ANATOMY:
Love songs to the Earth
ANATOMY is a sequence of songs that charts the passionate love, destructive human behaviours, spiritual longings, physical dependencies and rampant exploitation that make up our turbulent love affair with the planet we inhabit.
Whilst most of us feel deeply attached to those we are closest to, whether family, friends or lovers, there is often a disconnect with the land – especially if we live in cities – and with places and people far away. The causal chain, the consequences of our actions, seems remote.
ANATOMY makes the links between the individual human body, our collective body (our species), and the body of the Earth, with songs of solace and protest, creating a space in which to contemplate and feel the unthinkable.
You are my Earth, beloved
My everything…
Without you I would not be here
Without you, we all disappear…
Sally Potter
Sally’s new album ANATOMY is being released on May 2nd by Bella Union.
Buy tickets to the gig here
CREDITS
Sally Potter – Composer, Lyricist
Marta Salogni and Sally Potter – Producers
Marta Salogni – Mixer
Christopher Sheppard – Executive Producer
Pierre Flasse – Music Assistant
Mike Manzi and Joanna Vymeris – Production Coordinators
Neil Goody and Nick Taylor – Studio engineers
Peter Hardt – Additional recording mixer
Yves Marie-Omnes - Vocal recording
Matt Colton – Mastering at Metropolis, London
Recorded at The Premises and Air Edel.
Sally Potter – Vocals Sally Potter – Piano
Fred Frith – Guitars / Bass
Liam Dunachie – Piano
Ben Reed – Bass Guitar
Valentina Magaletti – Drums
Kieran Leonard – Bodhrán / Timpani
Misha Mullov-Abbado – Double Bass
Matthew Barley – Cello
Paul Clarvis – Drums & Percussion
Zac Gvirtzman – Accordion
Adrian Zolotuhin – Balalaika
Viktoria Mullova – Violin
London Contemporary Orchestra:
Dave Brown – Double Bass
Gwen Reed – Double Bass
Toby Hughes – Double Bass
Richard Bayliss – French Horn
Paul Cott – French Horn
Phillippa Koushk-Jalali - French Horn
David Geoghegan – Trumpet
Sasha Koushk-Jalali – Tuba