartfield
and The Burning Trestle.

Tickets from here

 New Digi Release Track in March
Finding Our Way Around.
a one of release track at 15:37 secs long.
Available from Bandcamp.

 

Later in the year a new Single EP and Album
On Castles in Space.
More news on that soon.

 

Syncing Not Swimming 17th Feb 2024

Syncing Not Swimming 3.0
An evening of live electronic music with
Keith Seatman, Kieran Mahon, Simon Heartfield
and The Burning Trestle.

Have not played live for about 8 years.
Maybe its right to be nervous now, with still 4 months to go. 

Tickets from here

 

Released Today. Disjointed Oddities and Other Such Things Vol:2 CD and Digi

 

A track from Disjointed Oddities Vol:2 was recently played
on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone on 6 Music and has had a 4 star review in Shindig magazine 141

Track 5 is a Remix of the 2022 album track The Grand Alchemists Parade.
This new remix is by Portsmouth musician and DJ Simon Heartfield. The original version can be heard on the 2022 Castles in Space Album Sad Old Tatty Bunting CiS093.

Out now and available from Bandcamp.
Keith Seatman Bandcamp

Disjointed Oddities and Other Such Things EP. Vol:2. July 10th 2023

Due for release July 10th 2023. Disjointed Oddities and Other Such Things Vol: 2 follows on from Keith’s 2018 EP Disjointed Oddities and Other Such Things. This is the 3rd EP by Keith Seatman and his 1st non-Castles in Space release since 2018. Castles in Space will be releasing a new LP from Keith at a later date. However in the meantime this EP is a collection of 5 tunes by Keith featuring more of his Clunky Odd Electronics, Psych, Radiophonics, Drone and quirky melodies. Track 5 is a Remix of the 2022 album track The Grand Alchemists Parade, This new remix is by Portsmouth musician and DJ Simon Heartfield. The original version can be heard on the 2022 Castles in Space Album Sad Old Tatty Bunting CiS093.

 

Here we are at Test Transmission 49 and this is the 1st Test Transmission featuring a Guest Mix. This time round it is from Mr Simon Heartfield. I have known Simon for decades. I have had the pleasure of working with him musically on many projects (Psylons, Seatman Separator and all sorts of other collaborations) always great company, a gentleman a scholer and probably is an acrobat. The 1st 21 minutes are my musical ramblings, from then on its Mr Heartfield. Until next time.....tata.
Tracklist
The Sound of Science - Everything’s made of Atoms
Billy Currie - Theremin
Large Plants - La Isla Bonita
PJ Harvey - The Crowded Cell
ToiToiToi - Never A Dull Moment
The Inigo Kilborn Group - A Tune For Lucy
Mike Sammes SIngers - Telephone Song
Mr Heartfield Guest Mix
PIKSEL - Walk In
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Are You Hung Up?
SPACEMEN 3 - Just to See You Smile
BRIAN ENO - Late Evening to Jersey
FIELD LINES CARTOGRAPHER - Inside a Star
MOGWAI - Autorock (Live)
CLPPNG - Dream
HARA ALONSO - The Centre of the Sun is Empty
VANGELIS - Albedo 0.39
ROMEO RUCHA - Your Brain
THESE NEW PURITANS - Organ Eternal (Live)
HILDUR GUONADOTTIR - 12 Hours Before
LONELADY - Cries and Whispers
65 DAYS OF STATIC - d|| tl | | |
PERE UBU - Non-Alignment Pact
ASHER LEVITAS - Vapours
KARL O CONNOR & ANN MARGARET HOGAN - Temporary Thing

Test Transmission Archive Reel 46

 

Dark old October is here, and the end of the year is edging closer. So to keep you going as the evenings draw in, here is a selection of tunes that will hopefully keep you all snug over the coming months. So this time round we have Axxess, Simon Heartfield, Carole Ward, The Equals, Man or Astroman, Anika, Morecambe and Wise, Sleaford Mods, Faust, Simple Minds, Andy Roberts, Cult of Wedge, Pulselovers, Be Bop Deluxe, ToiToiToi and loads more. There will be a themed Test Transmission Archive Reel at the end of the year, but until then goodbye for now.

It’s Not What It Seems

 

 

It’s Not What It Seems is a CD compilation of tracks inspired by the post-punk / DIY / cassette scene which flourished in the early 80s. Featuring Belbury Poly, Pye Corner Audio, Keith Seatman, Scanner, Lagowski, Sculpture, Renaldo and The Loaf, Graham Dunning and Si Heartfield and others! Each artist operates under a secret disguise for this release and only The Burning Trestle knows for sure who did what!

Out on Bandcamp Friday 6th November and available for pre-order now!

http//theburningtrestle.bandcamp.com/album/its-not-what-it-seems.

Test Transmission Archive Reel 37!!!!!!!!

