We improvise together to create original music.  This album is a celebration of the first three years of our collaborative journey.  

The inspiration for This World Alone has evolved through working and performing with musicians and artists in London’s rich cultural scene. 

iyatra – derived from the Hindi word ‘yatra’ for travel or journey.
 
This World Alone was recorded at the Union Chapel, London, with engineer Les Mommsen in live sessions in January and July 2015.
 
Alice, George, Richard and Will, October 2015
 

iyatraQuartet
            Alice Barron – Violin 
            Richard Phillips – Cello
            Will Roberts – Percussion
            George Sleightholme – Bb and bass clarinets
 
1. Salutaris, based on plainsong    
2. Talenga (Will: mbira; George, Richard, Will: vocals)  
3. Temple    
4. Mad Molly (George: half clarinet)    
5. Song of the Berimbau (George: percussion; Will: bowed berimbau)   
6. Wayfarer, after Wayfaring Stranger, traditional: I am a poor wayfaring stranger, Travelling through this world alone (Will: charango; George: lead vocals; Alice, Richard, Will: vocals)  
7. No Pa   
8. She Moved Through the Fair, traditional    
9. 1426, chorale by Guillaume Legrant  
10. Spirals (Will: additional clarinet)  

Music by iyatraQuartet
Recorded at Union Chapel in London, by Les Mommsen and Jamie Orchard-Lisle
Produced by iyatraQuartet, Les Mommsen and Jamie Orchard-Lisle
Mixed by Les Mommsen
Mastered at RedRedPaw Productions by Antony Ryan
Photography by Gerard Collett
Artwork and facepaints by Alice Barron

This World Alone

Spirals

1426

She Moved Through the Fair

No Pa

Wayfarer

Song of the Berimbau

Mad Molly

Temple

Talenga

Salutaris

Dompe

'Absolutely beautiful' Cerys Matthews BBC 6 Music
5 Star Album Choice fRoots (debut album This World Alone)
 iyatraQuartet are multi-instrumentalists who work collaboratively to create original, boundary-bending and joyful music.  The London-based quartet have performed at WOMAD (2016), Songlines Encounters Festival, Cambridge Big Weekend, Totally Thames Festival and London International Arts Festival, as well as multidisciplinary projects with contemporary dance, live poetry and film.
www.iyatraquartet.com

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