Manchester-born, London-based composer, saxophonist and visionary Alabaster DePlume follows-up his breakthrough 2018 album The Corner Of A Sphere on Lost Map Records, with a brilliant new full-length recording, titled To Cy & Lee: Instruments Vol. 1. This new record is a co-release between Lost Map, International Anthem Recordings, and Total Refreshment Centre Records. 

Influenced by Japanese Min’yo folk, Celtic folk, the Ethio-jazz of saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya and hints of the pan-human ‘ancient music’, this album is a collection of enchanting instrumentals, recorded over a span of eight years. The 11-song recording has an overall spiritual and meditative vibe, combining minimalist jazz, atmospheric tones, and layered acoustic instrumentation, featuring a combination of horns, sparse piano melodies, acoustic guitars, strings, and subtle percussion accents and rhythms. The music could also work as both a soundtrack or the backing sounds to a modern dance piece.

The record combines new compositions alongside bygone instrumentals, and features special guest artists Dan ‘Danalogue’ Leavers of The Comet Is Coming and Sarathy Korwar alongside a large number of London’s finest musicians.

In what feels like turmoil time that is dominated by divisive non-stop politics and global illness, DePlume has truly created an incredible and beautiful masterpiece, healing music for the current times we are all living in. Thank you Alabaster.

Alabaster DePlume — ‘To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1’
(International Anthem / Total Refreshment Centre)

1. Visit Croatia
2. What’s Missin
3. Song of the Foundling
4. Whisky Story Time
5. Not Now Jesus
6. If You’re Sure You Want To
7. The Lucky Ones (feat. Danalogue)
8. Why Buzzardman Why
9. Not My Ask
10. Turpentine
11. I Hope

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• Jazz
• Spiritual Jazz