Skempton/ Williams/ Ensemble 360 - Man & Bat / Piano ConcertoHoward Skempton was born in Chester in 1947 and has worked as a composer, accordionist and music publisher. He studied in London with Cornelius Cardew which helped him to discover a musical language of great simplicity. Since then he has continued to write undeflected by compositional trends, producing a corpus of more than 300 works many pieces being miniatures for solo piano or accordion. Skempton calls these pieces 'the central nervous system' of

and the album quickly went out of print

Inebriation

Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson started to make a record that was like nothing they had made before - an ambient album that would be both a haven from a suddenly terrified world and a heartfelt musical dialogue between two men who have been friends and collaborators for over two decades

the past and the future

a young girl has a dream

for which his wife

which focuses the sound of the whole band as well as the flexibility of each individual musician within that constantly moving entity

including the powerful "Freedom" which rivals the works on Mingus Ah-Um (1959) for it's strength of purpose and message

even when you thought you've found the most perfect place and the best friends you'll ever make

A fitting time then for our release of the World Premier Recording of Ethel Smyth's late masterpiece The Prison

and heartbreak throughout four adored studio albums

Guitarist/Singer/Writer Doug Henthorn