The Sirens: Vinyl LP

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Label: DeepMatter Records
Release Date: 21st November

Take a plunge into the welcoming cinematic  jazz funk waters of SHOLTO's 'The Sirens', inviting like the luxurious mediterranean seas perfectly warmed by the sun and adorned by the exquisitely dressed who sit on the coast. SHOLTO is a master at capturing the feel of a 70s European soundtrack that appears luxurious but beneath is a sinister darkness and edge. 

Gilles Peterson-championed cinematic maestro SHOLTO returns with his third
album in three years
Following the epic, sprawling odyssey of 2024's double album 'Letting Go of Forever',
his new project 'The Sirens' builds upon the groove- rooted, string- soaked
dreamscapes and ethereal textures upon which he's built his name, this time inverting
the beauty into a haunting fever dream. Deeply cinematic at its core, the albums'
tender jazz harmonisations flow into a moving undercurrent of strings and harp,
anchored by SHOLTO's rhythmic sensibility and dramatic vocal cues that drift in and
out across the record's 12- tracks, capturing the essence of Sirens like dream
sequences caught mid- thought. The record is emotionally unflinching, exploring
themes of duality, temptation, and emotional dislocation, in SHOLTO's words "blurring
grief with groove, seduction and surrender".
Using the world of myth and the carnivalesque as a vehicle for exploring the
intricacies of the human condition, 'The Sirens' emerged from a space of uncertainty
and spiritual fatigue for SHOLTO. Drawing from ancient allegory to navigate his inner
turbulence, the album is grounded in quiet defiance and tension that sometimes never
quite resolves. Created once again in the fertile, creative hub of SHOLTO's SFJ studio
in Hackney, the album reunites a familiar cast of musical characters, giving voice to
the community feel and cohesive sound world he's building. The core of the SHOLTO
sound is here, with Syd Kemp returning on bass, Clementine Brown on strings and
Rachel Horton Kitchlew on harp.