Name: Precious Collection
Brand: Fran and Flora

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

HDNTS0007LP

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-04-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Forte

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0793072985718

Total Cap

Black LP

HDNTS0007LPC

Peach

Extended format: Yes

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0793072985725

Peach LP

HDNTS0007CD

0793072985701

Artist

Fran and Flora

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

Hidden Notes

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With Klezmer and Yiddish song as the predominant inspiration for the record, <i>Precious Collection</i> defies convention, featuring self-penned tunes and unique arrangements pushing their ground-breaking project beyond their virtuosic string playing. Drummers Ursula Russell (Snapped Ankles, Alabaster DePlume) and Simon Roth (Chris Potter, Alice Zawadzki, Adrian Dunbar) feature on the record on full kit and Ukrainian Poik (marching drum) respectively, and Francesca and Flora experiment with bowed cymbals, extended piano techniques, and samples of found sounds.

The album was recorded in three different locations - Total Refreshment Centre (London), Big Jelly Studios (Ramsgate) and Great North Sound Society (Maine, USA).  The music of Fran and Flora sits in two camps, both steeped in tradition, with material drawn directly from archival recordings, recovered manuscripts and years of study with traditional music masters, whilst simultaneously garnering a contemporary and avant-garde aesthetic, speaking to the more classical and experimental listener. Fran and Flora inject their source material with drones, loops, free improvisation and electronics to create a ‘border-defying’ (Mojo) sound. Their influences range across a wide spectrum of artists and composers from Silver Mt.Zion to Rhiannon Giddens, Lankum, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Colin Stetson, Adrienne Lenker, Shabaka Hutchings and Mica Levi.

Precious Collection

Music GB

Discover Precious Collection by Fran and Flora. A boundary-pushing record inspired by Klezmer and Yiddish song, featuring unique arrangements and experimental techniques. Available on Hidden Notes label.