From the forthcoming EP Gates Of Light II London edition EP which is a collaboration between Glaswegian singer-songwriter Louise Quinn and DJ/ musician Scott Fraser. 

Scott and Louise's first collaboration was remixed and released by Andy Weatherall on his Birdscarer vinyl imprint in 2019 accompanied by a handwritten note describing the track as 'sublime magick'.

Scott and Louise play Last Night From Glasgow's 8th birthday party at Webster's Theatre in Glasgow on Friday the 1st March along with The Filthy Tounges, Port Sulphur and Warren McIntyre.

Make It Real

Marianne Faithful does disco was the brief for this Wor_kspace version of the new Gates Of Light single out on Last Night From Glasgow on the 17th of May. Double A-siding with Kid Loco's 60’s inspired gypsy baroque version of Louise Quinn's song; the collective demonstrate how much production can affect the interpretation of a song. The song started life as a vocal and acoustic guitar track recorded on a mic made out of submarines.

The album Gates Of Light II is being released as a series of three EPs highlighting each producer and their hometown; the Glasgow Edition EP (produced by Finlay MacDonald) and Paris Edition EP (produced by Kid Loco) are out now with the London Edition (produced by Scott Fraser) and a vinyl compliation to follow.

Photo by Chris Hogge.

When I Look At You (Wor_kspace Version)

The Liffey trudges to the sea
Along by Custom House Quay
Where famine phantoms frozen here in time
With haunted eyes, all skin and bone
Come barefoot miles from home
To leave with Jeanie Johnston on the tide

Winds roaring
Raging ocean
Hear those desperate cries
Please God, our children will return again someday
Safely to our land of a hundred thousand welcomes
Where they’ll know about the famine and the wars
Through our songs and our stories of oppression
They must not forget
What we are fleeing for
What we’re fleeing for

The Grand Canal is dark and cold
The trees all dripping with gold
And on the bank a heron sentry stands
A lonely man behind the fence
Unrolls his rug by the tents
And kneels in prayer toward his desert land

Shells booming
Hunger looming
Hear those desperate cries
Please God, our children will be safe again someday
When we reach the land of a hundred thousand welcomes
Where they know about the famine and the wars
Through their songs and their stories of oppression
They will understand
What we are fleeing for
What we’re fleeing for

In our land of a hundred thousand welcomes
Where we know about the famine and the wars
Through our songs and our stories of oppression
We must not forget
What they are fleeing for
We’ve been there before

When I Look At You (Wor_kspace Version)

Gates Of Light

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