Peach (2015), by Alabaster DePlume and Angus Fairbairn

Peach (2015)

by Alabaster DePlume and Angus Fairbairn

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davekillcountysmith Spoken word accompanied by saxophone that speaks, sings and weaves beautifully with an orchestra of instrumentation. Experimental, folk. This man clearly has a lot of musical friends. I hope he gets many musical fans. I adore this album. Favorite track: Strange.

Mod Exist I was pleased to discover this album for a number of reasons. First of all it is a really great album. Beautiful instrumentation and spoken word. Secondly I was happy to discover that Angus Fairbairn the primary person in the making of this album is from Manchester. That was enough for this to be a great album, but then I discovered that Paddy Steer was involved in the creation of the album, as producer, engineer and musician. There couldn't be a way to make this album any more serendipitous. Favorite track: Going Away.

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1.	I Feel Good 03:47	buy track
2.	Not Now, Jesus 03:39	buy track
3.	Believe Me 02:25	buy track
4.	How Could They Know 02:10	buy track
5.	Turpentine 02:26	buy track
6.	Inside A Heart 02:33	buy track
7.	If You're Sure You Want To 03:51	buy track
8.	Going Away 02:06	buy track
9.	Snake Tie 03:29	buy track
10.	Climbing The Wire 00:33	buy track
11.	Pastry 02:58	buy track
12.	Whisky Story Time 02:21	buy track
13.	Do You Think You'll Be Relieved 01:03	buy track
14.	Strange 02:43	buy track

about

Alabaster DePlume
“Peach”
Debt Records
2nd Oct 2015

A peach is a sweet and soft and good thing with a stone in the middle, and this is an album about being a person. Smartphones, analogue tape, valve microphones, computers, group games and a grand banquet were used to create this collection of songs, tunes and monologues, that use a series of contradictions to talk about being alive.

Long-term collaborators John Ellis (piano) and Paddy Steer (percussion, bass, lapsteel, synth) join Angus Fairbairn (vocal, tenor sax) along with eleven other musicians and nearly a hundred other voices in presenting sounds likened to Ethiopian jazz and Japanese folk music. Scripts and vocal delivery evoke Ivor Cutler, Emo Philips and Leonard Cohen, for this combination of theatre, live-captured music, songs, humour and philosophy.

It is a unique collection, made by unusual means designed around the artistry and conveyance of its many contributors. Created over three years in London and Manchester, it’ll be celebrated in those two towns on the dates below, following its vinyl and digital release on Manchester label Debt Records, on 28th September 2015.

A composer, musician and performer, Alabaster DePlume (Angus Fairbairn) has toured northern Europe, appeared on UK national radio and developed theatre for Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin. His many combined arts projects are based around music, and personal inclusion. In this, his third album, he has employed as many voices as he can, in conveying a method of survival he’s been taught, he says, by everyone he’s met.

Hope grows naturally, like a
dandelion between the bricks.
I feel good…

Manchester launch: 4th October at The Wonder Inn
London launch: 31st October at The Total Refreshment Centre, Dalston

credits

released October 2, 2015

Personnel:
Will Calderbank – cello
Rioghnach Connolly – flute
Ellis Davies – electric guitar
Lorien Edwards – bass guitar
John Ellis – pianette, clavinette, piano
Leonie Evans – backing
Angus Fairbairn – vocal, tenor sax, acoustic guitar, yanquin dulcimer, synths
Dominie Hooper – backing
Philip Howley – drums, percussion
Mikey Kenney – violin
Pascal Makonese – m’bira
Kirsty McGee – bass flute
Tim Vincent Smith – violin
Paddy Steer – drums, percussion, bass guitar, double bass, synths
Rick Weedon – drums, percussion
With selected vocal delivery from – Rioghnagh Connolly, Ellis Davies, Julia Foster, Katarzina Jablonska, Sally Jenkinson, Kasia Wlaszczyk, Oliver Conway.
And with a chorus of attendees of the ‘Excuse Me’ studio feast, 9th September 2014, Antwerp Mansion. Meal by Samuel Buckley.

Engineered by Paddy Steer, John Ellis and Karl Sveinsson. Recorded at Limefield Studios Middleton, Madwaltz Levenshulme, Antwerp Mansion Rusholme and the Total Refreshment Centre Dalston, with additional field recordings at various locations.
Mastered by George Atkins at 80 Hertz.
All songs and scripts written by A. Fairbairn.

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Alabaster dePlume London, UK

Working with International Anthem, based in Total Refreshment Centre, London.

Manchester-born, saxophonist & spoken word artist, composer producer & songwriter. Employs a live-development style using candid communication inclusion and enthusiasm.

Next LP Come With Fierce Grace out Sept 8th on International Anthem, accompanies 2022’s critically acclaimed GOLD ... more

shows

Jan 29

Fashing Jazzklubb

Stockholm, Sweden
Jan 30

Loppen

Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan 31

MUNCH (the Munch Museum)

Oslo, Norway
Feb 01

VoxHall

Aarhus, Denmark
Feb 02

Northern Winter Beat Festival

Aalborg, Denmark
Feb 03

Teater Momentum

Odense, Denmark
Feb 29

ZDB - Zé Dos Bois

Lisbon, Portugal
Mar 01

Salao Brazil

Coimbra, Portugal
Mar 02

Gnration

Braga, Portugal
Mar 07

Spazio ZUT!

Foligno, Italy
Mar 08

Sala Vanni

Florence, Italy
Mar 10

Teatro La Claque

Genoa, Italy

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