Mike will be appearing on the following shows over the next week or so:

Monday May 3rd 13.00 Great British Songbook – BBC Radio 2
Tuesday May 4th Heston’s Feast - 21.00 on Channel 4
Sunday May 16th Noon Aled Jones BBC Wales
 
 


Mike Batt will be interviewed by Aled Jones on BBC Radio Wales on Sunday May 9th at 12 noon - you can listen live here.
 




click here for Music MattersMusic Matters is a collective of people across the music industry, including artists, retailers, songwriters, labels and managers, formed to remind listeners of the significance and value of music.

We all know that music is important. But with music more available than ever before, it’s worth reminding ourselves of that fact. It’s easy to forget about the extraordinary lengths that performers, songwriters and musicians can go to record their songs, and the powerful effect music has on each and every one of us.

We believe it is important to support the artists and all those involved in making incredible music by choosing to consume music in an ethical way, and that’s why we’ve set up Music Matters.

The Music Matters trust mark will act as a guide for music fans and help differentiate legal music services from illegal ones. Click here for a list of all supporting sites and look for the Music Matters trust mark when choosing new music. When you choose sites carrying the trustmark you can be sure the site is legal and the copyright holders are paid for their creative work.

The Music Matters website features a series of short films highlighting the importance of music:






Mike Batt will be a guest on the show "Loose Ends" with Clive Anderson.
The programme broadcast on Saturday 13th March from1815-1900 on BBC Radio 4.
Listen again online here until 20th March.
  
   
 

To celebrate 40 years of activity as a successful singer, songwriter, arranger, conductor and producer, Mike Batt is releasing a comprehensive collection of his work as an artist, in the form of "The Mike Batt Music Cube". The cube contains a total of 16 discs, presented as eight double albums, and is intended as a collector's edition with contents ranging from the recently successful chart album "A Songwriter's Tale" right back through the six solo albums he made for Sony between the 70s and 90s. With the exception of a few, these double albums, at present, are exclusive to The Mike Batt Music Cube.

A highlight of the collection is a new compilation, "The Orinoco Kid", containing Batt's own selection of early singles and Wombles curios. Other rare items featured in “The Cube” are "Rapid Eye Movements", originally a double album made by Batt for Chrysalis in the early 80s under the pseudonym “Autopilot”. This adventurous electronic project disappeared off the radar fairly soon after its release but has been much requested by fans ever since.

Release date - December 7th 2009. Click here for full details and read Music Week's announcement of the release here.

Pre-order now for the special price of £56.79
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You can now buy Mike Batt CDs at the new official Dramatico online store here, as well as CDs, DVDs, clothing and accessories from other Dramatico artists.


 
Voices In The DarkA new magic audiovisual dimension in 360° video. Enter a magical world. Dare to believe your eyes. Nothing here is just what it seems at first glance: a postcard as a portal to a lost city, tarot cards which come to life or floating ballet dancers in virtual worlds. A symphony of sounds, pictures and emotions takes you away to a mysterious universe.

Mike Batt has, together with Terry Rudat and Mindgames Productions, gathered a team of superb, creative 3D designers, illustrators, dancers and video artists to visualise his epic musical work in spectacular visual worlds. VOICES IN THE DARK is an ambitious project which Mike Batt himself described as a “music-video-art-film installation”. HD Realfilm meets 3D animation, 2D drawings and music. It seems that the planetarium sky is populated by floating ballet dancers and diving models here.

Visit the VOICES IN THE DARK website.
 
ErgoThis is an exciting novel written by Mike Batt - telling the story of Ergo, a slug of medium size, who likes George Formby records and falls in love with a fairy called Elsie (known to him as 'Little Else').

Ergo is sure that their contrasting shapes will be a bar to their becoming romantically entwined...and he already has doubts as to whether he'll ever play the piano, as he has no hands. He becomes a great General, recruiting an army to fight against the Pigfrogs (who only come out at Christmas, to squash you just for fun - they don't even need the meat).

The book is not yet published, but already there are plans for a radio series and a concept album...

Visit the Ergo website here to track the project's progress.