Silk Rock, by Marker Starling

Silk Rock

by Marker Starling

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Silk Rock
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Ltd Ed 7" of never before released Marker Starling track 'Silk Rock" featuring two versions and second a collaboration with HaHa Sounds Collective.

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1.	Silk Rock 05:52	lyrics
Trying to find a way To tell it all, all, all now Trying to find a way To set it down Trying to find a way To tell it all, all, all now Trying to find a way To set it down Spending too much time On the wrong things Spending too much time Getting it wrong Trying to find a way To tell it all, all, all now Trying to find a way Casting it down Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Spending too much time On the wrong things Spending too much time Getting it wrong Spending too much time Spending too much time Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Can I be myself? Can I be myself again? Out of this nightmare and into your dreams Out of this nightmare and into your dreams Out of this nightmare and into your dreams Out of this nightmare and into your dreams You can succeed if you concentrate on your own thing You can succeed if you concentrate on your own thing You can succeed if you concentrate on your own thing You can succeed if you concentrate on your own thing Out of this nightmare
2.	Silk Rock (HaHa Sounds Collective version) 05:00

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SILK ROCK 7” - MARKER STARLING

Silk Rock is a new standalone track, which, with ninth album HIGH JANUARY, takes Toronto’s Chris A. Cummings deeper into the Markerverse. Rather than record a B-side, the novel decision to record two separate versions was made. The Marker Starling version was recorded first, with visiting Canadian Cummings (aka Marker Starling, also the song’s composer) on a day trip to Wilton Way studio in London with his regular UK backing band: Euan Rodger (drums), Joe Carvell (bass) and Andy Whitehead (guitar). Joined for this occasion by fellow Canadian Ian Daniel Kehoe (guest vocals) and a 3-piece choir (Victoria Rose Hamblett, Marie Merlet and Aurora Barrett), the group recorded the song in one day, including overdubs. A long-gestating idea which had its origins in the late nineties, the Silk Rock concept had been auditioned and scrapped many times over in Cummings’ home demo lab in Toronto.

The second version of the song, by London’s Haha Sounds Collective and featuring Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier on lead vocals, was recorded subsequently over several sessions, as it was a more elaborate affair involving 12 musicians. Also recorded at Wilton Way by Syd Kemp, the second version takes the initial concept and stretches it out, giving it breathing space and a huge mood. It pares the idea down to its essence, then builds it up vertically, stacking instruments and colours, creating an altogether different experience.

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released September 4, 2020

SILK ROCK (Marker Starling version)

Personnel:
Joe Carvell - bass
Chris A. Cummings - Wurlitzer, Clavinet, Philicorda organ, Moog Voyager, lead vocals
Ian Daniel Kehoe - guest vocalist
Euan Rodger - drums
Andy Whitehead - guitar
Victoria Rose Hamblett, Marie Merlet, Aurora Barrett - choir

Recorded at Wilton Way
Engineered by Syd Kemp
Mixed by Vincent Hivert
Mastered by Paul Rannaud

SILK ROCK (Haha Sounds Collective version)

Arranged by Haha Sounds Collective

Personnel:
Laetitia Sadier - lead vocals
Victoria Rose Hamblett, Cathy Lucas, Silvia Fiore, Anthony Kastelanides, Milan Monk, Arthur Sajas - choir
Joel Burton - piano
Syd Kemp - bass
Alex McKenzie - flute
Milan Monk - vibraphone
Cedric Monzali - drums
Nathan Pigott - percussion, tenor saxophone and alto saxophone 1
Arthur Sajas - guitar
Joseph Stone - alto saxophone 2

Recorded at Wilton Way
Engineered and mixed by Syd Kemp
Mastered by Jason Mitchell

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