The Portal has been created by Martin Green Ivor Novello Award winner for composing Aeons, a sound installation that was part of the Great Exhibition of the North, in collaboration with Opera North. Martin is best known as one third of the folk trio, Lau. The Portal is his new album, the follow up to 2016's acclaimed "Flit"
The album features contributions by Yasaman Najmeddin, James Holden, Radie Peat (RTE Folk Singer of the Year), Brìghde Chaimbeul (Radio 2 Young Folk Musician award winner 2016 and Horizon Award 2019 winner), and Kate Young (winner of the Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers 2018 and album of the year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2017).
CD1 Album Tracklisting:
1) Angela - Featuring Radie Peat (6: 22)
2) Etteridge - Featuring Brìghde Chaimbeul (9.15)
3) The Tup - Featuring Yasaman Najmeddin (5.51)
4) The Portal - Featuring James Holden (6.37)
5) The Herd (4.33)
PLUS
CD2, CD3, CD4. CD5
"THE PORTAL PODCAST - ALL 12 EPISODES"
About the Podcast:
Lose yourself in a story of obsession, 40 years of nightlife and 4,000 years of human connection. In The Portal Martin Green, Wils Wilson, and David Greig have woven together a tale of love, music, drugs and deceit over 12 episodes.
A story where two obsessive recordists, and lovers torn apart by circumstance; Etteridge and Angela left us the most incredible collection of 20th century documentation ever made.
From 1947 to 1988 they never met. They recorded any and every aspect of London nightlife, from war-time dance-halls to the legendary M25 raves. But these recordings never saw the light of day until they were discovered in 2016.
Why did they keep these tapes secret? Because for 40 years these parted lovers had been leaving messages for each other in these recordings, a dark, dark story left for us to piece together.
The Portal has been created by Martin Green. This dark tale is not a true story but a Fictional Podcast inspired by moments in Martin’s childhood. Cast includes Dylan Read as Etteridge, Anna Russell Martin & Alison Peebles as Angela. Cast also includes Robbie Jack, Owen Whitelaw, Nadia Albina, Jessica Hardwick and Amanda Wilkin.
credits
released September 18, 2020
Created by Lepus Productions, in collaboration with Naked Productions
Commissioned by:
Edinburgh International Festival
Southbank Centre
National theatre of Scotland
Oxford Contemporary Music
Colston Hall (Bristol Music Trust)
Shetland Arts
MacArts Galashiels
The North Wall
Ivor Novello Award winning, visionary accordion player and mad scientist from the band Lau, Martin Green is well established
as a composer and a recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Award for Composition. His multi artist, collaborative albums are essential listening....more
Love the complexity of this track and the rising and falling of the violins, and the texture. Makes me want to dance.
Thank you so much for this album. I really love it, and find it really inspiring my own work on the Witchcraft Trials ❤️ tararosehip
Thanks for the beautiful music Karine and Dave. it's been a while since I've felt so emotional listening to a new album. Every lyric is so beautifully supported by the piano parts. Laura-Beth Salter
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