Everything / Everything by Simon Bookish

Originally released in 2008. An unpredictable and dramatic "big band song cycle about science and information", Everything/Everything does away with the digital synthesizers and processing of previous Simon Bookish albums to focus on live instruments.

Scored for an ensemble dominated by saxophones, brass, antiphonal pianos, harp and Farfisa organ, it features luminaries from both the jazz and experimental classical music scenes.

While the most pop-oriented Simon Bookish release to date, Everything/Everything, as its name suggests, also finds room for moments of pulsating minimalism, disjointed disco, expressionist cabaret, and even a lush ambient interlude.

Lyrically, the album's concept is "the flood of information" in our modern age, taking in chemistry and ecology, language and art, delivered in Bookish's distinctive English-eccentric vocal.

Tracklist

1.	The Flood	4:03

2.	Dumb Terminal	4:06

3.	Portrait of the Artist as a Fountain	3:59

4.	Carbon	3:11

5.	Victorinox	4:06

6.	Il Trionfo del Tempo... (Ridley Road)	3:17

7.	Synchrotron	5:16

8.	A Crack in Larsen C	2:41

9.	The Alsatian Dog	4:10

10.	A New Sense of Humour	3:16

11.	Colophon	3:40

Credits

released October 1, 2008

Written, arranged and produced by Leo Chadburn

Performed by:

Leo Chadburn (vocals, piano, miscellaneous)
Alice Grant (vocals)
Michaela Stapleton (soprano/alto saxes)
Jim Slade (soprano/alto/tenor saxes)
Glyn Hill (tenor sax)
Tamar Osborn (baritone sax)
Jonathan Morcombe (french horn)
Dan Newell (trumpet)
Joe Bentley (trombone)
Tom Haines (drums, percussion)
Chris Branch (farfisa, moog)
Serafina Steer (harp)
Chris Morphitis (electric guitar)
Tom Herbert (bass guitar)
Max de Wardener (double bass, bass guitar)

Mixed by Chris Branch
Mastered by Matthew Denny at Masterblaster
Art direction by Anthony Stephinson
Photography by Amarpaul Kalirai
Design/layout by Jan Lankisch

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