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MP3 The Children - In Memory of Grace
13 MP3 Songs in this album (49:00) !
Related styles: Folk: Modern Folk, Folk: Alternative Folk, Spiritual
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At the heart of The Children is the songwriting team of John Gibbens (guitar and voice) and Armorel Weston (bass and voice).
"We started playing together in the new acoustic clubs in London in the early Nineties. We made our first album, Play, in 1999. In Memory of Grace is our seventh.
In Memory of Grace (the single disc) is a selection from a set of 28 songs that we spent two years recording. The complete collection, on two CDs housed in unique handmade artwork (which, believe us, takes patience to assemble), is available through https://www.tradebit.com.
We recorded on an antique (i.e. 25-year-old) Akai MG1214, a twelve-track, half-inch tape recorder. It uses a special format of cassette that''s not available any more. We knew this was likely to be the last project we could count on it for, which was a poignant thought, since we''ve made six good albums on it already.
We proceeded with all due caution, in case the thing broke down halfway through. The songs were divided into four chapters of 7, and we''d get each chapter to the mixing stage before we moved on to the next, so the finished work has a feeling of four "sides" like a double LP.
At the heart of each track is the live performance by the trio, John, Armorel and Hayereyah, to which we added only the choicest musical ingredients, prepared by top instrumental and vocal chefs.
Picking 13 of the songs to make an album of "Gracest Hits" seemed a daunting task, but in the end they all volunteered for their front-line duty. They make a fine unit and we''re proud of them. The edition has a definite flow and symmetry of its own.
The Children on In Memory of Grace are
John Gibbens: guitars, vocals, JX-8P
Armorel Weston: vocals, bass guitar, shakuhachi
Hayereyah: percussion, harp, jaw harp, vocals
with
Erick Legrand: snare and cymbals on And Dust Be Raised, See Me in the Good Place, Time for You, Gone for Good
Arnold Lane: drums on Second Thoughts, Something Stronger
Hipsophily Escott & Sybylla DeMontagna: harmony singing on And Dust Be Raised, See Me in the Good Place, Waters of Sleep
Nina Walsh: harmony singing on Time for You
Kay Grant: harmony singing on This Life’s the One
Isaac Lee-Kronick: electric guitar on World Without Mercy
Lol Coxhill: soprano saxophone on Gone for Good
Ricky Edwards: flute and bass clarinet on Coming True
Katherine Toy: accordion on Coming True
Darren Morris: virtual Hammond on And Dust Be Raised
Recorded at Tipi Studios, Sydenham Hill, 2009/10
Front cover photograph by John Hume
A Touched Production
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