Now released: ‘The Light That Will Come : Anthology of Recordings 2010-2025’.
Containing 21 tracks over 98 minutes
The Light That Will Come: Anthology 2010-2025
Containing 21 tracks over 98 minutes; some new, some previously unreleased. Tracks from 'Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep', 'All The Ends of All the Roads' and 'Gone To Earth' are remastered.
Christopher says, "I am pleased and privileged to now be able to share this retrospective and personal reflection over these past 15 years and a bit more of recordings. This is not intended as some sort of 'best of'; some of personal favourite recordings are not included. It CERTAINLY could not even remotely begin to be called a 'Greatest Hits'! I am inclined more to think of Robert Wyatt's beautiful collection 'His Greatest Misses' (one of my favourite albums).
'This side of the truth' is my song setting of the poem of the same name by Dylan Thomas, which he wrote for his son Llewelyn and published in 1945. I had the basic melody and structure of this song idea for many years, even way before 2010. I performed it live on a few occasions. The bare acoustic guitar and unpolished vocal that are the canvas for this track, are intentional as my way of trying to present the poem and my feelings for it in the way I wanted.
Whilst my motivation for everything I do as a s y l u m p e a c e is almost entirely intrinsic, I appreciate more than I can express those who listen and even enjoy this analogue-sourced, at times raw, and often lo-fi music. THANK YOU".
The Wayfarer & The Son
The previous album, released 2025
Christopher says:
“This has felt, for various reasons, to be my most ambitious and challenging to complete project to date. I am grateful to now feel able to share these as ever quite lo-fi and technically modest recordings.
I thank you from the heart for your interest in them and hope even one or two of the pieces may resonate in some way, emotionally. It was never planned to be, but the whole collection seems to take the listener on a journey of sorts. Or so it’s been suggested. As if it chose of its own accord to take on this aspect in some way. Is it semi-autobiographical? Possibly.”
Gone To Earth
About 'Gone To Earth' (released 2020)
The Gone To Earth mini-album is an interim release by Christopher Andreas' asylumpeace project, released digitally on 13th June. It precedes a still to be finalised long album release to be titled The Wayfarer and The Son. Gone To Earth is available as a free download via Bandcamp (see button above). Selected tracks are also to be found on Soundcloud (soundcloud.com/asylumpeace).
Christopher explains:
"I had for quite some time some elements for a track to be titled Gone To Earth - a nod to a couple of big musical influences and sources of inspiration and of peace from a young age. The track was intended for inclusion on the follow up collection to All The Ends of All The Roads, which has been in development for the past three years or more. The unfolding Covid-19 situation, however, seemed to create in me an impulse to respond 'artistically'; this in common, of course, with countless artists across all forms and contexts. So I do not claim to be at all unusual or original in this response. I can say, though, that it was not at first intentional to comment on the situation in this sense. It just seemed to, well... well up.
The tracks consist of a number of existing or older elements in my archive - guitar-based soundscapes, loops, melodic sketches, samples, etc - to which have been added many new elements. The Light That Will Come essentially dates back to the Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep era (it was originally titled A Bitter Earth?) and so is particularly lo-fi and of that SMWWSMS aesthetic! On Waking (Still Dreaming) is a kind of remix of elements from On Waking (I Instantly Understood), also from SMWWSMS.
I offer this mini album as a free download or to stream. Thank you for finding or seeking out my a s y l u m p e a c e music, and for listening - I truly appreciate this. I do wish you the very, very best in your circumstances as you seek to navigate your way through this current complex, unprecedented and at times (and we know for many) distressing situation and its aftermath"
music for Circling a Fox film
Circling a Fox
Christopher says:
"I am privileged to have been able to contribute music to a marvelous piece of documentary film making. CIRCLING A FOX - The Story of The Tailor of Inverness, is film director Brian Ross’s beautiful, moving documentary about the story behind The Tailor of Inverness play; produced in association with Hopscotch Films and Dogstar Theatre Company".
“This is a beautifully-made film…both a road movie and a moving family drama, and although the story begins the best part of a century ago it is completely relevant to our own times. In the end, it affirms the astonishing power of love.” James Robertson
About The Tailor of Inverness:
Matthew Zajac's internationally acclaimed play about his Polish father has captivated audiences in theatres across the world. With over 275 performances and playing to over 40,000 people in 12 countries since opening at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Tailor of Inverness has taken its place as one of the great Scottish theatre productions.