On June 10, 2013 “Infectious Music” label released “Field of Reeds”, the third These New Puritans studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Studio P4 Funkhaus Nalepastraße” in Berlin, “Snap Studios” in London, “Modern World Studios” in Tetbury, England, and was produced by Graham Sutton and Jack Barnett.
Personnel:
- Jack Barnett – vocals, piano, electric piano, organs, bass guitar, vibraphone, chromatic gongs, unpitched percussion, magnetic resonator piano, sound design, field recordings, drawings
- Thomas Hein – bass guitar, roto-toms
- George Barnett – drums, percussion, glass, artwork, photography
- Elisa Rodrigues – vocals
- Adrian Peacock – basso profondo
- Elizabeth Turner – field recording vocal
- Nicholas Ellis – clarinet, bass clarinet
- Henry Lowther – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Lindsay Kempley – French horn soloist
- Daniel West – tenor and bass trombone
- Pete Smith – tuba
- Elspeth Hanson – viola
- Chris Laurence – double bass
- Toby Kearney – vibraphone soloist
- Faith Leadbetter – piano, electric piano
Stargaze Ensemble
- Andre de Ridder – conductor
- Nikolaus Neuser – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Matthias Gödeker – French horn
- Stefan Most – French horn
- Florian Juncker – tenor trombone
- Till Krause – bass trombone
- Sebastian Kunzke – tuba
- Paul Valikoski – violin
- Daniella Strasfogel – violin
- Justin Caullet – viola
- Zoe Cartier – cello
- Kristjan Orii Sigerleifsson – double bass
Synergy Vocal Ensemble
- Micaela Haslam – director, soprano
- Julia Wilson-James – soprano
- Heather Cairncross – alto
- Rachel Weston – alto
- Phillip Brown – tenor
- Andrew Busher – tenor
Children of St Mary’s Church of England Primary School
- Charlie Dyer
- Daisy Farthing
- Maddie Farthing
- Amber Motti
- James Norris
- Jacob Scotford
- Bethany Scriven
- Ben McLusky – additional pipe organ
- Andrew McPherson – magnetic resonator piano setup and calibration
- Shiloh – hawk
- Alan Vaughan – hawk handler
- Roy at TGM Glazing – glazier
- Stool Trinovante – saxocone
- Phill Brown – ensemble recordings
- Ben McLusky – engineer assistant
- Christian Bader – engineer assistant
- Campbell Duncan – assistant engineer
- Geoff Swan – engineer assistant
- Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering
- Matthew Cooper – artwork
- Paul Steet – artwork assistant
- Willy Vanderperre – band photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack Barnett, except where noted.
- This Guy’s in Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- Fragment Two
- The Light in Your Name – Jack Barnett, Michel van der An
- V (Island Song)
- Spiral
- Organ Eternal
- Nothing Else
- Dream
- Field of Reeds
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