REMORAE
‘Bold, electronic approach’ Kathryn Tickell, BBC Radio 3

Lauren Spiceley – fiddle and vocals

Martha Wiltshire – cello and vocals

Joe Woods – guitar, modular synth and vocals

Florence Brady – vocals and synths

Denis Wouters – electronics

‘Bold, electronic approach’ Kathryn Tickell, BBC Radio 3

Remorae are a collective of folk, jazz and electronic musicians brought together in 2017 by the Folkatron Sessions recording project (featured by Songlines Magazine, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 2, 6 Music, Soho Radio, and Folk Radio UK). Described as ‘eclectic’, ‘genre-bending’, and ‘an English Lankum’, Remorae intertwines strings, close harmony vocals, and electric guitar with live electronics to create soundworlds that shift between ambient, pulsing, cinematic and intimate, sometimes shimmering and glitching, sometimes raw and strange.

Exploring traditional musics through experimental processes, their EP Flourish in Green (2024) is the culmination of many years of experimenting with musical forms and modes of collaboration in unique constellations of artists, and represents a pivot-point in the group’s creative practice, centring improvisation and live performance.

Their ‘unique soundscape’ [Songlines Mag] refracts trad folk through the lens of experimental and ambient electronica. An intricate, atmospheric blend of electronics, strings, guitar and vocals for fans of Jarlath Henderson, Kan, Lau, Lankum and Furrow Collective.

In this new stage of their evolution, Remorae’s sound is born from what they can create live. Using live effects and synthesisers, exploring improvisation and soundscapes, they’re delving into the resonances of old songs and discovering their connections to them.

‘Just wondrous.  I love the sounds… and that sense of journeying into the unknown they bring to their music’ – Lopa Kathari (BBC Radio 3 Music Planet)

‘Welcomely eclectic’ ‘A unique soundscape and feel’ – Songlines Magazine

‘Folkatron Sessions have done it again’ – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2.

‘Lovely sounds’ – Eliza Carthy

‘Fast becoming one of our favourites’ ‘Pioneering’ – Folk Radio UK

‘an inspirational melting pot of talented, free-thinking musicians’ – Fresh On The Net

“Folkheads in town, go to their next show; you’ll hear something familiar, and something entirely new. I enter a well-wisher and leave a fan.” – Shaw Worth, Nightshift Magazine

“… this unusual approach to lyrical interpretation is indicative of Folkatron’s experimental approach to what electronics and manipulation can offer to traditional music.” – Helen Scott, Daily Info