Leaning towards the more experimental, laid
back and emotive side of electronica, Plum builds her music
around samples she records from everyday life such as footsteps,
birdsong and ice cubes tinkling in lemonade.
With 2 EPs (The Whispering Chamber and The Glory Feast) out on Summer Rain Recordings, and now as the only female release on Scotland's much loved cult label Benbecula Records, and recent appearances with Track of the month in The Scotsman and a live session on Radio 1, Plum is understandably causing a stir.
"This is large scope, huge sound and massive-heart-music. Liquid, flowing tunes, soft and sensual lyrics, clinking sounds and soothing ambience; the lyrics are charming, poetic and wise, and yet Plum is not afraid to embrace the instrumental, the auditory exploration and the uncharted soundscapes and earthy madrigals of her imagination".
David Winstanley, Bearded Magazine
10th Nov 2009 "
You (feat. Ben Phaze)
Plum | MySpace Video
Music Video for You (feat Ben Phaze). Directed and animated by Jiamin Liu
"The album, ‘Different Skin’ is varied enough that it never bores, never feels samey and flickers from genre to genre like a butterfly. Clearly there is a good deal of meaning behind these lyrics. Some of Maguire’s songs are almost story-like. Most notably ‘The Eagle and The Penguin’, which I’ll wager is mentioned in every Plum review. Don’t be put off by the animals in the title. This is no nursery rhyme. I’m reminded of Sol Seppys ‘Wonderland’ or ‘Enter One’. It’s that good.7.4/10". Brett Spaceman, [sic] Magazine, 2nd October 2009
“Different Skin” features Benbecula’s first female lead, one Shona Maguire. It was a wise choice. The music is an amalgam of string folk and eletro-glitch done to wonderful results. While not always my cup of tea, sporting a melancholy sort of romanticism, the production and engineering are undeniably spot-on. There’s a finely tuned balance between the two genres highlighted by angelic and ethereal vocals which carry the record through mostly superb songwriting. While those of us who prefer our sounds a little more to the gritty side, I find it hard to reject out of hound the profound beauty this music represents. Innovative meter composed of unorthodox means lend the overall effect and singular celestial quality. I can’t help but recommend this to people who have an unapologetic purple streak run through their sentimental veins". 6/10 — P. Somniferum (8 September, 2009), Foxy Digitalis
"Holly Golightly? Scottish loops’n’samples slinger
Plum is a 20-something electronic-based musician with her two
feet firmly planted in a zillion different camps. Plum has been
described as the female Fourtet, and with good reason: Combining
her naturalistic, gentle vocals and guitar with all manner of
sampled and live instruments, her EP The Whispering Chamber (
Summer Rain Recordings) matches the sound of coquettish
woodland nymphs with sampled electronic bits ricocheting off some
abandoned satellite. But beyond that natural/synthetic mold so
common to the music of Fourtet, Plum also recalls English
knob-twiddlers Laika, Lemon Jelly, and Plug. Give a listen, Plum
will set your head reeling, and your thoughts to daydreaming
mode" - Ken Micallef - Yahoo, 20th March 2008
(Better Living Through MP3)
"Loop machine genius"
The Scotsman, 13th February 2009
"Now whether or not you like fruit, you’re pretty much guaranteed to love Plum. With a quoted influences list as long and varied as a John Peel playlist, you can almost discount them all when listening to The Whispering Chamber EP (Summer Rain). With a heavy emphasis of sampling, there is an air of ghostliness throughout reminiscent of early CocoRosie, slip in the odd element of Four Tet and Lemon Jelly and you might be just about there. ‘Disjointed Mondays & If I Were a Bubble’ is sheer joy, and makes Plum an essential part of any fruit basket".
Jeremy Style, Bearded Magazine, summer 2008
"electronica, but it's dark with throbbing, looping vocal hooks underpinning breathy, haunting melodies" Mark Inchley, The Southern Reporter, March 2008
"A cross between music and magic" Gerry Farrell, The Leith Agency, December 2007
"Plum's quixotic music forces your mind into a state of eunoia, leaving your thoughts luxuriously unravelled" Mr Zed
"Mesmerising Stuff", The Peeblesshire News
"Best New Music of 2007" - HGNJ
Radio
"glass bubbles singing with rusted wires twisted inside" - Cecile
Toys Music Video (www.davidlumsden.com)
Tonight (live)
Fairies (Accoustic) ONE SONG GIG
www.davidlumsden.com
Click image for The Whispering Chamber EP On iTunes
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