Widgery Doo by Widgery

Update 22/04/2024:

My dad passed away on the 19th of December 2024.

Dad suffered from Muscular Dystrophy throughout most of his adult life. He could have easily turned into a miserable bastard as the disease worsened and no one would have blamed him. Instead, he spent the majority of his time as a campaigner for disabled rights, setting up mutual aid programs that helped people navigate the impenetrable beurocracy that comes with disability.

It will take some time to figure out just how many organisations he was involved in. It's coming to light that for every visible act of community building he did, there were a hundred people he was helping behind the scenes with no expectation of reward or credit. Nonetheless, from now, all proceeds of this album will go towards helping support those causes that he fought tirelessly for.

In the moments after Dad died, as I sat by his bed, I had a picture in my head, I suppose you could call it an intrusive thought of sorts. I kept imagining that as Dad passed on, somewhere in the universe, a wizard called Widgery woke up.

I love you Dad.

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'Widgery' is a one off fantasy synth album I put together based on stories my Dad told me and my sister about a wizard named 'Widgery Widgery Doo'.

He used to just improvise these things on the spot drawing from places and people in our own lives. Over the years it developed into an elaborate lore only known to his kids, and, now that we've grown up, his grandkid.

Obviously a pretty big departure from my usual brand of bleak harsh drone, so maybe not what everyone is here for, but it was a sentimental enough project that I wanted to include it in my re-releases. For those wondering, Widgery still has adventures to this day, so whilst there's no plan to do a second album at the moment, I'd never say never.

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