Emergence Collective Album Launch w/Teah Lewis

Emergence Collective (a minimalist improvising large ensemble based in Sheffield) come together to celebrate the release of their debut studio album, Swimming in the Early Hours, released on Redundant Span Records.

Exploring music in real time, via a unique concoction of instruments, this album leans into moments that are quiet, slow and delicate, as well as intricate, expansive and propulsive. There are nods to pioneering minimalist composers, such as Steve Reich, but also more versatile and unpredictable reference points, such as jazz and folk.

Though, like all their music, this album was completely improvised, it does not sound like something spontaneously created on the spot but instead unfurls with beautiful precision and refined sophistication. This unique balance that the group have landed on is fundamentally a sweet spot between experimentation and approachability.

This performance features: Rob Bentall (nyckelharpa), Zebedee Budworth (hammered dulcimer), Juliana Day (recorders, whistles), Jemma Freese (vocals), Tim Knowles (acoustic guitar), Alina Ehret (cello), Ruth Nicolson (violin), Will Shaw (percussion), Jo Veal (clarinet), and Ruth Webber (tenor saxophone).

"Beautifully subtle yet hypnotic performance of stripped back improvised minimalism" - The Guardian

Teah Lewis

Teah Lewis is a Sheffield-based singer-songwriter whose sound channels the soulful folk of Vashti Bunyan and Joni Mitchell. Her sound features mellow acoustic guitar, story-telling lyrics and soaring vocals melodies. Featured in Christian Carlisle's Top 50 songs on BBC Introducing Sheffield for 'Magnolia' and 'Anymore' with airplay on Amazing Radio, BBC Radio Sheffield, Sheffield Live and BBC Introducing.

'Her voice is absolutely next level; a pure songstress ...' - FLAW Magazine on her Richard Hawley support gig

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