Andrew Giddings has just finished a solo album titled "Picture This." The album is available at his website for now but should be at Amazon soon.

For more details about the album including liner notes, see Giddings' website - www.andrewgiddingsmusic.com.

Here's Ian's review:

"I began listening to the CD of new works by Andrew Giddings, which arrived just in time before my departure to a concert tour abroad, with no expectation at all as to the contents and with an open mind.

The immediate reaction was to imagine a world of possible images and visual connotations, triggered by the vast soundscapes of the music. I thought instantly of flying, surrounded by clouds - both benign and threatening - and intriguing whisps of melody followed by big, dramatic moments and dense, swirling moods. I wonder if Andrew's aviation interests and flying experiences of recent years are behind this set of evocative tunes?

Later tracks in the set semed more firmly fixed on the ground with middle-eastern references and hypnotic rhythmic passages reminiscent of his work with me on my solo albums of a few years ago.

Good to hear the man of a thousand keyboard samples (and a goodly number of fully working fingers) back on the case of making music to generate pictures in the mind of the listener.

Close your eyes, sit back and take to skies with the reassuring knowledge that there is a man of experience safely at the controls while you make your own private mind-movie to the soundtrack."

Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull
August 2010