A little sketch of a ballad I found in Eyre's Halfpenny Ballads, collected seventeenth century broadsheets located in #Warrington Local Studies Archive. Me, Cibelle's harmonium, and some laptop delay and reverb...

The Exciseman (Roud V5636)

Herbie Hancock "And What If I Don't" inspired this one.

Littla This, Littla That

GeneralPractice

Swans

Another piece improvised for my Grandmother. This one has an Autumn-y feel for me. Last train home, Sunday evening...

Last Train Sunday

Solo piano improvisation, made for my Grandmother.

The Church Steps

This is a demo version of one of the songs from my debut e.p. 'New Myths', which is being recorded at a small studio in Prague at the moment. I hope to release it in Autumn (probably independently).

This cycle of songs retells (mostly) ancient myths of transformation. 'Actæon' was the first of these story-songs that I finished writing, almost seven years ago now.

I'm trying to keep everything very simple at this stage, but if the recordings generate interest, I'd like to record a full album with more elaborate instrumentation.

The lyrics are online at www.peterlecouteur.com

Actæon (demo)

A little Medieval Latin thing I made for SYPE Studios to be part of a documentary soundtrack a while ago. A nice happy, wedding-themed bit of mock-historical... 

Adorna Sion Thalamum

    Lacrimosa dies illa
    Qua resurget ex favilla
    Judicandus homo reus.
    Huic ergo parce, Deus:
    Pie Jesu Domine,
    Dona eis requiem. Amen. 

Lacrimosa

A clip of some subharmonic / undertone / basso profundo singing I'm working on for a voiceover commission – getting down around C2.

Tracks by Clair Le Couteur