Her debut release with 4AD Party (produced with the award-winning John Parish PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse) introduces a new pulse to the stark and unpopulated dramatic realm where the likes of Kate Bush and Scott Walker reside. Her body and face a weapon of theatre, Harding dances with steeled fervor in and through an omnium gatherum of emotions.Īs a Bunraku puppet transfigures from graceful maiden into gnashing, black-eyed demon, so Harding spins through sinister torch songs, gentle laments and eerie odes.
The Guardian 2020 Read more less Aldous Harding Posted on Īn artist of rare calibre and intensity, Aldous Harding does more than sing. I like to listen for what needs to be said.” – Excerpt taken from “To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. DePlume’s politics might be more evident in vocal songs from his live repertoire when he’s reshaping advertising slogans into a call to arms or encouraging activism on “I Was Gonna Fight Fascism,” but his commitment to the cause is as palpable through the instrumentals of Cy & Lee… This is music designed to respond to what Russian revolutionary poet Mayakovsky described as a “social command.” “I like the idea that we’re not just doing frivolous decoration. 1” contains naturally elegant orchestration wrapped around something visceral and primordial, combining new compositions alongside bygone instrumentals and understated lullabies that feel like they’ve been picked from between the cracks of civilisation.
The music of his 2020 release “To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. He’s a resident at the legendary London creative hub Total Refreshment Centre, a recording artist for the off-grid, Scottish Hebridean island label Lost Map, and now the latest arrival into Chicago-based International Anthem’s growing family of progressive musical explorationists. Alabaster DePlume is a Manchester-born, London-based bandleader, composer, saxophonist, activist and orator.
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