Gearbox - GB1511 - Virgin Vinyl -
All Analogue Valve Mastering - 500 Copies Limited Edition -
Sasha Siem is a young composer singer/songwriter who has written music for the London Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Opera House, Rambert Dance Company, Opera North, The Aldeburgh Festival, The London Sinfonietta, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2010 she became one of the youngest people to win a prestigious British composer award. Her debut EP So PolIte has been been as much influenced by composers such as G. Kurtag, Claude Vivier, and Salvatore Sciarrino as by pioneering singer-songwriters such as Tom Waits, Jacques Brel, Bjork and Joanna Newsom. So Polite paves the way for her 'Knots And Do-Nots' LP to be released Summer 2013.
Side 1
Kind Man’s Kiss
So Polite
Side 2
Tug of War
See-through
Music and Lyrics by Sasha Siem
SASHA SIEM - voice; Mivos Quartet: OLIVIA DE PRATO - violin; JOSHUA MODNEY - violin; VICTOR LOWRIE - viola;
ISABEL CASTELLVI - cello
In House Mastering on Vintage & Modern All Analogue Valve Mastering
Haeco Scully lathe, Western Electric cutting amps and head; Maselec master control, EQ and de-esser; original Lang Pultec EQ; Urei high and low pass filters; fully restored Studer C37 and ex Decca Philips Pro51 tape machines; Nagra SN stereo reel to reel for field recording; Telefunken U73b compressor/limiter; Telefunken V72 and V76 mic preamps; Audionote 211 valve monitoring amps, speakers and turntable