Songs, releases, videos and musical history from Paul Cruse.
Welcome to paulcruse.com
Hello, and welcome. This website brings together the music of Paul Cruse, along with selected work by friends, collaborators and other artists whose music deserves to be heard.
I am Paul Cruse: a singer, songwriter and guitarist who has also been known to explore whatever other instruments and sounds happen to be within reach.
Like many artists, I have worked across a range of creative fields, but this site is centred on music. It is a place for listeners, musicians and music professionals to hear the tracks, read the lyrics, explore the background to the songs and follow new releases.
Some of the music here reaches back many years; some of it is newly restored, revisited or still evolving. Together, it forms a record of where the music has been and where it may go next.
Please feel free to get in touch. It is always good to hear from a human being in an increasingly technical age.
All the best,
Paul Cruse
London, UK
Releases, archive notes and occasional signs of musical activity.
Paul Cruse Music now has its own dedicated YouTube home for new songs, restored recordings, music videos and future releases.
The music content is gradually moving across from the historic Paul Cruse channel, where earlier Paul Cruse music videos and other archive material can still be found.
New ideas continue to appear, disappear, return in altered form and occasionally turn into songs.
A collection of deep-cut demos, abandoned directions and recordings that did not make the original final selection.
The drum-and-bass remix of Honey Tree became available for purchase and streaming worldwide.
Following the response to the original track, the remastered radio edit of Honey Tree was released through major online music services.
Soundcheck, the third Paul Cruse single release, arrived in July 2012. Atmospheric, rhythmic and difficult to place neatly in one box, it remains one of the clearest examples of the ambient dance side of the music.
We Bring You Over received its official release and became available through online music stores.
Honey Tree received its original official release in July 2010, beginning a story that would later include a radio edit, remaster and drum-and-bass remix.
EDM means electronic dance music. It is a broad term for music created mainly with electronic instruments and production tools, often with a strong, dance-oriented rhythm.
Ambient dance combines atmospheric, spacious sound with an electronic pulse. It can overlap with ambient house, chillwave and related styles. Paul Cruse's track Soundcheck is one example.