Alabaster dePlume
Angus Fairbairn AKA Alabaster dePlume shares new double A side single Mrs Calamari b/w Who Is A Fool, both tracks taken from forthcoming album Gold due 1st April via Lost Map and in partnership with Chicago label International Anthem and the Total Refreshment Centre in London.
PHOTO CREDIT: CHRIS ALMEIDA
Instrumental A-side 'Mrs Calamari' and mid-tempo freak-folk grooving B-side 'Who Is A Fool' are the latest tracks to be shared from GOLD with Mrs Calamari' comeing alongside 8mm film video, marking a directorial debut for Dan “Danalogue” Leavers from UK electro/jazz monoliths The Comet Is Coming, who comments on the video “The film explores the archetypal hero's journey, the symbolism of circles (transformation/death/life cycles). Mrs Calamari is represented as a squid goddess, a teaching of the 'other’. It is essentially a story about growth and being guided by love. I felt strongly about the magical, organic sound of the music, recorded live and to analogue tape. This gave me inspiration to film on Super8, an antiquated format that holds within a mystery and timelessness.”
The follow up to the widely acclaimed 2020 release To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1, Gold is a tender record celebrating the spirit of being unconventional and the communal act of making music, comprised of 18 vocal and instrumental tracks shifting between jazz, modern-classical and electronica featuring contributions from Falle Noike, Sarathy Korwar, Rozi Plain and Tom Skinner.
ALABASTER DEPLUME LIVE:
SAT, MAR 19 @ PUBLIC RECORDS, NEW YORK CITY, USA
WED, MAR 23 @ SLEEPING VILLAGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA
MAR 24-27 @ BIG EARS FESTIVAL, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE., USA
WED, MAR 30 @ THE LODGE ROOM, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA
SUN, MAY 1 @ THE VILLAGE UNDEGROUND, LONDON, UK (GOLD ALBUM LAUNCH)
WED, MAY 6 @ XJAZZ FESTIVAL, EMMAUSKIRCHE, BERLIN, GER
THU, MAY 19 @ ANCIENNE BELGIQUE, BRUSSELS, BEL
JULY 1-4 @ KELBURN GARDEN PARTY, LARGS, UK
SEP 1-4 @ END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL, LARMER TREE GARDENS, SALISBURY, UK
