A loose collective centred around the nucleus of Peter Chilvers and reclusive marimba/vibraphone virtuoso Jon Hart, A Marble Calm's debut release Surfacing is an ambitious collection combining textural instrumentals and drifting songscapes.
Featuring Burning Shed regulars Tim Bowness, Sandra O'Neill and Theo Travis and clocking in at 74 minutes long, the album distinctively blends influences from Contemporary Classical (Gorecki/PŠrt), ECM Jazz, Sigur R—s and the ambient songwriting of Sylvian, Eno and No-Man.
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"Sandra O'Neill's singing on Gillian Welch's "I Dream a Highway" is heart-meltingly beautiful. I think this song deserves a new category - something like 'future country'. More, soon, please!"
Brian Eno
"Among the influences listed on the website of this mesmerizing collective are Sigur Ros's (), Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden and Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert, to which we would humbly add the ECM roster in general and latter-day David Sylvian in particular. The effect is akin to contemplating the stillness of a pond that's surrounded by spectators whose guiding principle is to subtly alter the environment while barely disturbing the surface."
Anti Hit List, Toronto Sun
peter chilvers
piano, electric piano, organ, synth, sampler
guitars, fretless bass, space bass, double bass
jon hart
vibraphone, marimba, mbira
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tim bowness
vocals and lyrics on another world and the conquer and divide
acoustic guitar on another world
sandra o'neill
vocals on winter's voice and i dream a highway
rob jackson
electric and pedal steel guitars on starlift and i dream a highway
theo travis
flute loops on winter's voice and in flight
wah-wah soprano saxophone on winter's voice