Mary Lattimore + Leafcutter John

Upset The Rhythm presents…

MARY LATTIMORE
LEAFCUTTER JOHN
Friday  21 April
St John on Bethnal Green, 200 Cambridge Heath Rd, London, E2 9PA
7.30pm | £13 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/K76f761d465c

MARY LATTIMORE is a harpist and composer living in Los Angeles. She experiments with her Lyon and Healy Concert Grand harp and effects. Her solo debut, The Withdrawing Room, was released in 2013 on Desire Path Recordings. Lattimore also writes harp parts for songs and recordings, performing and recording with such great artists as Meg Baird, Thurston Moore, Sharon Van Etten, Jarvis Cocker, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn, Ed Askew and Fursaxa. Her debut solo record for Ghostly International, ‘At The Dam’, was recorded during stops along a road trip across America and released in March 2016. The next year, she compiled sounds from her past life in Philadelphia for a cassette tape titled ‘Collected Pieces’. Released in May 2018 to acclaim from the likes of NPR, Pitchfork, and The New Yorker, Lattimore’s next album ‘Hundreds of Days’ presented an expression of mystified gratitude for the natural world. She capped off the banner year — which included international tours with Iceage and Kurt Vile, a performance with Harold Budd at Big Ears Festival, and an appearance on Billboard’s New Age charts — with two collaborative albums released on Three Lobed Recordings, one with Meg Baird and the other with Mac McCaughan.

Lattimore’s most recent album ‘Silver Ladders’ (out 2020 on Ghostly), saw her arriving at her most confident work to date, expanding her style of instrumental storytelling with the help of producer and guitarist Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3). Recorded in Halstead’s studio near an old English surf town, the songs on ‘Silver Ladders’ reflect Lattimore’s vivid memories against the gloom and glimmer of the ocean.
https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/

LEAFCUTTER JOHN grew up in Wakefield, fascinated by sound. Still, it wasn’t until halfway through his painting degree at the Norwich School of Art and Design that he discovered a computer he was using to write his dissertation could take him on new sonic adventures by recording and manipulating sound. Since 2000, John has released nine full-length albums (Border Community, Planet Mu, Staubgold), toured widely, built expressive interfaces for electronic music, and received the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation award. His most recent work ‘Lockdown Patchwork’ was commissioned by HCMF and Leeds Art Gallery and used interview material, publicly submitted field recordings, and new music written by John. Aside from his solo work, he’s written for theatre, dance, and radio. He was also a key member of the experimental jazz band Polar Bear, recording five albums with them and picking up two Mercury Prize nominations. John has performed with Shabaka Hutchings, Talvin Singh, and Imogen Heap and supported Matmos, Otomo Yoshihide,Yo La Tengo and Beck.
http://www.leafcutterjohn.com