**Alabaster DePlume, LIONMILK**

Gus Fairbairn, aka Alabaster DePlume, has a pocketful of phrases that he uses all the time whether he’s walking down the street or holding court with musicians and an audience. For a long time the Mancunian would tell anyone who’d listen that they were doing very well. More recently, it’s another phrase which has a similar effect and which belies his unwavering commitment to personal vulnerability and collective politics: “Don’t forget you’re precious.”

A process that is people-first not product-first ensures that the music is unique; often gem-like. Alabaster DePlume’s songs are built on sonorous circular melodies and luminous tones that transmit calmness and generosity in warm waves – unless they’re raging against complacency and the everyday inhumanity of end times capitalism. Most importantly, he brings a valuable transparency to his work. “This is what I’m really doing,” he says. “I want to talk about why I’m doing this, and how I’m doing this.

“\[DePlume\] delivers a serene reminder of what matters most” - Pitchfork

“DePlume is a fixture on the London avant-jazz scene whose greatest value is openness” - NPR

“He’s a garrulous, heart-on-sleeve rabble-rouser, an anti-cynic keen to reduce the fourth wall to rubble.” - The Observer

“An incredibly unique record. Every second of the precious hour and seven minutes is dedicated to vulnerability and collective politics” - CLASH

**LIONMILK**

Lionmilk is Mokichi Kawaguchi:

jazz pianist, composer, and producer.

A native of LA, he grew up listening to his mother’s classical radio in the morning, to his brother’s hip hop CD's during the day, and his father’s jazz records in the evening. From the thriving underground electronic music scene to the expansive local jazz community, his work reflects the city’s ever-changing tendencies.

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Alabaster DePlume, Lionmilk

Alabaster DePlume, Lionmilk

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