Leafcutter John

Leafcutter John at the Camden Crawl (both days) click below



I'm looking forward to this tour with the fantastic Lisa Knapp, we have been working hard on putting together something really special for these gigs and I hope you'll be able to join us on our voyage. We'll be performing from a beautiful 1930's boat (apart from the London and Birmingham shows). I just saw that the Guardian has done a thorough preview of our tour which saves me having to write a proper explination. Click HERE or on the photo to read Will Hodgkinson's preview. I'm particularly pleased that he chose to mention the Hydrophone I made HERE.



Lisa and I on the Thames with Bob the boats daddy. Photograph: Sarah Lee

Take care,

Leafcutter John x.



My guitar is FINISHED!!



PRESS

Plan B

"One rarely finds a record with so much brave beauty as Leafcutter John's second [it's actually my 4th L.J.] album, the forest and the sea. Brave for its transgression, both musically and historically."

"This record is all the best cadences of folk combined with all the best parts of sampling and processing - togther they render a whole new form."

Ralph Cowling

TimeOut London

"Alongside Aphex Twin and Bogdan Raczynski – he's one of the UK's most fearlessly inventive electronicists and a member of fêted avant jazzers Polar Bear. His fourth solo LP is a striking hybrid of pastoral songcraft, glitch, field recordings and traditional Greek instrumentation that goes far beyond ‘folktronica', running the gamut of moods from sweetly mournful to darkly malevolent."

Sharon O'Connell

Play Louder

"For while his name might conjure up the pastoral in a distinctly old-fashioned sense, Leafcutter John's great success on 'The Forest And The Sea' is to blend traditional sounds and vocals that cry forth from the ordinary folk long past, with mastery of technology and laptop proficiency. And it's a journey, too, not just an escape from the urban jungle, but a progress of learning, adventure, and discovery."

Luke Turner

Urban Pollution

"By the sounds of The Forest and the Sea, Leafcutter John has just begun to create his best work yet. It is an unexpected, but pleasantly delightful curve ball and proves Burton is more than a trendy scenester, if there was ever any doubt to begin with. This record will likely appeal to a wide variety of listeners, with only the most purist of Burton's experimental electronic fans turning up their nose to this accomplished work from a talented and capable artist."

Jerry Long

BBC Collective

"Whereas other artists operating under the folktronica guise often tip too far towards acoustic traditionalism, the Leafcutter matches his bard-like couplets with perfectly married sample matter, stretching his captured sounds into gently distorted shapes."

Martin Longley

Organ Magazine (Album of the week)

"Another must check album then (sorry), beautifully refined warm treats to get lost in for hours and hours and hours (fine album artwork as well)."

The Wire

"If there is such a genre [folktronica], he is the best possible exponent"

David Stubbs

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