FAMILY • MUSIC
Amruze / Lemon Fresh
Music passing through generations — from childhood photographs at a keyboard to Amruze's later musical identity and remix work.
NEW STORY • OBJECTS WITH A HISTORY
THE GUITAR THAT CAME BACK
I sold a guitar. My future wife bought it. Then an ITV Telethon gig invitation arrived and I phoned to ask if I could borrow the guitar back.
That phone call changed rather more than the gig.
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AMRUZE AT THE CONTROLS
Childhood keyboards and an intense interest in television lead forward to Lemon Fresh, Amruze, professional video work — and eventually a drum-and-bass remix of Honey Tree.
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NEW STORY • LIVE
ACROSS THE STAGE
Paul playing guitar. Romina Cavalaro singing. One glance caught by the camera — and a photograph Paul's Mum would keep on her windowsill for years.
READ THE STORYNEW STORY • RECORDING
WAR IS OVER
Just after midnight at Music City in New Cross: Sam sleeps through the A2 and wakes up in the silence of the vocal booth. Paul writes a song in minutes to test the studio. A week later, one missing set of MIDI settings changes everything.
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NEW STORY • c.1996
I'M BETTER NOW
A Cozumel photograph became artwork for a CD made for a friend. The title sounded reassuring. It was meant sarcastically — and somehow the phrase kept coming back.
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LIVE
Across the stage
Paul Cruse and Romina Cavalaro in a pair of photographs that catch the exchange between performers rather than merely documenting the gig.
SONG STORIES
How the songs got here
Writing, recording, abandoned versions, rediscoveries and the reasons certain songs kept returning.
THREADS ALREADY EMERGING
STORIES THAT RUN THROUGH THE MUSIC
FAMILY / MUSIC
Amruze at the controls
A child growing up around keyboards and recording equipment; years later, Amruze / Lemon Fresh becomes part of the musical story in his own right, including the 2019 Honey Tree DnB remix.
LIVE / COLLABORATION
Across the stage
Paul Cruse and Romina Cavalaro caught in one of a pair of complementary live photographs — each looking across at the other.
COZUMEL • c.1996
I'm Better Now
A Cozumel photograph sequence later feeds into artwork for a CD made for a friend. The deliberately sarcastic title keeps resurfacing in Paul Cruse musical history.
LONDON • 1991
Sweet London River
A poem written on a floating pier beside the Thames as a possible Poems on the Underground submission. It wasn't selected. The original handwritten page survived.
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FROM THE LOFT TO #1
Soundcheck
Written in minutes as a literal software test, accidentally genre-certified in a coffee shop, and later number one on NumberOneMusic's UK EDM chart.
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THREADS ALREADY EMERGING
STORIES THAT RUN THROUGH THE MUSIC
FAMILY / MUSIC
Amruze at the controls
A child growing up around keyboards and recording equipment; years later, Amruze / Lemon Fresh becomes part of the musical story in his own right, including the 2019 Honey Tree DnB remix.
LIVE / COLLABORATION
Across the stage
Paul Cruse and Romina Cavalaro caught in one of a pair of complementary live photographs — each looking across at the other.
COZUMEL • c.1996
I'm Better Now
A Cozumel photograph sequence later feeds into artwork for a CD made for a friend. The deliberately sarcastic title keeps resurfacing in Paul Cruse musical history.