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Earth Mothers compris prelude (Vinyl) - comes with digital copy (msg me)

by CLAIR

  • Limited Edition 12" amethyst coloured vinyl with Earth Mothers sticker
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    Limited Edition 12" amethyst coloured vinyl with Earth Mothers sticker

    Turnaround for this is around 4 months (it's on the priority list) so be sent out around February 2022
    Update: Looking at around April / May now for this, but it's still on priority.

    100 copies only with bonus Queen Bee prelude!

    This art work is by two very special artists - Pat Shuro and Finlay Mackay, with a little input from yours truly ofc, look them up on Instagram.

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Boomkat: "Earth Mothers" is a quiet revelation, combining new age minimalism with mbira improvisation and luscious cinematic soundscaping.

The Quietus: (Featured in: Music of the month & Spools out) The Quietus 'Clair's tracks sift delicate layers into stunningly intricate sound worlds'

Clint Mansell (film composer Black Swan / requiem for a dream / Ben Wheatley films) 'I really like your music' 'there's an ache to Kelvingrove and a euphoria to Catnip' 'work shows breadth':

Hudson Mohawk 'Tunes are brilliant! Especially Catnip'

Joe muggs (journalist / author / Dj) 'really love how you've found a sound that's all yours Clair. It's inspiring in fact':

Keith McIvor / Twitch (Optimo) 'Epic, really great, love it'

Luke Turner ( Co Founder of The Quietus) 'Great, right up my strasse' the Tiger Queen track is bloody lovely, has hints of the sort of Musick To Play In The Dark Coil stuff ‘

Richard Norris (Mute) 'I love it. So many good things going on throughout the album. People have compared it to Philip Glass, Eno, etc, however it sounds more far unique than this suggests. It's a widescreen fever dream.'

Iniquitous Glory: the scope, the richness and the possibilities that emerge with each listen. It is a genuinely remarkable work.

Deejay Umb: It’s like a musical tapestry of a hidden magical garden
Jajouka Pipes, Zeppelinesque Drones, Gamelan Vibes, Depeche Mode Black Celebration era Electronica, Jimmy Page Lucifer Rising atmospherics & Felix Laband soundscapes with a hint of KLF!

Manpower: 'Love it' 'pastoral and gothic in equal measure'

Neil Cooper (journalist) 'Like a woozy fever dream in a magic forest after dark after being possessed by Angela Carter'

Ned Ragget (journalist, Pitchfork, The Quietus etc) 'playful’ instrumental electronic/psych spookiness'

Rebecca Vasmant (wwfm resident) 'love these tracks':

Martyn Pepperell newsletter (music journalist for Dazed / Mixmag ++)
'This one snuck up on me within my direct line of sight, and it is a genuine delight. Having spent a lifetime living with - and working in - music, Glasgow promoter-turned-record label boss-turned-music producer CLAIR delivers the debut album of a lifetime. Ostensibly existing within a similar constellation to the minimalist compositional work of Philip Glass and the tinted ambient hues of Brian Eno, but refracted though the spectral lens of neo-classical, psychedelic folk, kankyō ongaku and a veritable multiverse of additional forms. Earth Mothers is environmental music, journey music, relaxation music, but without any of the snake oil new age pretensions these reference points are sometimes linked with.

Samantha Bagg (DJ, Pikes Ibiza / Music for dreams presenter) 'Genius, Philip Glass meets Brian Eno' ‘Beautifully haunting. Unnerving yet comforting all at the same time. Absolute talent’:

Stuart McLean (The dark outside festival curator) 'Really brilliant':

Grainne Vedamanikan (Synergy concerts) 'Love Love Love it, it’s really beautiful!'

Clair is that extraordinary thing: a musical artist that arrives not only fully formed, but with a completely mature sound. Her Earth Mother may be a debut album, but its genesis takes in decades of life and musical experience, including right at the heart of Glasgow’s unique music scene.

The record music comes from a place of healing through nature – using magick, field recordings, experimenting with instruments she picked up from travelling and in charity shops, as well as random objects ranging from sex toys to a mini sewing machine to jewellery tools, even a blow torch. At points, you might think it falls somewhere in between ambient, neo-classical and folk but with the odd nugget of – as Clair puts it in true Glaswegian form – “ecto hit euphoria”. You might hear hints of Terry Riley or Japanese new age or other hip reference points but really, truly it’s not about references: it exists in a space that’s all its own. This is one woman’s vision coming through loud and clear.

This is what a life of total immersion in music does to a person. From Guns’n’Roses and rave tapes in the car as a wayward kid, to raving at Slam and Optimo and Glasgow’s notorious after-hours house parties, to promoting her own shows and running her own label, Clair’s absorbed it all. She might have only started making music in 2019 for her own therapeutic purposes, and taking it seriously in 2020 as a way of staying on a level in lockdown – but without knowing it she was spending thousands of hours preparing. This rich, beautiful record is a summation of the light and dark, the instinctive and the well-schooled, the rough and the smoothed of a life well lived... and it’s only just the start.

released July 15, 2021

Big love and thanks to Finlay Mackay and Pat Shuro for the incredible art work.

Much love to the legend Brian Sweeney for filming the gorgeous audacious rollergirl Alicia Rogers for me.

Big thanks to Harry Olorunda for arranging sponsorship from Dead Man's fingers rum.

Thanks and massive love to my dear friend Will Croxford (who some of you might know from Dalston Superstore, he lives in Stockholm now) for grabbing me some field recordings in Spain, and for editing the video 'Kelvingrove'

Massive love to Catherine and Gordon Lemay for recording their wee one Cuisle Lemay singing in Gaelic

Big love to London pals comedian and musician Sam Vom Cruise Hammond for recording his cat Hercules, and the lovely Laura Pye for her recording of her cat Furlough.

Massive thanks to Sam Smith at Green door for his wonderful as always mastering

Huuuuuge thanks to:
Clint Mansell
Luke Turner (The Quietus)
Hudson Mohawk
Samantha Bagg (Pikes / Music for dreams)
Stuart McLean (The dark outside festival curator)
Henry Moller (Audio doughnuts)
Tom Keil (Ultra Music)
Grainne Vedamanikan (Synergy concerts)
Richard Norris (Mute)
Deejay Umb (Generation Bass)
Speedy from Radio Buena Vida
Rebecca Vasmant
Konx-Om-Pax
Neil Cooper (music journalist)
Craig Bell
Ned Raggett (Music journalist)
James Thornhill (Music journalist)
Daryl Leach
My good pal Blair Govan
and especially to Joe Muggs and Keith McIvor for all their massive support along the way inc radio play

Woody my old friend, you'll be dearly missed and never forgotten, you were nooooooo tooooo baaaahuuuuuud.

credits

released October 12, 2021

Mastering - Sam Smith Green door

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