{"title":"Rachael Dadd","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"flux-4","title":"Flux","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary folk multi-instrumentalist Rachael Dadd releases her new album \u003ci\u003eFlux\u003c\/i\u003e on Memphis Industries. Produced with Marcus Hamblett (Villagers \/ Laura Marling), \u003ci\u003eFlux\u003c\/i\u003e is a response to external and internal tides: the flow of life uprooted; a protest against the flow of recent political history and a diary of the flow within the intimate space of home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollaborators include multi-instrumentalist Emma Gatrill (Willie Mason \/ Matthew and the Atlas), drummer Rob Pemberton (Emily Barker \/ Low Chimes), bassist Jim Barr (Portishead) and vocalists Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) and Rozi Plain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlux follows Rachael’s highly acclaimed album \u003ci\u003eWe Resonate\u003c\/i\u003e which came out on Talitres and Sweetdreams Press, and a string of international releases on Broken Sound, Lost Map, Sweetdreams Press and Angel’s Egg. Living half her time as a travelling musician in Japan, witnessing how other people create things, connecting with other cultures and landscapes; all this is a furnace for Rachael’s innovative song writing, which has seen her gain a reputation as a pioneering and thought provoking artist, unafraid to push the boundaries of folk and pop. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Memphis Industries","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50421839135051,"sku":"1072950","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50421839561035,"sku":"1072951","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4e4c3819-4ee8-4c0b-ac40-eff2c882a374_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726760913"},{"product_id":"kaleidoscope","title":"Kaleidoscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eWildly creative free-form songwriter Rachael Dadd releases her brand new studio album \u003ci\u003eKaleidoscope\u003c\/i\u003e via Memphis Industries and follows 2019’s \u003ci\u003eFlux\u003c\/i\u003e, which was released to much acclaim and which she was touring when the pandemic struck. Like so many people disconnected from their communities and struggling through the lockdowns, Rachael Dadd turned inwards, seeking escape through music and connection through songwriting, and her hope is that when people listen to ‘Kaleidoscope' “they will feel held and find space to breathe, grieve and celebrate.”“This album is a lot more honest and personal than ‘Flux'” she shares, “but I feel the songs are universal as they are largely rooted in truth and love. If I had to pick a favourite album it would be this one because of the magical rekindling of human connection when me and my band got back in a room together again. All that magic went into these songs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCo-produced \"intuitively, boldly, and playfully\" by Rachael and Rob Pemberton(The Staves, Emily Barker, Maja Lena), \u003ci\u003eKaleidoscope\u003c\/i\u003e includes musical collaborators such as Maja Lena(Low Chimes), long-time collaborator Emma Gatrill(Willy Mason), Alex Heane(bass), Charlotte West(synths), Alex Garden(strings) and \u003ci\u003eFlux\u003c\/i\u003e producer Marcus Hamblett(Villagers, James Holden, The Staves), giving the record \"just the right colour combination, just the right pattern of shapes, plenty of space where needed and finally landing in a sound world that feels fresh and open and true” reflects Rachael.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapanese aesthetics absorbed from her time spent living there are subconsciously woven into Rachael’s songs. \"I first stepped foot in Tokyo in 2008, sparked by the adventure of such a rich and different culture and later on I lived on a small island and experienced an appealing and balanced way of life: the aesthetics, the art and the traditions,” she recalls. “There was a lot of caring for each other, a lot of gentleness, and a lot of simple living in harmony with nature. Japan left its cultural mark on me and is now part of my inner world and I’m sure this comes out with the words and music I write”.“But overall” Rachael explains “this is an album of homecoming and reconnecting to my own truth, to my community here, to the earthy land that I love and to the sky that I know\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Memphis Industries","offers":[{"title":"Yellow | LP","offer_id":50426268287307,"sku":"1157319","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50426267238731,"sku":"1157318","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50426267894091,"sku":"1157316","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2df00482-0d35-428b-bca4-b3c0c85439b3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726806085"},{"product_id":"spark-illuminate-the-holly-and-the-ivy","title":"Spark Illuminate \/ The Holly And The Ivy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish folk singer Rachael Dadd takes the holly and ivy as the central theme of her Christmas single, released as part of the Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club, and pressed on snow white vinyl. In pre-Christian times, the holly and the ivy were symbols of the male and female sex. When christianity arrived, the holly and ivy were given new meaning, the holly symbolizing Jesus and the ivy Mary. The holly and ivy, that keep their colours in the winter, became a Christmas decoration, and are the reason why green and red are seen as the colours of Christmas. Rachael covers the 19th Century English carol \u003ci\u003eThe Holly And The Ivy\u003c\/i\u003e on the B-side of her single and uses that carol as an inspiration for her original on the A-side, the poetic \u003ci\u003eSpark Illuminate\u003c\/i\u003e. With just her beautiful voice and a prepared piano (a piano that has its sounds altered by placing objects on or between the strings), Rachael creates an atmopshere of stillness and intimacy, to warm your heart during those cold days of Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachael Dadd is a contemporary folk singer and multi-instrumentalist based in Bristol, England and on the Japanese island of Mukaishima. She is married to Japanese experimental musician ICHI, with whom she also regularly performs, live and on record. Rachael debuted in 2004 with the album \u003ci\u003eSummer \/ Autumn Recordings\u003c\/i\u003e. 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