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Metazoa

by Malcolm Galloway

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    The 7th solo album from Malcolm Galloway, of award winning progressive rock band Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate.

    This is one of his contemporary classical/minimalist/electronic/instrumental albums, so please don't let it put you off his rock band if you don't like that kind of thing...

    Featured in the Eppy Gibbon Show's best albums of 2024.
    Prog Magazine (Chris Richards)

    "Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate multi-instrumnetalist Malcolm Galloway takes an absorbing tangent with his seventh solo release… let the waves of ambient tenderness and turbulence wash across the room… Metazoa moves in a sea of possibilitis. Float on." Chris Roberts, Prog Magazine


    “One of the most interesting contemporary composers of what must be termed as classical music ... Lush and emotional, yet serious and intense. 5/5" DMME - Let It Rock     ... more
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1.
Metazoa One 17:14
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2.
Cnidaria 07:14
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3.
Metazoa Two 08:12
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4.
Xenobotany 05:42
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5.
Float / Drop 06:24
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6.
Metazoa Three 08:45
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7.
The Anxiety Machine (Original Long Version) 14:37
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8.
Aquasoma Three 08:56
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Metazoa is my seventh solo classical/minimalist/electronic/instrumental album. It will be on general release on 18 April 2025, and will available earlier on Bandcamp.

1) Metazoa One (17:14)
2) Cnidaria (7:14)
3) Metazoa Two (8:12)
4) Xenobotany (5:42)
5) Float / Drop (6:24)
6) Metazoa Three (8:45)
7) The Anxiety Machine (Original Full Length Version) (14:37)
8) Aquasoma Three (8:56)

The core of the album is composed of the three pieces named Metazoa. The metazoa are the group of animals that are multicellular and have tissues with differentiated functions (essentially all animals other than sponges and single celled organisms).

I have an interest in how organisms develop and evolve. We don’t know whether, if the clock was turned back and the dice rerolled, the interplay between chance and the fundamental forces driving evolution would lead to a biology similar to that which we have in our world, or whether different patterns would emerge.

The three Metazoa pieces were inspired by the evolution of animals, in a broad sense, rather than attempting to portray any particular creature. They take slight variations on similar sounds and thematic material and let varying patterns develop. Metazoa One was originally released as a single earlier in 2024.

Cnidaria are the group of soft-bodied stinging aquatic animals including corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish. They are among the most ancient multi-cellular animals known. The track is named more after the gently floating rather than the stinging aspect of their lifestyle.

Xenobotany, the study of alien plants, in the absence of the discovery of life on any other planet so far, remains a hypothetical science. The track was inspired by imagined plants on an alien world.

Float / Drop starts gently, but gradually becomes more unsettled.

The Anxiety Machine was originally written as a fairly long instrumental piece. It was later adapted to become The Anxiety Machine Parts 1-3 in our 2023 Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate album ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’. This is the first time I’ve released the original long version of the piece.

The album finishes gently with Aquasoma Three. The piece is named after the simulated peaceful aquatic world in which the characters in Philip K Dick’s ‘A Maze Of Death’ find temporary respite.

Malcolm Galloway, December 2024

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released December 10, 2024

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Malcolm Galloway London, UK

Malcolm Galloway is a contemporary classical/minimalist composer and the frontman/ multi-instrumentalist of award winning prog rock band Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate.

His classical music has been played on stations including BBC Radio 3 and his combined video-art/music pieces played at the National Gallery. His album Transitions was features in Sid Smith's Prog magazine pick of the year. ... more

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