The Pile feat. Cleveland Watkiss
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“That is no chip, that is the bruise you left, centuries ago, still in our souls.”
In a recent interview with Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 6 Music, Cleveland Watkiss said that we could now see the world as “pre-George Floyd and post George Floyd”. The Pile, continues from that point.
As the “All Lives Matter” voices continue to try and police how black people should protest racism and a government continues to deny it’s systemic nature, Cleveland calls all of it out.
“How could you not notice, bruises at the bottom of the pile.
Why can’t we ask them, show some empathy,
people rebel if they don’t have no liberty.”
With emotional strings over almost psychedelic, folk-soul guitars, swirling electronics and an ever-driving rhythm, this is probably the closest we've come so far to capturing the breadth of Scrimshire's influences and ambitions. The influence of his love for Terry Callier seems to be here in full force but merges with his own recent recordings like Theme For Us or Lost In Space and time.
"This collaboration is a dream. I first heard Cleveland in Jazz Warriors when I was around 14 and it awakened for me a whole new understanding of jazz. To communicate and explore ideas with a writer and performer who had that impact, as well as through his collaborations with other heroes like Stevie Wonder, Courtney Pine, Goldie, who all helped me forming the sounds I’m making here, it's is a mad and humbling experience. I think we drew something out of each other that really means a huge amount to both of us. We said what we wanted to say."
Nothing Feels Like Everything, Scrimshire’s 6th album and the 2nd written in lockdown, provides a counterpoint to the warm optimism of Believers Vol. 1.
As so many of us head back out into the world post-lockdown, with a different perspective on the overpowering nature of it.
It looks deeply at how the absence of something can be just as overwhelming, whether the absence of physical contact, the absence of love, the absence of empathy and respect.
This album places gentleness beside power and cacophony to recreate the vast swings of emotion experienced in isolation. When nothing can be too much, while at the same time, all we want.
Previous Scrimshire album Listeners, released in 2019, was Album of the Day at BBC 6 Music featuring collaborations with Emma-Jean Thackray, Madison McFerrin, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Ego Ella May. It won support from Mary Anne Hobbs, Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft and Huey Morgan alongside an interview and plays from Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2.
His 2020 release Believers Vol. 1, including work with Omar, Penya and K.O.G. landed him in several “Best Of” lists as well as a playlist position on French national radio.
The Pile feels like the culmination of Scrimshire's recent work, as does the whole Nothing Feels Like Everything album, which is released on his Albert’s Favourites label on October 15th.
In a recent interview with Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 6 Music, Cleveland Watkiss said that we could now see the world as “pre-George Floyd and post George Floyd”. The Pile, continues from that point.
As the “All Lives Matter” voices continue to try and police how black people should protest racism and a government continues to deny it’s systemic nature, Cleveland calls all of it out.
“How could you not notice, bruises at the bottom of the pile.
Why can’t we ask them, show some empathy,
people rebel if they don’t have no liberty.”
With emotional strings over almost psychedelic, folk-soul guitars, swirling electronics and an ever-driving rhythm, this is probably the closest we've come so far to capturing the breadth of Scrimshire's influences and ambitions. The influence of his love for Terry Callier seems to be here in full force but merges with his own recent recordings like Theme For Us or Lost In Space and time.
"This collaboration is a dream. I first heard Cleveland in Jazz Warriors when I was around 14 and it awakened for me a whole new understanding of jazz. To communicate and explore ideas with a writer and performer who had that impact, as well as through his collaborations with other heroes like Stevie Wonder, Courtney Pine, Goldie, who all helped me forming the sounds I’m making here, it's is a mad and humbling experience. I think we drew something out of each other that really means a huge amount to both of us. We said what we wanted to say."
Nothing Feels Like Everything, Scrimshire’s 6th album and the 2nd written in lockdown, provides a counterpoint to the warm optimism of Believers Vol. 1.
As so many of us head back out into the world post-lockdown, with a different perspective on the overpowering nature of it.
It looks deeply at how the absence of something can be just as overwhelming, whether the absence of physical contact, the absence of love, the absence of empathy and respect.
This album places gentleness beside power and cacophony to recreate the vast swings of emotion experienced in isolation. When nothing can be too much, while at the same time, all we want.
Previous Scrimshire album Listeners, released in 2019, was Album of the Day at BBC 6 Music featuring collaborations with Emma-Jean Thackray, Madison McFerrin, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Ego Ella May. It won support from Mary Anne Hobbs, Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft and Huey Morgan alongside an interview and plays from Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2.
His 2020 release Believers Vol. 1, including work with Omar, Penya and K.O.G. landed him in several “Best Of” lists as well as a playlist position on French national radio.
The Pile feels like the culmination of Scrimshire's recent work, as does the whole Nothing Feels Like Everything album, which is released on his Albert’s Favourites label on October 15th.
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released August 13, 2021
Written by Adam Scrimshire & Cleveland Watkiss
String arrangement by Frank Moon & Bev Lee Harling
Cleveland Watkiss – Vocals
Frank Moon, Bev Lee Harling – Violins
Vince Vella, Phillip Harper – Percussion
Matthew Gordon – Modular synthesiser
Adam Scrimshire – Drum programming, bass, guitars, Moogs, Juno 6, Piano
Written by Adam Scrimshire & Cleveland Watkiss
String arrangement by Frank Moon & Bev Lee Harling
Cleveland Watkiss – Vocals
Frank Moon, Bev Lee Harling – Violins
Vince Vella, Phillip Harper – Percussion
Matthew Gordon – Modular synthesiser
Adam Scrimshire – Drum programming, bass, guitars, Moogs, Juno 6, Piano
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Scrimshire London, UK
Singer/Songwriter, Producer, DJ and founder of the Albert’s Favourites record label.
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