'A Different End' by Nya Shelley
From the album 'Tumbled Out By Night' by Nya Shelley(due for release in Summer 2014)
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Written by Sonya Chenery 
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Performed by Sonya Chenery (vocals, guitar), James Edge (bass), with Avvon Chambers (drums),  Ali Dodds (1st violin), Howard Gott (2nd violin), Sophie Sirota (viola), Sarah Willson (cello).
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String quartet arranged and directed by James Edge
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Produced by James Edge and Sonya Chenery
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Recorded by James Edge and Tom Aitkenhead
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Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead and James Edge
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(c) and (p) 2014 Slanting Mounted Head Records
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Photograph by Richard Shakespeare

A Different End

'Old World New' by Nya Shelley
From the album 'Tumbled Out By Night' by Nya Shelley
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Written by Sonya Chenery

Sonya Chenery - Vocals, Guitar, Backing Vocals
James Edge - Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals, Recorders, Vibes, Indian Bell
Avvon Chambers - Floor Tom

Wind and vocal arrangements by James Edge
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Produced by James Edge and Sonya Chenery 
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Recorded by James Edge
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Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead and James Edge
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Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone
(c) and (p) 2015 Slanting Mounted Head Records

Old World New

'Mermaid Song' by Nya Shelley
From the album 'Tumbled Out By Night' by Nya Shelley
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Written by Sonya Chenery
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Sonya Chenery - Vocals, Guitar
James Edge - Bass, Piano
Avvon Chambers - Drums
Alison Dodds - Violin
Howard Gott - Violin
Sophie Sirota - Viola
Sarah Willson - Cello

String Quartet arranged and directed by James Edge
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Produced by James Edge and Sonya Chenery 
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Recorded by James Edge and Tom Aitkenhead
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Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead and James Edge
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Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone
(c) and (p) 2015 Slanting Mounted Head Records

This song is based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale. I wrote it in around 2009, one of the first to be written on my nylon string guitar. It feels very strange to play it on steel strings, on rare occasions I've tried to. In 2013, I was invited by Ann-Mai Roge to Hanstholm, Denmark, where I took part, as a visiting artist, in the Lighthouse Project during her residency in Hanstholm Fyr. There, I sang the vocal of Mermaid Song in a disused bunker left over from World War II, as part of 'Bunker Improvisation' by Partial Facsimilie, with Leila Hansen, Henning Mayann, and Benjamin Baxter. A recording of the whole piece can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/partial-facsimile/bunker-improvisation-edited (Mermaid Song appears near the end of the recording). 
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Mermaid Song

'Sieve' by Nya Shelley
From the album 'Tumbled Out By Night' by Nya Shelley
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Written by Sonya Chenery
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Sonya Chenery - Vocals
James Edge - Guitar
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Produced by James Edge and Sonya Chenery 
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Recorded by James Edge
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Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead and James Edge
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Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone
(c) and (p) 2015 Slanting Mounted Head Records

Sieve

'Tanglements' by Nya Shelley
From the album 'Tumbled Out By Night' by Nya Shelley
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Written by Sonya Chenery
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Sonya Chenery - Vocals, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Ambient Recordings
James Edge - Piano, Flute, Bass Recorder
Avvon Chambers - Drums
Sarah Willson - Cello

String and winds arranged and directed by James Edge
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Produced by James Edge and Sonya Chenery 
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Recorded by James Edge and Tom Aitkenhead
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Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead and James Edge
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Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone
(c) and (p) 2015 Slanting Mounted Head Records

Tanglements

'Autumn's Fountain' by Nya Shelley
From the album 'Tumbled Out By Night' by Nya Shelley
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Written by Sonya Chenery and James Edge
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Sonya Chenery - Vocals
James Edge - Guitar, Bass
Harvey Lord - Electric Guitar,
Avvon Chambers - Drums
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Produced by James Edge and Sonya Chenery 
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Recorded by James Edge
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Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead and James Edge
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Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone
(c) and (p) 2015 Slanting Mounted Head Records

Autumn's Fountain

Nya Shelley is a musical collaboration between artist, vocalist and songwriter Sonya Chenery and multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer James Edge (of James Edge and the Mindstep). As a duo, they have performed live since 2010, and their debut album, Tumbled Out By Night, was released on 31st May 2015.
https://nyashelley.bandcamp.com/album/tumbled-out-by-night
Band photography by Richard Shakespeare and Sammi Gummer.

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