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Adamson is cagey when it comes to exactly what kind of works might be produced under the Central Control banner and when they might surface, although his own solo LP of a few months ago, ‘Stranger On The Sofa’ was the first. ‘I’d like to retain a little bit of mystery about it, because it’s in its early stages; I’m very much giving it bottles of milk now, changing its nappy and getting up at all hours of the night! But there are some great things going on at the moment. I have a housewife and mother in Manchester who’s writing a novel and sending me a page per day by email. In 365 days, we’ll have a novel! She’s inspired by the fact that it’s a way around the problem of getting something published if you’ve never had anything published and I was very taken by the style of her first email to me. I just asked if she’d ever thought about writing and she said yes. Feature continues

‘People might think I’ve been sitting around on my arse for four and a half years,’ laughs Adamson, whose last major release was 2002’s ‘The King Of Nothing Hill’ album, ‘but it certainly doesn’t feel like that. Now, I have 15 tracks for another new record and I’m genuinely inspired about the direction I want to take. I feel empowered and I won’t shy away from doing the things I really want to do. For now, I’m watching where the world is going – and what we need to make Central Control work.’

Barry Adamson plays the Jazz Café on Monday and Tuesday. His album, ‘Stranger On The Sofa’ is out now on Central Control.