The album really started to take form with the production of the title track in January 2008. The bulk of the production occurred during my placement year at university, working primarily within my humble bedroom studio at the time which essentially consisted of me, my laptop, Reason 4, an orchestral sound kit, a microphone and a guitar. As the album continued to take shape I found myself drawn towards themes of finding beauty in darkness as well as light, isolation and redemption. This led to the album taking on a heavily introspective, contemplative tone, forming a steady emotional undercurrent to the album itself.

The songs themselves were taken from a mixture of existing tracks (re-worked to fit with the style and mood of the album) and new tracks written and produced during 2007-2008. I sent the album as-is to several labels during its creation and, after receiving little to no response, decided to stop wasting my time and release the album independently initially. I genuinely believed I had created a body of work that suitably summed up my influences and experiences prior to that point, and was desperate to share it with anyone who wanted to listen. A combination of Magnatune, CDBaby and a short-run CD copy provided me with the means to get my music out there to anyone who wanted to listen. I decided to focus my efforts on what I knew best - writing and producing music. At the time I didn't fully appreciate the amount of work and effort that would go into releasing a record independently, but I'm still incredibly glad I did.

Distant Activity was officially released in September 2008, just before I commenced my final year at university. Things came full circle when it was picked up and re-released digitally through Distinctive Records in late 2010. A selection of out-takes from the Distant Activity production sessions was released on March 7th 2012 as the free EP Background Activity.

1. Distant Activity
2. Aurora
3. Travelling Light
4. Don't Look Now
5. You're On Your Own
6. Aeon
7. Busy Lives
8. I Am Falling
9. Wildfire
10. Nostalgia

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 9/7/2008
Adam Fielding lives in Huddersfield England

Tagged as: Electronica, New Age

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