{"product_id":"dreamlife-of-debris","title":"Dreamlife of Debris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreamlife of Debris\u003c\/em\u003e carries forward the story begun on Kit Downes’s \u003cem\u003eObsidian\u003c\/em\u003e (ECM, 2018), extending and developing its processes and core ideas. But where \u003cem\u003eObsidian\u003c\/em\u003e was (almost exclusively) a solo church organ album, part of Kit’s plan for \u003cem\u003eDreamlife\u003c\/em\u003e was to put the organ in a broader context, and also to bring the piano into the larger compositional picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians in the project are primarily players with whom \u003cstrong\u003eKit Downes\u003c\/strong\u003e has had long associations- saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eTom Challenger\u003c\/strong\u003e, cellist \u003cstrong\u003eLucy Railton\u003c\/strong\u003e, drummer \u003cstrong\u003eSeb Rochford\u003c\/strong\u003e - and there is also a first musical encounter with Norwegian guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eStian Westerhus\u003c\/strong\u003e. \"\u003cem\u003eI was interested to see how bringing in different people would change the direction of the recording.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is drawn from sessions recorded at two UK locations- the 13th century church of St John the Baptist in Snape in the Suffolk countryside and St Paul’s Hall (a converted 19th-century church) at Huddersfield University - where the musicians arrived to variously interact with Downes. The instrumentalists meet, as Downes puts it, \"\u003cem\u003ein a space with no singular character\u003c\/em\u003e\", with a dream-like ambience being created through overdubs and collage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the players do not come together as an ensemble, their appearance as individuals in changing constellations influences the direction of the shape-shifting music triggered by Downes’s improvising, arranging, and composing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePersonnel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kit Downes (piano, organ), Tom Challenger (tenor saxophone), Stian Westerhus (guitar), Lucy Railton (cello), Sebastian Rochford (drums)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50464518930763,"sku":"1078080","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/77a45b7c-365d-493b-b46f-4057743877d9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727275913","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/dreamlife-of-debris","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}