Mary Casio: Journey To Cassiopeia

by Hannah Peel

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Gavin Sheedy Love this. Feels like some part of me is floating off into space.

michalp_waw I have been replaying this album many times and I'm very glad to add it to my collection on bandcamp.

The build-up in Goodbye Earth is amazing, and when it hits you with that sound at the end, you will be hooked.

And it is not just a music itself, it is the story behind the album as well. True talent. Favorite track: Goodbye Earth.

JRR This is an incredibly beautiful and moving track. Heard this once on the radio and immediately came here to buy the album. Favorite track: Sunrise Through The Dusty Nebula.

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1.	Goodbye Earth 05:22	buy track
2.	Sunrise Through The Dusty Nebula 05:00	buy track
3.	Deep Space Cluster 05:56	buy track
4.	Andromeda M31 04:40	buy track
5.	Life Is On The Horizon 05:13	buy track
6.	Archid Orange Dwarf 03:44	buy track
7.	The Planet Of Passed Souls 06:27	buy track

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A 7-movement odyssey composed for analogue synths and a full 29-piece colliery brass band

Recorded live in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK, with Tubular Brass by the Real World Studios team

Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia’, explores one person's journey to outer space, by recounting the story of an unknown, elderly, pioneering, electronic musical stargazer and her lifelong dream to leave her terraced home in the mining town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to see Cassiopeia for herself

With artwork by Grammy award winning designer Jonathan Barnbrook (David Bowie collaborator on albums ‘Blackstar’ and ‘The Next Day’ ) and the complete brass band and rhythm section recorded live on location in The Barnsley Civic Theatre with Peter Gabriel’s Real World studio team, this exclusive album combines Peel’s detailed, analogue synth layered production and her expressive flair for performance with ‘Tubular Brass’, featuring the top UK championship brass band players. It’s a wholly unique, collaborative sound and seemingly, a first of it’s kind both live and on record.

At the close of the album’s final song ‘The Planet of Passed Souls’, tutti brass jostle with the hiss and crackle of a 78rpm record. An emotionally charged, scratchy sample taken from a 1928 recording of Peel’s own choirboy grandfather in Manchester Cathedral leaves the listener questioning the reality of Mary’s connection with the stars… Did she ever make it to Cassiopeia? Is this all a daydream as she sits in a back garden shed tinkering with electronics and her telescope? Or maybe this is her final breath as her mind and body pass into another realm of life? Is this science or fantasy? And how much is there really a division between the two?

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released December 4, 2020

Composed and synthesisers performed by Hannah Peel

Brass performed by Tubular Brass

Co-produced with Erland Cooper

Mixed by Oli Jacobs and Erland Cooper

Mixed at Real World Studios, Box

Artwork is by Grammy winner Jonathan Barnbrook – David Bowie’s Blackstar designer

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Mercury 2021 shortlisted artist, composer, producer and late night broadcaster

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