A meditation on living with the principles of fate or destiny. 

Recorded live at WSLS Studio, Berlin, 2017. One take to tape. 

Players: Richie Setford - Voice/Guitar...Magnus Bang-Olsen - Organ...Ben Anderson - Drums...Andres Barlesi - Piano

Engineered by Andres Barlesi. Mastered by Tom Healy

Photo: Ben Anderson

Oh Great Unknown

I went to Bill Callahan's house. He was naked shitting in a bucket. We held hands and talked a bit while the sun shone. It felt good.

Recorded live at WSLS Studio, Berlin, 2017. One take to tape. 

Players: Richie Setford - Voice/Guitar...Magnus Bang-Olsen - Piano...Robin Studtrucker - Drums...Erez Frank - Upright Bass...Andres Barlesi - Guitar...Martha Rose - Voice...Milly Blue - Voice

Engineered by Andres Barlesi. Mastered by Tom Healy

Photo: Ben Anderson

Act Of A Child

There's a type of cabin fever attached to this Kafkaesque tale of a somewhat delusional man suffering sleep disorder and contemplating his position within the animal hierarchy. Written in isolation one NZ summer and realised in Berlin, 2017. 

Produced, mixed and performed by The Hole Boys. Mastered by Tom Healy.

Crickets - Single

Crickets

A skype conversation with an old friend triggers an internal dialogue concerning, amongst other things, self-worth, ambition and guilt. A hopeful coda cuts through the futility.

Hardly There

Since his arrival in Berlin in 2013, Richie has continued building his reputation as a songwriter and vocalist, a live musician and session player. He has performed on stage with Kat Frankie, M.Rux & The Drums, Max Prosa, John Moods and Itaca. In 2015 he co-founded The Hole Boys and helped establish the Neukölln Country Club, a monthly variety show featuring artists from Berlin and around the world, including Sean Nicholas Savage, Molly Nilsson, DENA, Albertine Sarges, Discovery Zone and Derya Yildirim, to name a few. As a solo musician in Germany he has supported Tiny Ruins, The Magic Numbers, Sallie Ford, Max Prosa, Margaret Glaspy, Marlon Williams, Julia Jacklin and Kat Frankie.

His songwriting is cinematic and affecting, mixing melancholy and pathos with absurd humour and surrealism. Previously working under the name Bannerman, in October 2019, Richie released the Aimless Survivor EP, the first under his given name. His new record Curious Growth will be released in November 2022. Richie also writes and records under the name Bliss Creek and with Andres Barlesi under the name Harmonie Fields.

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