The idea behind 'Ancestry' was to explore the stories from my family history, including my great, great grandfather: a black minister who married a white woman in Jamaica in 1880;  his son, the conservator of forestry on the island, who planted the trees that are now under threat from the extreme weather and flooding of the climate crisis; and the living and future children in our family, all framing the expression of themes of climate justice, dual heritage identity and generational healing.
 
The album was funded by Arts Council England and the MOBO fund of Help Musicians UK. I worked with producer Doug Cave, whose music features regularly on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Worldwide FM and has frequent rotation on Spotify's jazz/leftfield Playlists, as well as some of Bristol's finest new wave jazz musicians from Snazzback, No Go Stop and Cousin Kula. 

The sound was inspired by classic artists like Marvin Gaye, Carole King and Minnie Riperton as well as Robert Glasper-esque RnB and jazz, and contemporary artists like of Cleo Sol, Sault, Michael Kiwanuka and Jordan Rakei, as well as spoken word of Arlo Parks and Kae Tempest.

Like Family

Imagine Belle & Sebastian had listened to more jazz, funk and hip hop. If you like your indie pop a little off-kilter – like the Magnetic Fields and the Beta Band – you might be into this.

Album available 27th March on all streaming platforms and limited edition cassette (Bandcamp).

Not As Bad As It Sounds

Here All Night

Solo Piano - Chris Bright

step out - 8:11:23, 5.18 PM

The Perfect Armageddon Bride

2023-10-27

The Sign

DEPTH: V

Spring in the wind with pennies in my palm
Dogs bark to wailing alarms
Mother dreamt of calm
We weren’t born into art
We were sold for parts and left

Yet we were handsome and we held hope
And ran the street on an empty gloat
Theft means you’re broke
But it’s different strokes
For different folks
I’d do it all again

I’d do it all again

How can I stop myself, from order of artificial intelligence?
And how can I stop myself?
Won’t you throw me a line?
Won’t you throw me a line?

I’m in awe of phase-based news and I know it’s flawed
And I’m bored of the sordid softcore porn
I’ve been placed on this platform
And if you’re inactive for days you’re no longer half-famous

I’ve fallen to craters of dangerous places
Adverts are television and algorithms are like plasticine
Throw me to chastity, happily challenge me or dance with me
Shut down your computer
And shut down the asylum
I said shut down your computer
And shut down the asylum

How can I stop myself, from order of artificial intelligence?
And how can I stop myself?
Won’t you throw me a line?
Won’t you throw me a line?

Black snow falls, it’s received with thank you’s
Chaos is a virtue here
Specular reflection sneers droops your features like
Clay endearing to our fears
You here the pistol squeal
Epileptic drain lids the disruption of schizophrenic hydrants, defies silence
Then a hum in the latter of the tunnel


You spend your days planned
With will to make grands
Stranded in the middle of the wasteland
Wishing to see the pearly gates stand
And there waits your offering from loving grey hands

How can I stop myself, from order of artificial intelligence?
And how can I stop myself?
Won’t you throw me a line?
Won’t you throw me a line?

Plasticine

Four Tracks

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From my Album "Moonchild" released on Archives

Written and Produced by Tobias Lorsbach
Mastered by Porya Hatami
Photography Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
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Moonchild

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“I paint what I see and not what others like to see.”― Édouard Manet
I invite you to listen to my piano improvisation "Impressionist fantasy № 2".
The sheet music of some of my compositions can be downloaded from my website https://pianoimprovictor.com/ Some new works are available on  https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/victor-birkan-sheet-music/3028943?isPLP=1
Find all my music here: https://linktr.ee/victorbirkan

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