More info:  https://hth.lnk.to/trees

Debut LP by London based musician, Wordcolour -  'The trees are buzzing, and the grass.'

Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

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Wordcolour - The trees were buzzing, and the grass. (LP Sampler)

We are thrilled to announce the cinematic debut album from London-based artist @Wordcolour, hitting shops on 24th June 2022.

An artist very much on the rise, following two EPs on Houndstooth and one on Lapsus, ‘The trees were buzzing, and the grass.’ is described as an album of collaboration with contributions from percussionist Michael Anklin, voice artist Natasha Lohan and performance artist Es Morgan as well as vocal appearances from Wordcolour’s circle of friends.

Working with Es Morgan on a written text for the album, Wordcolour chopped and sampled the words throughout, inviting friends to narrate the music along with recordings from Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. “My dad was an acoustics researcher before he retired, and when I was growing up we always had various microphones and bits of gear lying around the house, as well as an early DAW on the computer.  I was a pretty nerdy kid, and I'd always mess around on the computer with my friends, recording our voices and combining them with audio FX to create stories.  It was about creating a whole vivid world in sound, and on this album I feel that I'm really doing the same thing,” Wordcolour explains. 

“In one sense the album is quite cinematic. Not in the sense that it is big or epic, but in the way it is structured. At times the music literally cuts like a camera - moving the listener from one acoustic environment to another. It indulges a fascination with the hyper-real world of Foley and film sound effects, natural ambiences, and Spielbergian film music. It almost feels like an album about film.”

Release date: 24th June 2022 

Tracklist: 
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

The trees were buzzing, and the grass.

Wordcolour - Blossom

"Writing an album gave me the opportunity to expand what I was making beyond the club, and I found myself returning to the world of some of the earliest sketches I made for Wordcolour. In these experiments, I was kind of trying to create "scenes". Tracks which had the emotional tone and texture of a scene from a movie, but without the visuals or the narrative. Kind of like how it feels to fall asleep in front of an episode of the X files or something."

"This track features some amazing percussion work by Michael Anklin. I came across Michi's work on his brilliant collaborative record with Kilchhofer on the Marionette label. I asked Michi to record a number of different textures and improvisations for me which I would then cut up and reorder. I remember the day the first recordings arrived I had such a big smile on my face, and this track really showcases his work on the record."

"I also worked with my friend Es Morgan to create a long list of beautiful, evocative words which I then recorded, cut up, and used throughout the record. On Crescent, I arranged the words to try to create the hint of a narrative. I'll leave you to see if you can figure out what is happening: a strange and vivid moment in the forest."

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An artist very much on the rise, following two EPs on Houndstooth and one for Lapsus, ‘The trees were buzzing, and the grass.’ is described as an album of collaboration with contributions from percussionist Michael Anklin, voice artist Natasha Lohan and performance artist Es Morgan as well as vocal appearances from Wordcolour’s circle of friends.

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Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

Follow Wordcolour:
https://linktr.ee/wordcolour

This incredible Ai Video: Made by Andrea Khora
http://www.andreakhora.com

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Wordcolour - Crescent

More info:  https://hth.lnk.to/trees

Cloud Room - taken from the debut LP, 'The trees are buzzing, and the grass.'

Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

Follow Wordcolour:
https://linktr.ee/wordcolour

This incredible Ai Video: Made by Andrea Khora
http://www.andreakhora.com

Follow Houndstooth:
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Cloud Room

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Wordcolour - Cloud Room

More info:  https://hth.lnk.to/trees

Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

Wordcolour - Babble

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