Let Me Out Records
‘Blink’ out 20th May!
Written by vocalist Brigitte Beraha for her highly acclaimed quartet Lucid Dreamers, 'Blink' is the band’s second album release. Partly composed and partly the result of improv sessions, the beautiful 'Blink' transcends jazz, and melds with electronics in a way that is reminiscent not just of Basil Kirchin and Steve Lacy’s late electronic fusion work, but also of Talk Talk and the solo work of Robert Wyatt, in its oceanic ambience, its plaintiveness, and its periodic gusts of squally wildness. 'Blink' - featuring Brigitte Beraha (voice/ electronics), George Crowley (reeds/ electronics), Alcyona Mick (piano/synth) and Tim Giles (drums/ electronics) - is a richly evocative album, yet so spare at times as to threaten to submerge into a blissful, natural silence, intense yet light as air, far reaching in its experimentalism, yet closely attuned to the workings of the human heart.
‘Best of all Beraha is play-ful: full of fun, and in her band mates, her play pals, she has players who are happy to surrender to play-full approaches to serious living’. Jazzwise **** Editor’s Choice
‘A big heads up here for a record scarcely off our player recently’, Marlbank
‘By the Cobbled Path’ out now! Order here
This is Brigitte Beraha’s solo album (voice/ electronics) made at home and in surrounding nature between November 2020 and July 2021. The recordings also captured sounds of the external environment at the time which provided a vehicle for various conversations and improvisations. Music & lyrics written, recorded and produced by Brigitte, with post-production, mixing and mastering by Chris Sharkey.
‘An absolute joy from beginning to end’. BBC Music Magazine 5 stars
‘One of the more beautiful art works to arise from the wounds of the last two years.’ Jazzwise, Editor’s Choice 4 stars
‘..Welcomes one to a womb-like cavern of warmth and humanity.’ Jazz Views
‘A powerful & important statement’ LondonJazzNews
‘Your contribution to jazz and to singing is enormous on this project.’ Luciana Souza
‘Beautiful, fascinating, evocative & endlessly engaging..’ JD Roberts Music
‘Lucid Dreamers’ released 1st July 2020
Featuring Brigitte Beraha voice / electronics, George Crowley - tenor /clarinet / electronics, Alcyona Mick - piano & Tim Giles - drums/ electronics
‘..exceptional recording.’ Jazzwise ****
‘Beautiful’ Freeness, BBC Radio 3
‘“Lucid Dreamers” is Beraha’s most adventurous and personal album to date.’ The Jazzmann ****
‘Utterly stunning.’ Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *