Essential Ninja Tune

CORRECTED DESCRIPTION 13 May 2024

This is a piece created by Duncan Chapman from recordings of forced rhubarb growing at David Westwood & Son rhubarb farm, near Wakefield. You can hear the rhubarb buds popping as they burst and also some mud as we squelched around in the dark. The audio has been cleaned up as much as possible to remove the sound of both the M62 and M1 motorways which are nearby!

A mass of popping rhubarb - forced rhubarb growing at DWS Farm

Grasscut - Everyone Was A Bird - Remixed 
Lo Recordings
Released: May 06, 2016

Released in May 2015 Grasscut’s third album, ‘Everyone Was A Bird’ was a critical success, hailed as "Inspiring" by The Wire, “Thoughtful and beautifully reflective" by Electronic Sound and "As much an all-encompassing art piece as it is a pop record” by Q. 12 months we now have ‘Everyone Was A Bird – Remixed’, featuring a hand-picked selection of musicians and producers, including the likes of Fink, John Metcalfe, Mira Calix and Penguin Café, who have each reworked the album in their own style.

“When we came up with the idea of releasing a remixed version of Everyone Was A Bird, we drew up an A-list of remixers. Simply, we selected people if we were fans of their work. We were a bit overwhelmed when they all said yes,” explains Grasscut's Andrew Phillips.

“Fink did this mix of Islander while looking at an abandoned ice factory in East Berlin. He’s really got inside the guts of the song, and taken them down into the depths. You could lose yourself in that bass.

We’re both admirers of John Metcalfe’s work with Durutti Column, as well as his solo material. Andrew remixed John’s track Parsal a little while back, and he more than returned the favour on Radar. It’s such a great reimagining of the song, using the original parts so creatively as well as adding new ones to create a beautiful orchestral machine.

Seamus Fogarty’s debut album, God Damn You Mountain, was a crafty and stunningly original mix of acoustic and electronic, raw and fried. We thought he would work some of this magic with Curlews. He did.

Oliver Coates is a brilliant cellist, but here shows a different kind of fluency, with this digital transmogrification of Fallswater from a pastoral hymn to a waterfall to an electronic cataract.

Irish singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley evokes the beaches of Connemara with this elegant sober reimagining of Snowdown, whilst composer Mira Calix goes all Wickerman on Halflife. The granular synth and haunting vocals have been running around our heads since she sent this back.

Leo Abrahams honours Vince Sipprell’s viola beautifully in this remix of The Field. Vince died at the start of 2015, so this is particularly poignant, for Leo and for us. Like many producers, I don’t think Leo realises how good his voice is. Favourite moment: when he takes over and sings the second chorus. A really sensitive reimagining of the original song.

Finally Penguin Cafe seize Red Kite and create a live evolving landscape from the main melody. They gradually drop in the sample of Siegfried Sassoon and the lead vocals to create something deeply hypnotic – an epic and fitting closer to the album.”

The end result is an album that works as the perfect companion piece to the original, respectful without being reverential ‘Everyone Was A Bird – Remixed’ teases apart and highlighting the original tracks individual elements, opening up new vistas and providing us with a fresh perspectives of these songs.

PRAISE FOR GRASSCUT’S EVERYONE WAS A BIRD

"Their work is always extraordinary, slightly challenging, and always rewarding" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6music

'Really beautiful, I love it... Gorgeous.' – Stuart Maconie, BBC 6music

"As much an all-encompassing art piece as it is a pop record" - Q

"Inspiring" - The Wire

“Thoughtful and beautifully reflective" - Electronic Sound

“Beautifully simple music – as experimental as it’s pop-oriented” - Irish Times

“Evocative electronica” - The Quietus

“An organic, naturalistic sound, a kind of galloping, robust folk music, a summoning of Romantic sentiment through modern orchestration” - The 405

FIND GRASSCUT ONLINE:

www.grasscutmusic.com | www.facebook.com/grasscutmusic 
www.twitter.com/grasscutmusic | www.youtube.com/grasscutmusic

