Rachael Roberts

"QUIETUDE" the debut album by Rachael Roberts is now available on iTunes.
Rachael Roberts and Alex Swift met whilst working at Peter Gabriel's studio Real World in the Wiltshire countryside and, realising they had similar musical tastes, decided to collaborate. QUIETUDE is the result.
Strings and Clarinets were recorded in a wooden room in a forest in Dorset. "It was a long summer but every recording had a good vibe about it " says Rachael "Strange and magical things happened in those sessions! and this is how we brought you Quietude"



A blend of electronica /programmed tracks combined with the organic tones of strings, clarinet, and brass. A vocal like a sweet narrative, but which resonates cool is it jazz or folk? who knows it would be fair to say that Rachael's influences are both.
Rachael's father (Tony Roberts) is a well respected jazz musician (Tony was also a member of the folk band "Pentangle" in the 1960s) and her sister (Lucy Roberts) is a session fiddle player in the folk circuit (most recently featured on the Imagined Village album released through Real World Records).
Along with an eclectic taste, Rachael's musical upbringing has set the scene for an interesting musical story. Complimented by Alex Swift's intuitive and contemporary production techniques this is an album that would sit quite comfortably between Zero 7 and Morcheeba on your ipod. but perhaps that's too easy an assumption to make?



"We hope for these moments to remind us we're alive"



Quietude is out on Long Tale Recordings
Available from iTunes www.womadshop.com



DISCOGRAPHY:
RELEASES Featuring RACHAEL ROBERTS:
* Quietude LP - Long Tale Recordings (2008)
* Sounds of Spa Chill - One World Music (2008)
* Ultimate Lounge CD (Sian) - Water Music Records (2003)
* White Martini CD (Sian) - Water Music Records (2004)
* Canine CD (Stabilizer) - Plastic Raygun Records (2004)
* Stop Playin Around 12" (BRS) - Flat & Round Records (2004)
* Unbreakable 12" (Stabilizer) - Plastic Raygun Records (2005)
* Listening Pearls CD (SIAN) - Moles Listening Pearls (2005)
* Joyrider CD (Flexitones) - Back Room Beats (2005)
* Mickey Mouse Operation CD - (Little People) - EMI (2006)