other titles...
- OLYMPIA
- LONDON ‘92
- SEPT DOULEURS
- CHANNEL
- UNDERSTANDING NOW
- STAIR ECHOES
- WATERCOLOUR
- STONE STAIRS
- DOUBTS
- GRENADINE
- UNBOUND
- PLAY ECHOES
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres
Play Echoes
leiter / bmg
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres' striking new album Play Echoes is a collaboration with Her Ensemble, the UK's first women and non-binary orchestra formed during the pandemic.
Play Echoes is a profoundly meditative, beguiling collection combining classical instrumentation with electronic and electro-mechanical elements. The record, consisting of twelve songs, has its origins in an intimate recording of a conversation between a three-year-old Hamilton-Ayres and her mother, parts of which appear in the innocently optimistic opener, Olympia. From the vibrant, piano-led chamber music of London '92 and the more extravagantly romantic Stone Stairs to Grenadine's and Unbound's rippling synths, the record summons an air of nostalgia both bitter-sweet and immersive. Confirming her as one of the most emotionally articulate and compelling composers of her era, Play Echoes represents childhood dreams come true and adult reflections made real.