BIRDVOX + MADRIGIRL

Birdvox | listen here |

Birdvox are four established, multi-tasking artist-producers: Sarah Hayes (vocals, flute, synths, programming), Charlotte Printer (vocals, bass), Jenny Sturgeon (vocals, guitar, synths, sampling) and Inge Thomson (vocals, accordion, electronica, beats). Formed from a shared passion for birds, harmonies and impromptu kitchen discos, the group creates an energetic, shapeshifting sound rich with harmonies and vocal interplay.

Expect joyful music pulled from pasts that never met… It’s post-folk, post-pop, post-pigeonhole. It’s the sum of all its parts. Birdvox are what happens when you rewrite the recipe and shake the kaleidoscope.

birdvoxmusic.com

Madrigirl | listen here |

As Madrigirl, genre-defying oboist and multi-instrumentalist Jude Rees fuses medieval sounds and instruments with analogue circuits and loops. She weaves ancient polyphony into new compositions and improvisations that collide the ancient, the modern and the future. 

The set features shawms, English border bagpipes, crumhorns, hurdy gurdy, hand percussion, analogue synths, electronics and vocals.

While she is new as a solo artist, Rees has collaborated with some of the luminaries of the British folk scene and guested on numerous albums and tours. Some film, theatre and live event credits include The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (for Warner Bros.), The Royal Shakespeare Company (various), Royal Bastards: Rise of the Tudors (for Sky Arts) and touring with three different BBC Radio2 nominated folk acts (Pilgrims’ Way, Will Pound and Jim Moray). 

Witness her craft contemporary music on ancient instruments.

judereesmusic.co.uk/madrigirl