Alice and I doing it at Sonic Acts XII, Amsterdam
..More Guitar Progress - The soundbox is closed & cats love woodwork, they come gather round every time i work.
New Project for 2007
Over the new year period i became a little obsessed with the idea of making a guitar. I’m not sure exactly how this came to be but it did and my tiny bedroom studio has transformed into a workshop complete with bench, tools and lots of wood dust. Here is my progress so far [click images for larger view]
The album is in the shops NOW!
I Want to say a big, big, BIG Thank you to the lovely people who have been coming to the concerts so far! I don’t think i have ever enjoyed giging so much.
The Forest And The Sea Launch Gig - London, ICA.
The Forest And The Sea Launch Gig - Berlin, Zentrale Randlage
PRESS
Plan B
"One rarely finds a record with so much brave beauty as Leafcutter John’s second [it’s actually my 4th L.J.] album, the forest and the sea. Brave for its transgression, both musically and historically."
"This record is all the best cadences of folk combined with all the best parts of sampling and processing - togther they render a whole new form."
Ralph Cowling
TimeOut London
"Alongside Aphex Twin and Bogdan Raczynski – he’s one of the UK’s most fearlessly inventive electronicists and a member of fêted avant jazzers Polar Bear. His fourth solo LP is a striking hybrid of pastoral songcraft, glitch, field recordings and traditional Greek instrumentation that goes far beyond ‘folktronica’, running the gamut of moods from sweetly mournful to darkly malevolent."
Sharon O’Connell
Play Louder
"For while his name might conjure up the pastoral in a distinctly old-fashioned sense, Leafcutter John’s great success on ’The Forest And The Sea’ is to blend traditional sounds and vocals that cry forth from the ordinary folk long past, with mastery of technology and laptop proficiency. And it’s a journey, too, not just an escape from the urban jungle, but a progress of learning, adventure, and discovery."
Luke Turner
Urban Pollution
"By the sounds of The Forest and the Sea, Leafcutter John has just begun to create his best work yet. It is an unexpected, but pleasantly delightful curve ball and proves Burton is more than a trendy scenester, if there was ever any doubt to begin with. This record will likely appeal to a wide variety of listeners, with only the most purist of Burton’s experimental electronic fans turning up their nose to this accomplished work from a talented and capable artist."
Jerry Long
BBC Collective
"Whereas other artists operating under the folktronica guise often tip too far towards acoustic traditionalism, the Leafcutter matches his bard-like couplets with perfectly married sample matter, stretching his captured sounds into gently distorted shapes."
Martin Longley
Organ Magazine (Album of the week)
"Another must check album then (sorry), beautifully refined warm treats to get lost in for hours and hours and hours (fine album artwork as well)."
The Wire
"If there is such a genre [folktronica], he is the best possible exponent"
David Stubbs
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