Experimental Folk collective Folkatron Sessions return with a mesmerising live arrangement of the classic Irish folk song Flower of Magherally. The new cut sees ambient electronica meet folk orthodoxy in a gorgeous, meditative rendition.

Watch the live video here:  youtu.be/VnTWBGzke2c

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About Folkatron Sessions

Folkatron Sessions are a collective of 8 folk, jazz and electronic musicians from England, Ireland and France who bonded over a love of ‘genre-bending’ [Folk Radio UK] folk music. Their ‘unique soundscape’ [Songlines Mag] refracts trad folk through electronic, jazz, ambient, sound art and prog rock lenses.

They met in 2017 at an Upcycled Sounds experimental folk residency, spending an intense week arranging, performing and recording their debut EP Mais C’est Quoi Maman. Enthusiastic reviews from Folk Radio, Eliza Carthy and Ian Stephenson spurred them on to create their debut album Skiver in this same residency format.

In just 6 days they wrote and recorded a ‘pioneering’ [Songlines Mag] album. Its 2020 release on Upcycled Sounds Records saw Folkatron Sessions featured in Songlines Magazine, on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 2, 6 Music and Folk Radio UK.

Credits

From Home No More.

Arranged by Folkatron Sessions.
Performed by Folkatron Sessions.
Produced by Upcycled Sounds.
Edited and mixed by Upcycled Sounds.
Video by Ross Harrison.
Artwork by Upcycled Sounds.

Folkatron Sessions are:
Rémi Allain - double bass and vocals. Normandie, France.
Philippe Boudot - drums and percussion. Normandie, France.
Hannah Jacobs - piano, synth and vocals. Suffolk, England.
Nicholas O’Brien - sound design and clarinet. Paris, France.
Jack Ó hAonghusa - flute, bodhrán and vocals. Ballymore, Ireland.
Lauren Spiceley - fiddle and vocals from Oxford, England.
Martha Wiltshire - cello and vocals from Oxford, England.
Joe Woods - guitar and vocals. Suffolk, England.

Folkatron Sessions - Flower Of Magherally (live)

Leeds duo Lucky Iris release their dreamy single ‘Coffee Shop’. The track is produced by Ed Heaton and mixed by Lee Smith (Holly Humberstone, Easy Life) and will be accompanied by pop up appearances in coffee shops across their native Leeds. The release is supported by Launchpad at Music: Leeds.
A quote by Maeve: 
"Coffee Shop was really just created from our desire to get out into the world during lockdown. Although we were desperate to travel again, we found ourselves really wanting just to sit in our favourite local coffee shop and feel that little sense of normality that comes with being out and about running errands and stressing about running errands. The little things which seemed suddenly so big when they got taken away from us!"

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Leeds artist elkyn returns with delicate new 'lonely folk' track ‘found the back of the tv remote’, released via Tambourine Machine Records.

A personal reflection on dealing with losing someone you care about and finding yourself with a lack of direction, the track follows up the recent singles ‘something’, ‘if only it was alright now’ and last year’s debut EP ‘beech’. It expands upon the soft, half-whispered sound of his previous releases, adding a sonic richness that brings his songwriting to the fore.

“I started writing tv remote after a break-up which left me not knowing what to do with myself," elkyn explains. "I wanted to juxtapose the pretty defeating moments next to the little wins even though they seem pretty small in comparison, like “wasted, alone. Found the back of the TV remote”. There’s a lot about regretting pushing the people away that have been good to me running through the song”.

Behind the moniker elkyn stands Leeds scintillating singer-songwriter Joseph Donnelly. Intricately plucked guitar riffs meet introspective lyricism as this “lonely folk” artist invites you inside his deepest thoughts and fears through beautiful storytelling.

The Yorkshire songwriter’s stirring sophomore release ‘if only it was alright now’ acted as an impressive bookend for the Beech era landing him a feature on Atwood Magazine’s ‘Artists to Watch for 2021’ citing him as “uniquely visceral and vulnerable”. The track also received appraisal from the likes of BBC Introducing, landed a spot on Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’ editorial playlist as well as being highlighted on an array of curated playlists. 

With elkyn’s ability to continue building such a strong presence in such a short amount of time, it comes as no surprise that the wordsmith’s most recent single ‘something’, released Feb 2021, has quickly become his greatest success yet with multiple editorial playlist placements and Radio X’s John Kennedy declaring the track “absolutely fantastic”.

In the shadows of the UK’s numerous lockdowns, elkyn resigned to the confinement of his bedroom walls to write, zoom and reflect before finally returning to Leeds Nave Studios to embark on his next chapter with producer Mark Gustafson, but this time instilled with a newly found confidence.

Glimmers of hope are scattered amongst elkyn’s familiar pulses of dark rumination as we’re enveloped in heartrending tales of youth, love and regret. elkyn is currently working on his debut album.

found the back of the tv remote

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Rezzonator is the electronic music brainchild of Rezzelectro Records (@rezzelectrorecords) owner Duncan Rose. Rezzonator brings you electronic music in a variety of styles from ambient to drum n bass to minimal techno via progressive trance and house. 

Duncan is a full time musician, producer, DJ and teacher and produces all his own tracks from his studio in Nottinghamshire.

He draws influences from classic electronic artists of the 80's and 90's such as Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Human League, Thomas Dolby, Underworld, Faithless, Prodigy right through to current artists such as Richie Hawtin, Minilogue, Blanck Mass/Fuck Buttons, Jon Hopkins, Deadmau5 etc etc.

Booking and other enquiries please email me - rezzonatoruk@gmail.com


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