It is rare these days to find a record that is un-categorizable - but, "Ropes", the second album by Duotone is just that. A record that is restlessly inventive and one that sees, front man and main song writer, Barney Morse - Brown, take a new direction from that of their first album, "Work Harder" - which was dedicated to the memory of his late wife. Whilst there is a similar vein running through the new record, it quite clearly takes you to a new place - on a different journey - a big step on, indeed, on many different levels.

Duotone is the name under which Barney Morse-Brown (cellist for Imagined Village & Chris Woods "Handmade Life") and James Garrett, (London based singer song writer and percussionist), write and perform their own contemporary acoustic songs. They loop guitars and cellos, percussion and voices to create ethereal sound-scapes for their poignant lyrics to weave in and out of.

Barney and James were invited to open for Imagined Village on their UK tour in Spring 2011 playing some the UK's top venues and winning new audiences every night.