laurence collyer playing electric, acoustic and treated guitars, effects, banjo, lap steel, box harp, zither, piano, organ, casios, omnichord, harmonium, shruti box, radios, tapes, melodicas, percussion, bells, glockenspiel, electronics, found sounds, field recordings, voice, harmonicas.
help live has come from: paul cook, stacey harvey, lewis shaw, rob white, jane bartholomew and vicky steer, special thanks to stephen burch.
OUT NOW! NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE FROM WOODLAND RECORDINGS.
Influences
father sergius, blaise cendrars, paris spleen, gurdjieff, satie, sigma polke, tolstoy, chekhov, singer sargent, debussy, chopin, tape machines, solzhenitsyn, cats, girls, patchen, jack mapanje, luc tuymans, sacred heart singers of alabama, radios, nausea, realism, tremolo and reverb, sons of pioneers, pressing it and seeing what happens, casio, cossacks, francis bacon (both), john wyndham, ennio morricone, marconi, RNLI, RSPB, the west country, elomar, xangai, pens and paper, hardy, foxes, badgers, jays, nostalgia, creekmoor, found sound, field recordings, fires
Sounds Like
for live shows either mail me direct or contact bookings@woodlandrecordings.com
generally i'll play anywhere, bars, clubs, cafes, house parties, homes, gardens, wakes, on boats.....
“Laurence manages to silence rooms with his mixture of ominous lyrics, creaking slow-motion guitar and a hint of violence.” - New Folk Review
“…this is haunting, intense, spectral folk but with a distinctly British sound…
Laurence Collyer's diamond family archive is a unique, revolving ensemble, centering around his ghostly, deeply emotive songwriting. imagine Mark Kozelek's haunting folk with elements of Robert Wyatts heart wrenching vocals combined with Collyer's beautiful songs this is a truly great disc” – Rough Trade
“A true highlight from this years home game!” - Fence records
“Strange and tender songs built around layered loops of live guitar, lap steel and electronica. Leftfield, oddball and gorgeous, a beautiful and fragile noise and sublime lo-fi melancholia”- Stolen Recordings
“Laurence's odd, personal lyrical observations beguile and bewilder. Music rarely comes more atmospheric than this. the diamond family archive; if you have yet to see them, prepare to be stunned”. – The Gilded Palace Of Sin
Trance-like and intimate, folksongs for darker hearts, Laurence Collyer's mesmerising live performances are hard to translate to record (and this is his third album this year) but on Pear Tree they do. Chilling evocative lyrics coupled with a droning countryfied guitar and assorted accompaniment, this is DFA's finest recording yet. Imagine how Bob Dylan and the Band might have sounded if they'd been holed up in a cold drizzling English countryside with only bottles of cough syrup and Lou Reed's Berlin LP on constant rotation. It's that good. – Southcoasting Blog
The way the Archive's instrumentation merges, rises and falls is particularly brilliant in this, for the most part, raw-edged company, their 'Tuesday's Plan' a stunningly romantic epic of high-art musical subtlety. – Tangents
Forthcoming Releases:
Album - The Wanderer (covers album)- Label - Woodland recordings.
Album - 1-20 - Label - Electronic Musik.
Album - Songs for a Dala Horse - Label - Dala Horse (Italy).
Album – Dyke Road Drive - Label - A Beard of Snails (Denmark).
The Diamond Family Archive's Friend Space (Top 10)
Join Cafe Concrete to mark the launch of the Neil Rose concept album Wilbur Whateley/Psychopomps on onec (www.onec.tv).
The evening will feature a live collaboration between Neil Rose and Jamell Ackford, together with a performance by Ben Solo and a DJ set by Mummy Thinks We’re Special.
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My pleasure & big thanks for your kind words. I will draw you if you like it? I love the beard. Anyway, I think you make beautifull songs, and really hope to see you in Holland once. Take care, Renée
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