Here is Archive Reel 37. Something to plod along and tap your foot to over the summer. BTW I will be wandering around the Deleware Rd event on 17th Aug, if you see someone drinking to much coffee and looking a bit lost...it could be me. Final bit of info for you all is that the new album is all finished and is coming out in the New Year on Castles in Space. More on that at later date, so until then have a nice summer. tata.
Allan Grey - The Stairway To Heaven (Matter of Life and Death)
Drew Mulholland - RETURN TO THE DESOLATE SHORE
Scott Walker - Montague Terrace (In Blue)
The United States of America - Do You Follow Me
Tony Hatch - The Champions
Yvonne Baker - You Didn't Say A Word
Loose Capacitor - Theme From Robins Nest
Hopper, Kraus and Belbury Poly - The Devil and St. Dunstan
Joe Harriott John Mayer Double Quintet - Acka Raga
Marianne Faithfull - In the Night Time
PJ Harvey - The Crowded Cell
Simon Heartfield - Radial Theme
These New Puritans - Infinity Vibraphones
Steamhammer - Six Eight for Amiran
Messer Für Freu Müller - The Best Girl in the USSR
Spacemen 3 - Why Couldn't I See?
Snooze - Did I Give You Much?
Polypores - The Amateur Astronomer
Jockstrap - Hayley
Laurie Johnson - Las Vegas/Animal Magic

Test Transmission Archive Reel 29

Starting off this time we have a bit of Nuts in May, followed by all sorts of audio goodness like Renaldo and the Loaf, Simon Heartfield, The Comit is Coming, Basil Kirchin, Carl Orff, Gong, Belbury Poly & Moonwiring Club, Shirley Collins, Tongues of Fire, Deep Purple, Dudley Morre Trio and plenty more. Have been working on ideas for Test Transmission Archive Reel 30 recently. To celebrate reaching 30 this will be a TV Themes and OST only Test Transmission. So until then (Summer) sit back and enjoy a bit of Keith and Candice Marie.

All That is Solid Melts in to Air/Simon Heartfield

The first album from Simon Heartfield for one and half years and is 12 tracks of completely superb and spot on new material, released by Limbic Productions available via Bandcamp, digital only price £5. Pre-Order from Bandcamp Here

DARK OR DARKER SHIVERING OR NOT!

 

DARK OR DARKER SHIVERING OR NOT!
If all goes to plan I will be playing at this event with Jez Stevens as Echopet
Together we will be performing a 30 minute piece live. Using Synths Samples an Old tone Generator and all sorts of pther things we can get our hands on.
You can expect noise feedback echos drone and video.

An exploration of the urban supernatural, occult temporalities, uncanny architecture, hauntology, the phantasmagorical, the monstrous, supernatural cartographies and the psychogeographic imagination.
 A night of: audio visual performance, live electronica, spoken word, installations, interstitial architects, psycho-geographers, kinetic sculptors, live artists and theatre makers.
With live performances from 7pm to 11pm followed by DJ's in the bar until 1pm.
FREE admission though a collection may be taken during the night.

This event is part of Darkfest, a celebration of creativity in Portsmouth, UK
inspired by the Supernatural Cities Project.
 Coastguard Studio: Montague House, Clarendon Rd, Portsmouth, Southsea PO4 0SA
 facebook.com/events/1596815733948366/
 one000plateaus.com/darkordarker/
facebook.com/1000plateaus/

Alien Jams Nov 30th

Alien Jams w/ Chloe Frieda & Keith Seatman - 30th November 2014 by Nts Radio on Mixcloud

A month or so ago Chloe Frieda who hosts and runs The Alien Jams show on NTS Radio & also the Alien Jams Record Label, invited me back onto the show. I was last on the show way back in February 2014 and had a fantastic time. So I was very much looking forward to it again. This time round I played tunes by The Soulless Party, Simon Heartfield, Alan Hawkshaw, Thomas Leer, The Listening Center and Space Art. I had a fantastic time, and after a very swift post show drink I bid my farewells to Chloe and headed of to find the tube station. Top tip for the day, always check to see if there is any engineering work taking place on the underground.

Shndg 6 Sat 18th June

Now do not forget, If you live within 900 miles of Southsea/Portsmouth and are thinking of going to Shndg 6 then I am pleased to say that tickets for this event are now on sale. And can be got from here. The tickets are £5.00 

The full line up for this wonderful night of noise, electronics, DIY sonic reverberation and drones are DJ sets from Jim Jupp (Ghost Box), Si Heartfield and Ms Mono. Live sets from Keith Seatman to promote the release his new album. Mr Twister Valley himself Douglas E Powell, Thee Magic Horns, Rusty Sheriff, Jez North and many more.  For more info/details visit www.facebook.com/Shndg

Available from iTunes and Amazon

Seatman Separator Covers

For over 10 years I have been one third of Electronic bods Seatman Separator with Simon Heartfield and Jack Packer. To be honest Seatman Separator is an on going project that the 3 of us work on as and when we get the time. At the moment though none of us have a lot of time as we all seem to be working on personal projects. 

But there is talk of us all getting together in Autumn 2011.

Working from the top the 1st 6 designs were produced by myself. The bottom row were designed by myself and Simon Heartfield.

The Science Faction from Mercury Trax 3

Music Seatman Separator.

Video Produced by Simon Heartfield & Keith Seatman