Track listing (30 mins)
1. Patience
2. With Us Or
3. Hold On
4. Take It
5. Your Hands
6. Two Worlds
7. Imprint
8. Starry Sky
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£6.00 (includes p+p) Everywhere else (just under $12 US :) )
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Influences
Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Tori Amos, Beethoven, the Beatles, David Bowie, PJ Harvey, Bjork, Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Lamb, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Aphex Twin, Autechre
"An exceptionally good female composer-singer-songwriter, sailing way above the usual. She writes in a way that combines accessible experimentation and emotive melody reminiscent of Peter Gabriel at his best, whilst her luscious and romantic voice dares to evoke comparisons to Kate Bush. Yes, that good.... Lily Green has a beautiful, easy, unforced voice that you rarely hear, matched with a genuine talent for production and composition - the kind of talent you can't put a finger on, but know when you hear it. This is something special."
ORGAN magazine ...demo of the week
"Astonishing music. It's great to celebrate someone who can play, and write original, moving songs."
Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
“A feminine riposte to current guitar hegemony and worth seeking out.”
Tasty Fanzine
"… it's terrific… classical gas shriek-pop for piano, harpsichord and electronics. It could be recommended to fans of Bjork, Joanna Newsom, Tori Amos or Faun Fables, but doesn't sound especially like any of them, and certainly nothing like anyone else from this general area.” Buzz
"...Lily Green, who's debut eight-tracker restores your belief in words fast becoming over-used: "ideology", "passion", and "eclecticism"... The serrated wall-crashes of 'With Us Or' through the processed-stacato electronic ubiquity of 'Two Worlds', closing out with the simple unadorned piano elegy 'Starry Sky'. This never feels like an exercise in a 'look at me' diversity, more a natural selection from an artist who is simply too talented not to go everywhere...There is boundless promise at every turn here."
Taking Notes
“… eclectic and original. She seems more than comfortable mixing classical and modern electronic elements, has a great ear for wonderful songwriting but is not afraid to experiment and mix things up, plus her fantastic vocal style stands out on every track.”
Progressive Ears
“The most striking thing about Lily - aside from the way her lightning fast fingers attack the keyboard - is the sheer passion and intensity of her performances... spellbinding.”
Silent Words Speak Loudest
Lily Green is a solo artist currently living in the UK. In a music world dominated by guitar bands/songwriters Lily has a refreshingly original sound. Her songs are a unique balance and blend of listenability, classical virtuosity, emotion and modern experimentation.
Classically trained as a pianist, vocalist and flautist, Lily felt her artistic expression was stifled by the rigidity of the classical music world. After some time off from this environment, Lily began writing original music in a more contemporary style, combining talented musicianship and composition in a progressive, yet listenable context.
Drawing on her musical training, Lily portrays classical keyboard instruments in a synthesis with the technological. Piano and harpsichord are sometimes familiar, while at other times they are processed and altered, and surrounded by her creative style of electronic programming. Lily’s unusual mix of instrumentation and bold experimental approach sees her unable to be easily placed into existing musical genres. Instead, her sound is her own, truly unique from all others.
Hello Lily Just a note to say Mr and Mrs Clark have been hibernating in the countryside but are coming out with a new show at the end of May. Walk The Dead Dog starts in Swansea 28th May and will be at the Riverfront Theatre Newport 30th May. Big production, cast of 7.....5 of them young and talented and us. Clarks xx
Hello lovely lady, how're things going down in Cardiff? Wonderful, I hope - how's the album coming along, I'm still eagerly awaiting its arrival into the world!
Good to see you've got another show on the go btw, I'm about to start listing up gigs in a tick, so will add that up to my site - I'm now over at the brand spanking new http://thekorubranch.com :) Much love,
Hi Lily - hope alls good with you. Must have you back in the Yurt in 09. Meantime ... 2 completely contrasting seasonal specials!
Sun Dec 14th Mr & Mrs Clark present a Christmas Cabba Hey! Milgis Lounge Bar, City Rd, Cardiff. FREE! Exorcise the ghosts of everything that’s excruciating about Xmas. A surreal, funny journey into all our festive fears featuring the globally renowned performance duo, the magic of the Milgis YURT, plus Satellite City star Boyd Clack and more surprise special guests. “like Terry and June on crack”. Amy Stackhouse www. mrandmrsclark. co. uk
Sat Dec 20th Meltdown & Secret Garden Christmas Cavalacade A snow-Globe of sumptuous seasonal shennanigans in aid of award winning mental health charity Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan brought to you by two of Cardiff's most adventurous promoters - Meltdown and Secret Garden Soundsystem and including a a 20-piece jazz/ska wall-of-horns, sassy cabaret, top DJs, a seductively bizarre Mancunian collision of hip-hop, folk and scat, and Santa.
Acts include: Gideon Conn, Wonderbrass, Radio 1’s DJ Huw Stephens, Lilywhitesass Dancers, Kareoke Carols with the Helium Choir, and much more. All in a splendid new 350 capacity venue: The Globe, Albany Rd, Roath, Cardiff. £8. All the fun of the annual Secret Garden Xmas Bash with added Meltdownery.
THIS SATURDAY - a night of girl groups playing fun bubblegum pop with a naughty sense of humour - for fans of Moldy Peaches, Heavenly, Tullycraft, Vivian Girls, Dressy Bessy, All Girl Summer Fun Band!
You've definately got something great going on, I like Patience and your influence list is heavy. Right now I'm into Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place, that's the theme of my life at the moment. Promising things for you I think.
Magical multi-instrumentality, superb songcraft, new comedy and award winning performance poetry, all from some of Wales' most charismatic women performers in the biggest Yurt in Wales, on an Autumn evening! And no credit crunch excuses for not being there - the price is whatever you want to put in the Meltdown Hat!
STACEY BLYTHE A one-woman meltdown, Stacey Blythe plays harp/whistles/keyboard/ accordion etc in internationally acclaimed Welsh folk band Ffynnon. Stacey has performed with Billy Bragg, Meredith Monk, Michelle Shocked, and rising American singer Pamela Wyn Shannon (at last months amazing Meltdown) to name but a few. "Blythe's versatility shines at every note" Radio 2 Folk Reviews.
RACHEL TAYLOR BEALES Her latest album Red Tree - produced by Welsh troubadour Martyn Joseph - takes British folk as its starting point, adding in hypnotic, echoing vocals, subtle strings and country/blues tones to create something entirely new. 'Highly Recommended" BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris "hauntingly beautiful’ Acoustic Magazine www. myspace. com/racheltaylorbeales
CLARE POTTER One of Wales’s most successful performance poets, lived and taught in New Orleans for many years and has won the John Tripp award for spoken poetry. "Crackling with wry humour, affection and defiance".Rachel Trezise
COMING SOON Mr & Mrs Clark & Meltdown present A CHRISTMAS CABBA HEY! Sun 14th Dec at Milgis “like some crazed darkly surrealistic cosmic guerrilla attack” David Adams
