Release date: 7th October 2022 (pre-orders from 23rd September, CD and digital album)
Organising Space is the fifth studio album from Sloth Racket, the band of improvisers led by baritone saxophonist Cath Roberts, with Anton Hunter on guitar, Sam Andreae on alto saxophone, Seth Bennett on double bass and Johnny Hunter on drums.
The music was recorded by Giles Barrett in April 2022 at Lightship 95, a floating recording studio on a former lightship in East London, and the resulting album was mixed and mastered by Alex Bonney. Four main tracks are interspersed by salvaged audio off-cuts from the studio session. Compositions by Cath Roberts written between late 2020 and early 2022 form a structural skeleton of the music, fleshed out by the band through collective improvisation in the moment. Prior to the session, Sloth Racket played three live dates in the UK, their first since 2019, and this recording documents the fresh, exciting energy of being reunited after a long break. To celebrate the release the band will play three more dates in London, Brighton and Glasgow, with the album launched at Cafe Oto on 10 October.
Organising Space will be available to pre-order from the Luminous label via Bandcamp from 23 September. It is released on 7 October as a CD and digital album. Cover artwork/design is by Cath Roberts, and the CD edition features sleeves risograph printed by Footprint Workers Co-op, Leeds.
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Cath Roberts – baritone saxophone
Sam Andreae – alto saxophone
Anton Hunter – guitar
Seth Bennett – double bass
Johnny Hunter – drumsCompositions by Cath Roberts.
Recorded on 9th April 2022 at Lightship 95, London by Giles Barrett.
Mixed and mastered by Alex Bonney.
Cover artwork and design by Cath Roberts.
Sleeve printing by Footprint Workers Co-op.
Luminous Label 2022 | LU017