About Tom Slatter is a composer, singer and songwriter who writes records, plays and teaches in London, England. Spinning the Compass is his first solo album. It was written and recorded over the course of 2009 and all instruments are played or programmed by Tom. A mixture of acoustic indie with a steampunk theme and a hint of prog rock experimentation, Spinning the Compass explores themes of love, flying machines, nightmares involving cable cars and steam engine related body horror. The album is available free from bandcamp (just click download): Mechanism by Tom Slatter “Spinning The Compass is almost a metal album. All Tom would need to do is swap acoustic for electric guitar and the keyboard parts for more electric guitars and he’d be there … the unexpected quirks and lunges in strange directions never get in the way of a melody or a strong chorus, particularly on the excellent title song and the opener, Mechanism. Buzzing at the centre of this album is Lines Overheard At A Séance, all fuzzy keys and crackling drums. It’s a dark and hypnotic piece,easily one of the best things I think Tom has recorded.: – Thanks, Tom Hanks! “Nerdish themes of machines and…
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the Baroness says:

April 11, 2011 at 7:09 pm

Mr Slatter, You may be interested in The Steampunk Empire. They have over 7,000 members all steampunk enthusiasts from all over the world. I would be glad to be one of your friends when you sign up. Of course there are many others but you may find me under search as “the Baroness”. I enjoyed your music. Nicely done! Here is the link if you’re interested:
http://www.thesteampunkempire.com/
Hope to see you soon!
Cheers,
the Baroness
Tom says:

April 12, 2011 at 7:19 am

Hello, the Baroness,

Thanks for the heads up, I am in fact already on SteampunkEmpire. I shall seek you out.

Tom
Mark Cordory says:

September 6, 2011 at 7:59 am

Hi Tom,

Just enjoying your ‘Beast of the Sky’ video, and I thought you may be interested in some of the props, costumes and dressing on my website if you’re planning future videos?

Keep up the good work.

Regards

Mark

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I’m a singer-songwriter and composer from London. I’ve just finished my third solo album, Three Rows of Teeth. You can pre-order it from my bandcamp page now.

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- Song of the Month: The Steam Engine Murder and the Trial of Seven-Bells John May 23rd | by Tom
- Fireplaces and Washing Machines May 23rd | by Tom
- Three Rows of Teeth Commentary – Part 1 May 20th | by Tom
- Narrative in Song May 15th | by Tom
- I don’t get Record Store day, but here are 3 Indie Records you should buy April 21st | by Tom
- Song of the Month – Lines Overheard at a Séance April 11th | by Tom
- In Praise of the Album April 1st | by Tom
- The end of the Time Traveller’s Tale? March 30th | by Tom
- Confessions of a Music Thief March 25th | by Tom
- Is it Prog, or is it Neo-skank Hardprog? March 21st | by Tom
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