Clive Mitten releases stunning new promo video for Suite Cryptique

By Jerry Ewing
( Prog )
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Former Twelfth Night bassist Clive Mitten will release his new orchestral double album Suite Cryptique in March

Clive Mitten
(Image credit: Clive Mitten)

Clive Mitten has released a brand new promo video for his upcoming album Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night 1978-1983, his reworking of old Twelfth Night material in an orchestra style, which will be released in March.

'This video features one of the most emotional moments within the Suite Cryptique," says Mitten. "It is the first three and a half minutes of the new Afghan Red, which is my proudest achievement to date. The abstract video works beautifully with the music."

Suite Cryptique has been written, arranged, recorded and produced by Mitten. The cover painting is by former Twelfth Night singer, the late Geoff Mann (who sadly passed away on February 5, 1993), one of a number of sketches Mann made in 1982 while the band were recording the Fact & Fiction album. Manns wife Jane acts as strings consultant on the album.

Pre-order Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night 1978-1983.

Clive Mitten - Suite Cryptique long promo - YouTube
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Jerry Ewing
Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.