RACHAEL DADD (UK)
Support: Ichi
In August this year, experimental folk multi-instrumentalist Rachael Dadd released her new album Bite The Mountain through Broken Sound Music (Forest Fire, The Mariner´s Children, Tristram, Peggy Sue).
The album is a collection of raw and honest recordings, mostly recorded onto tape at various studios over a 2 month period during her recent travels in Japan.
“Making my album in Japan specifically was important to me this time around, because during my time there I´ve made important musical friends who´ve had a great influence. I hoped that it would work as a sort of patchwork of recordings from different places – as that´s a reflection of my life – because I´m always travelling around. It made sense that the recordings came from different locations and different situations.”
Rachael´s at her happiest when keeping things honest & low-key, though her nomadic approach to life & music has not gone unnoticed. She´s been celebrated by the likes of Rob Da Bank, John Kennedy, and her peers – where her music and approach to recording via 4-track have drawn her comparisons to the likes of Diane Cluck, Sufjan Stevens, and early Regina Spektor.
Bite The Mountain showcases Rachael as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, where she turns her hands to clarinet, piano, ukulele, banjo, guitar, thumb piano, percussion, and layers of harmony – carefully overdubbing parts until the songs become whole. Although nearly everything on the album is played by Rachael herself, she is also joined by long-term collaborator Rozi Plain (Fence Records, backing vocals), experimental Japanese musician Ichi (Coup Records, steel drum), Japanese composer Aki Tsuyuko (Thrill Jockey Records, organ), Inada Makoto from improvisational band PAAP (double bass), and Maher Shalal Hash Baz member Yumi Ozaki (Domino Records, percussion). The album beautifully ties together Rachael´s loves of Japan, the Brooklyn anti-folk scene, traditional folk music, and contemporary experimental arrangement.
Not one for the limelight, Rachael Dadd manages to keep her head comfortably underground by staying on the move. Living her life between Japan and Bristol, she is constantly touring, constantly writing, skipping from one fleetingly romantic show to another- whether it be a church in England, a gallery in Japan or a squat in Switzerland.
Rachael Dadd can´t stop creating beautiful things, both tactile and musical.
John Kennedy (Xfm) for Dazed & Confused
A beautiful slice of modern-tainted folk… inspiring, spellbinding and most importantly an excellent example of accomplished penmanship.
The Line Of Best Fit
Absolutely staggering.
Sunday Best
Delicate, thoughtful and precise… one of the most fascinating female talents we´ve come across.
For Folks Sake
The true star of a stage positively brimming with quality. Authentic, unpretentious and lightened by Ms Dadd’s loveable persona… Sumptuous harmonies, pastoral melodies and banana grins abound.
Venue Magazine
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