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Lucy Railton

Lucy Railton is a British musician, primarily known for playing cello.

Lucy Railton
Lucy Railton
Lucy Railton
Background information
OriginLondon, England, UK
GenresImprovisation, drone, ambient
OccupationMusician
InstrumentCello
Years active2005–present
LabelsModern Love, Editions Mego, others
Websitehttps://lucyrailton.com

Railton studied cello at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she graduated in 2008.[1]

In the field of improvisational music, Railton has undertaken collaborations and shared performances with Kit Downes, Thomas Strønen, Aisha Orazabayeva and Sofia Jernberg, among others. Railton has also appeared on recordings by numerous jazz, folk, electronic, and indie rock artists, including Bat for Lashes, Bonobo, and Jamie Cullum.[2][3][4][5]

Railton founded the new music series Kammer Klang at Cafe Oto in 2008, which she curated for ten years; she later co-founded the London Contemporary Music Festival.[5]

In recent years she has also worked with artists such as Russell Haswell, Rebecca Salvadori, Catherine Lamb, Beatrice Dillon, Kali Malone and Kadialy Kouyate, as well as writer Laura Grace Ford and choreographers Akram Khan and Sasha Milavic Davies. She has also been involved in projects by Pauline Oliveros, Iancu Dumitrescu, Mary Jane Leach, Cally Spooner, Matmos, and Philippe Parreno. Her collaborations with some of these artists and their repertoire have led to extensive exploration of resonance, psychoacoustics, synthesis and microtonality, themes present in her own work.[6][7][8][9][10]

In addition, Railton has worked as a soloist and chamber musician, alongside playing with ensembles such as London Sinfonietta, Britten Sinfonia, and Ensemble Plus Minus. In her programs as a soloist, she has interpreted canonical works, such as those by J.S. Bach or Giacinto Scelsi, as well as pieces by lesser-known and younger composers. Her interpretation of Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus by Olivier Messiaen was released by Modern Love as a benefit single.[10]

Discography

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Year Title Label Notes
2023, November Corner Dancer Modern Love Solo album[11]
2023, July Fragments of Reincarnation Another Timbre Collaboration with Michiko Ogawa[12][13]
2021, October Three Or One ECM New Series Works by J.S. Bach, performed by Fred Thomas, Aisha Orazbayeva, and Lucy Railton[14]
2021, August Subaerial SN Variations Collaboration with Kit Downes[15]
2021, May Lament in Three Parts TakuRoku Digital label of Cafe Oto[16]
2021 False Positive Lakeshore Records Film soundtrack, collaboration with Yair Elazar Glotman[17]
2020, June Olivier Messiaen — Louange à l'éternité de Jésus Modern Love 10-inch EP[18]
2020, April 5 S-Bahn Boomkat Incorporating field recordings of Berlin S-Bahn[19]
2020, February RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer PAN Collaboration with Peter Zinovieff[20]
2020 Forma GRM Portrait Series / Editions Mego Split release with Max Eilbacher[21]
2018 Paradise 94 Modern Love Featured contributions from Beatrice Dillon and Kit Downes[22]
2016 Scelsi EP SN Variations Giacinto Scelsi’s “Duo for violin and cello”[23]
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References

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  1. ^ "Deep Listen: Lucy Railton". Somerset House. July 9, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2024. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London and the New England Conservatory, Boston
  2. ^ "Lucy Railton". ECM Records. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Lucy Railton - Paradise 94 LP". Strangeworld Records. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernberg". Salt Peanuts. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "People » Lucy Railton". Cafe Oto. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Lucy Railton". Amplify Berlin (in German). Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Credits for Lucy Railton". Tidal.
  8. ^ "Commissioned Artworks: Unknown". Sonic Acts. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  9. ^ "Cafe OTO → Catherine Lamb / Lucy Railton + Rebecca Salvadori / Lucy Railton + Farida Amadou / John Edwards / Lucy Railton, Wednesday 15 June 2022, 8pm". Cafe Oto. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Amplify Berlin: Open Call for Emerging Berlin-Based Musicians 1-31.1.21 at Acud Macht NEU, Berlin (2021)". Resident Advisor. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  11. ^ Lavorgna, Michael (November 17, 2023). "Album of the Week: Lucy Railton | Corner Dancer". Twittering Machines. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  12. ^ "Interview with Michiko Ogawa and Lucy Railton". Another Timbre. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  13. ^ Ward, Joanna (January 2, 2024). "Michiko Ogawa - Michiko Ogawa, Lucy Railton, fragments of reincarnation. another timbre, at213". Tempo. 78 (307): 93–94. doi:10.1017/S0040298223000797. ISSN 0040-2982.
  14. ^ "J.S. Bach 'Three or One'". Gramophone. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "Lucy Railton & Kit Downes ~ Subaerial". a closer listen. August 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  16. ^ "Lucy Railton, Lament in Three Parts » Cafe Oto". Cafe Oto. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  17. ^ "Lucy Railton & Yair Elazar Glotman John Lee's 'False Positive'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  18. ^ "Lucy Railton – Louange à l'éternité de Jésus". Fluid Radio. June 28, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  19. ^ "Reduziert, programmiert, exaltiert - Lucy Railton, Dominique A, Ascendant Vierge – 3 Platten, 3 Meinungen". Das Filter (in German). Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  20. ^ "RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer | 2020 | ZKM". ZKM (in German). Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  21. ^ dustedmagazine. "Lucy Railton / Max Eilbacher — Forma / Metabolist Meter (Foster, Cottin, Caetani and a Fly) (Portraits GRM)". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  22. ^ "Lucy Railton - Paradise 94 · Album Review". Resident Advisor. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  23. ^ "Label Focus: SN Variations / Constructive". Kudos Distribution. December 9, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2024. The second release in 2016 we recorded a piece from 1965 by Giacinto Scelsi an Italian composer, performed by Lucy Railton and Aisha Orazbayeva
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