Welcome to Andy Oldfield's writing and music
site, inspired by the jackdaws, waves and
dunes of St Ives Bay, Cornwall, UK

News
2023
September saw a new EP, Elements, available for download on Bandcamp. Also available for streaming on all the main platforms.

Cover of Torn Between The Dark And Light


In July, a second volume of my science fiction and fantasy short stories became available in Kindle format via Amazon. Torn Between The Dark And Light features 17 stories, mostly published in print magazines between 1985 and 2019, with a couple of previously unpublished stories and a couple first published online.  

Cover of Torn Between The Dark And Light


Cornwall Dreaming - a collection of five short stories and one novella, set in and inspired by Cornwall's land, folklore and people -  published January 2023 at Amazon. The stories range from fable through fantasy and realism. The book is available in paperback, Kindle, and as part of Kindle Unlimited.

An EP of music based on the stories in the book is also available on Bandcamp and at all the music streaming sites.

Cover of Cornwall Dreaming


2022

Lunar Seas an album of space drone music exploring the seas of the moon is now up on Bandcamp and the major streaming and download  sites.



2021

A new short story The Dog Who Buried The Sea has been bought by Flash Fiction Online. It's a mythical fable about connection and co-operation between species. Makes me teary-eyed. Goes live in Issue #98 on November 5.
A new album of ambient drone music Chakralibrium is available on Bandcamp for pre-order purchase from July 15 and released on the streaming sites  August 6. Korg Wavestate took centre stage on this one, with help from Korg Kronos, Arturia V Collection, Pigments and Alchemy. Excellent for meditation, learning, focus and tripping out with...



I fired up the Moog Matriarch and the MakeNoise 0-Coast to write a piece of modular-synthesizer styled electronica music based on my experiences of dog-walking at night during lockdown. Nocturne In The Time of Covid 19 is available on YouTube. Available from March 12 on the main streaming platforms.


2020
A new album Interstices was released on Samhain eve - October 30th. Ambient, experimental electronica available for purchase and streaming via Bandcamp - streaming on all major services.



CD Baby is no longer selling downloads. Bandcamp is now the best source for purchases of my music - usually the cheapest too!


2019
A complete album version of my neo-classical ambient composition Orbit is now online at YouTube.


Music video By A River On The Edge Of Town is now online at YouTube.


Short story video, Jack The Giant Killer, uploaded to YouTube


2018

Fiction update: The Tideline won the Readers Choice awards at NewMyth.com. Thanks to everyone who voted

Short story, The Tideline, appears in issue 43 of NewMyths.com. Also reprinted in anthology Passages, available in print and on Kindle.

Album, Orbit, released onto all the usual streaming and download sites.