Grasscut - Half Life (Mira Calix Remix)

Lo Recordings
Released: May 06, 2016

Released in May 2015 Grasscut’s third album, ‘Everyone Was A Bird’ was a critical success, hailed as "Inspiring" by The Wire, “Thoughtful and beautifully reflective" by Electronic Sound and "As much an all-encompassing art piece as it is a pop record” by Q. 12 months we now have ‘Everyone Was A Bird – Remixed’, featuring a hand-picked selection of musicians and producers, including the likes of Fink, John Metcalfe, Mira Calix and Penguin Café, who have each reworked the album in their own style.

“When we came up with the idea of releasing a remixed version of Everyone Was A Bird, we drew up an A-list of remixers. Simply, we selected people if we were fans of their work. We were a bit overwhelmed when they all said yes,” explains Grasscut's Andrew Phillips.

“Fink did this mix of Islander while looking at an abandoned ice factory in East Berlin. He’s really got inside the guts of the song, and taken them down into the depths. You could lose yourself in that bass.

We’re both admirers of John Metcalfe’s work with Durutti Column, as well as his solo material. Andrew remixed John’s track Parsal a little while back, and he more than returned the favour on Radar. It’s such a great reimagining of the song, using the original parts so creatively as well as adding new ones to create a beautiful orchestral machine.

Seamus Fogarty’s debut album, God Damn You Mountain, was a crafty and stunningly original mix of acoustic and electronic, raw and fried. We thought he would work some of this magic with Curlews. He did.

Oliver Coates is a brilliant cellist, but here shows a different kind of fluency, with this digital transmogrification of Fallswater from a pastoral hymn to a waterfall to an electronic cataract.

Irish singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley evokes the beaches of Connemara with this elegant sober reimagining of Snowdown, whilst composer Mira Calix goes all Wickerman on Halflife. The granular synth and haunting vocals have been running around our heads since she sent this back.

Leo Abrahams honours Vince Sipprell’s viola beautifully in this remix of The Field. Vince died at the start of 2015, so this is particularly poignant, for Leo and for us. Like many producers, I don’t think Leo realises how good his voice is. Favourite moment: when he takes over and sings the second chorus. A really sensitive reimagining of the original song.

Finally Penguin Cafe seize Red Kite and create a live evolving landscape from the main melody. They gradually drop in the sample of Siegfried Sassoon and the lead vocals to create something deeply hypnotic – an epic and fitting closer to the album.”

The end result is an album that works as the perfect companion piece to the original, respectful without being reverential ‘Everyone Was A Bird – Remixed’ teases apart and highlighting the original tracks individual elements, opening up new vistas and providing us with a fresh perspectives of these songs.

PRAISE FOR GRASSCUT’S EVERYONE WAS A BIRD

"Their work is always extraordinary, slightly challenging, and always rewarding" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6music

'Really beautiful, I love it... Gorgeous.' – Stuart Maconie, BBC 6music

"As much an all-encompassing art piece as it is a pop record" - Q

"Inspiring" - The Wire

“Thoughtful and beautifully reflective" - Electronic Sound

“Beautifully simple music – as experimental as it’s pop-oriented” - Irish Times

“Evocative electronica” - The Quietus

“An organic, naturalistic sound, a kind of galloping, robust folk music, a summoning of Romantic sentiment through modern orchestration” - The 405

FIND GRASSCUT ONLINE:

www.grasscutmusic.com | www.facebook.com/grasscutmusic 
www.twitter.com/grasscutmusic | www.youtube.com/grasscutmusic


Grasscut - Islander (Fink Remix)

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From the acclaimed BBC2 series The Brain Doctors.
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Grasscut are award winning composer/producer Andrew Phillips and musician/manager Marcus O'Dair. Phillips writes and produces Grasscut's music, sings, and plays various instruments. O’Dair manages the act and contributes keyboards and double bass. They are based in Brighton, England.

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