Burning Codes is the solo project of Irish, Belfast born singer and songwriter Paul Archer. Paul also contributed vocals to five tracks on Snow Patrol’s ‘Eyes Open’. The projectincludes various sonic collaborators including Iain Archer: Solo Artist, Snow Patrol, Reindeer Section, and Ivor Novello winner, and Stuart Sweeney: Sonic composer and loop guru.
Burning Codes music concerns our own unique messages, the codes which are truly ours, understood and owned by each of us uniquely. The music is birthed from our moments and what we do with these moments, how we see, feel, react, encode and decipher the inner messages and the outer manifestations of what we feel, think and do. So, in some way the aim is to try to ’seize the moment/s’ and, as much as possible, create right there and then, just to see what happens when we abandon our conventions and let things flow.
Burning Codes has received Radio One airplay via Zane Lowe’s Evening session, BBC 6 Music and BBC NI’s Across The Line plus various local stations nationally as well as independent radio stations in the U.S.Recent gigs have seen Burning Codes supporting and playing with the likes of Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan, Elbow, Duke Special and many others.
’The Worthy Cause’ EP was released May 2008 on new, fresh and innovative Belfast label Only Gone Records and was a featured release on iTunes in it’s first week of release. The new eponymously titled long player was released 19 October 2008 (for album reviews and press see sites below).
"Breathtaking…it kicks redemptive ass", Gary Lightbody, Snow Patrol
"It is new music that sounds like nothing else around at the moment - beautiful, soulful, momentary paeans of glory, I kid you not", Iain archer, Solo Artist, Ivor Novello Award winner
"Burning Codes are showing why it is sometimes better to lead by what comes from inside rather than follow what is going on all around", MP3 Hugger Review
Burning Codes music concerns our own unique messages, the codes which are truly ours, understood and owned by each of us uniquely. The music is birthed from our moments and what we do with these moments, how we see, feel, react, encode and decipher the inner messages and the outer manifestations of what we feel, think and do. So, in some way the aim is to try to ’seize the moment/s’ and, as much as possible, create right there and then, just to see what happens when we abandon our conventions and let things flow.
Burning Codes has received Radio One airplay via Zane Lowe’s Evening session, BBC 6 Music and BBC NI’s Across The Line plus various local stations nationally as well as independent radio stations in the U.S.Recent gigs have seen Burning Codes supporting and playing with the likes of Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan, Elbow, Duke Special and many others.
’The Worthy Cause’ EP was released May 2008 on new, fresh and innovative Belfast label Only Gone Records and was a featured release on iTunes in it’s first week of release. The new eponymously titled long player was released 19 October 2008 (for album reviews and press see sites below).
"Breathtaking…it kicks redemptive ass", Gary Lightbody, Snow Patrol
"It is new music that sounds like nothing else around at the moment - beautiful, soulful, momentary paeans of glory, I kid you not", Iain archer, Solo Artist, Ivor Novello Award winner
"Burning Codes are showing why it is sometimes better to lead by what comes from inside rather than follow what is going on all around", MP3 Hugger Review
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| For All Time | Burning Codes | 3.11 | Electric guitar, male lead vocal with mixed backing | Timbral, harmonic |  | 
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| All You're Feeling | Burning Codes | 2.14 | Electric guitar, male lead vocal | Subtle, soft |
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| Centre | Burning Codes | 3.29 | Electric guitar, mixed choral vocals | Dreamlike |
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| Circle | Burning Codes | 2.20 | Electric guitar, male lead vocal with mixed backing | Strange, alien, with episodes of warmth |
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| Cloak And Dagger | Burning Codes | 4.45 | Acoustic Indie ensemble | Climactic polyphony |
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| David | Burning Codes | 5.26 | Electric guitar, male lead vocal with mixed backing | Choral, prayer-like |
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| Go | Burning Codes | 3.14 | Electic guitar, mixed vocals | Gospel-esque |
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| Light Is Coming | Burning Codes | 4.45 | Electro acoustic guitars, mixed vocals | Soulful, builds |
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| Searcher | Burning Codes | 2.54 | Mixed vocal, guitar | Meditative |
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| See The Colours | Burning Codes | 3.53 | Choral-esque mixed vocals, guitar, FX | Serene, tranquill |
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| Sharer | Burning Codes | 3.57 | Elecric guitar, synths, female backing vocals | Expansive, inspiring |
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| Whirlwind | Burning Codes | 4.07 | Acoustic guitar feat. synth strings | Etheral, atmospheric, Celtic derivative |
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