November 2008
New Pete Hicks/Nick Magnus album release date!

The new album, titled 'Flat Pack' is a diverse collection of songs penned by Mr. Hicks, including three co-written with yours truly. Official release date is January 9th 2009. Keep checking back here for details of participating outlets. Click here for details and some tempting audio samples!

July 2006
Autumn's Oceanworld album now available for download

Can't find a CD copy of Oceanworld? No problem! Although the album has now been deleted, it is available for download exclusively from TuneTribe

March 2006
John Hackett Band - live dates confirmed

Satuday May 20th - The Boardwalk, Sheffield
Sunday May 21st - The Bordeline, London
Sunday May 28th - Genesis 2006 Convention at The Astoria, London
More details at www.johnhackett.net

February 2006
Lyn Paul - new album is ready to roll

Ex-New Seekers singer Lyn Paul has completed her new album!
Entitled 'Late Night', the album is due for initial release on iTunes on 21st August, with subsequent release on CD.  It was produced by Nick Magnus and Rod Edwards (Gordon Giltrap, Blood Brothers), and features a new Nick Magnus/Dick Foster song, 'Clouds'.

January 2006
'The Release' movie score

Work is now complete on the music score for the independent movie 'The Release'. The hour-long film drama is to be showcased at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival.  

January 2006
TriMedia website complete overhaul
Visit our sleek new Flash-driven website!

The TriMedia Enterprises website is a joint venture with multi-talented film director, writer and lyricist Dick Foster. The site focuses on our media and corporate work, with particular emphasis on film production and music composition.  

December 2005
'The Release' movie score

Hollywood beckons (well, maybe later...)   I've just started work on the music score for the independent movie 'The Release' produced by independent film company Partners Productions

November 2005
John Hackett Band - first 'live' rehearsals

Initial rehearsals for the live shows in 2006 went very well. Band line-up is confirmed as John Hackett (Guitar/Flute/Vocals), Tony Patterson (Vocals/Flute/Keys),  Andy Hyam (Bass), Andy Gray (Guitar), Neil Marshall (Drums), ...and me of course, ticklin' the ivories (well OK, they're plastic...)  More details at www.johnhackett.net

March 2005
John Hackett album released

Checking Out of London is is now available from Camino Records and www.johnhackett.net  Visit John's site for more details, pictures and audio clips!

July 2004
Hexameron available now

Hexameron is hot off the press and is now available from Camino Records and CDS.  Extracts from the first wave of reviews can be read here.

June 2004
Album release date

The release date for Hexameron is provisionally set as August 30th. Final mastering took place on Tuesday June 1st, and the go-ahead has been given for manufacturing!

May 2004
News on latest John Hackett album

Work is well underway on the new John Hackett album Checking Out of London. Featured guests so far include brother Steve Hackett, Tony Patterson, and some dodgy geezer called Nick Magnus...

April 2004
'Hexameron' mixes complete

The album is finally finished!  The final track was mixed on Tuesday April 13th at 3.30PM.  Once the manufacturing, final artwork and other details are in place, I shall be somewhere closer to being able to announce a release date.  As always, stay tuned for further news.

March 2004
'Hexameron' guest performers

The complete list of featured guest performers is as follows:

Steve Hackett (guitars) John Hackett (flute) Pete Hicks (vocals) Tony Patterson (vocals) Siobhan McCarthy (vocals) Geoff Whitehorn (guitars) Debi Doss (vocals) Clare Brigstocke (vocals) Ninian Boyle (violin, viola) Melvyn Hiscock (guitar)

March 2003
Work begins on new solo album

The album, to be called Hexameron, will continue to develop musical ideas touched on by the final track of the last solo album, Inhaling Green.

January 2002
TriMedia website launched

The TriMedia Enterprises website is a joint venture with multi-talented film director, writer and lyricist Dick Foster. The site focuses on our media and corporate work, with particular emphasis on film production and music composition.

November 2001
New Hackett Live CD boxed set

A new 4-CD boxed set has just been released that chronicles the best of the Steve Hackett band live shows throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Full details can be found on the Steve Hackett website, and naturally it can be ordered from Camino Records.

May 2001
All You Need Is Love!

The summer of 2001 saw my West End Theatre debut in the form of arrangements for the musical All You Need Is Love based on songs by Lennon & McCartney. The show was greeted enthusiastically by audiences, running in the provinces during spring, then moving to the Queens Theatre in London in May for a run through to September.

October 2000
"Lost" 1986 Steve Hackett album released!

Rumours have been flying around for a while now about the "lost" Steve Hackett album of 1986. This was the last full studio album I recorded with Steve (barring initial recordings in '88/'89 that would subsequently form part of Guitar Noir) and so far, it has gone unheard. Until now...

I am delighted to report that it has finally been released in its original form, entitled Feedback 86, featuring performances from Brian May, Ian Mosley, Pete Trewavas, Chris Thompson and Bonnie Tyler. So for those who have been wondering what we did after Till We Have Faces - here it is!

Full details can be found on the Steve Hackett website, and naturally it can be ordered from Camino Records.

June 2000
Aliens have landed....

Also new to the production portfolio are two new albums and a video soundtrack, all the work of keyboardist and composer Gordon Reid.

The video Aliens of the Sea is an extraordinary record of the unearthly lifeforms to be found living in the waters of our own planet, set against a dynamic, atmospheric soundtrack composed and performed by Gordon. The soundtrack is soon to be available on a CD titled Aliens.

Aliens is now available (as well as details on all current projects) from Gordon's website.

April 2000
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

It's early April as I type, the lambs are getting frisky, and the finishing touches have just been applied to the music soundtrack CD of the world's No.1 favourite gameshow, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

The show's soundtrack, composed by the father/son partnership of Keith and Matthew Strachan, is being augmented by two dance tracks based on their music. Now, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool prog-rocker rather than a dance or techno buff, so I was rather surprised to find myself, along with production partner Rod Edwards, commissioned to perform and produce the dance tracks for the CD - a task which proved to be challenging and great fun.

The CD album's release is planned for Summer 2000. An album release is also planned for the USA, along with a UK single in May, featuring three dance tracks.

September 1999
Amoure / Kyrie

A recent addition to the list of production works is an album which has been released by Universal initially for the German market. Under the artiste name Amoure, the album is titled Kyrie, Cat. No. 543 395-2. The album has a distinct choir/vocal bias, and as well as including some lateral treatments of the classics, this production also features some original compositions, both my own and co-compositions with Rod Edwards (ex-Gordon Giltrap) who was also co-producer on the project. So, if you like music with considerably more than three chords set to laid-back dance grooves and the occasional four-on-the-floor stomper, you may want to trawl the Deutsche online stores in the coming weeks to track it down. There are no immediate plans for a UK release, but if it happens, you'll read about it here first!