Cremisan: Prologue To A Blade, by Alabaster DePlume

Cremisan: Prologue To A Blade

by Alabaster DePlume

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Alabaster DePlume’s debut poetry collection, Looking For My Value: Prologue To A Blade, offers readers a deeper exploration of the themes of dignity, sovereignty, and the work of healing that are present in his music.

Arriving as a limited gatefold custom A6 pocket book featuring cover art by British illustrator Ian Wright and design by London-based Jamie Coull, this collection features raw and vulnerable prose that reflects DePlume’s journey toward finding and taking responsibility for his own value as a human being.

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1.	Honeycomb 03:15	info	buy track
2.	Cremisan featuring Laith Albanak 07:18	info	buy track
3.	Gifts of Olive 03:05	info	buy track

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This new EP, Cremisan: Prologue To A Blade features two tracks recorded in Palestine with local musicians, pianist Sami El Enani and Qanoun player Laith Albandak, and a third track inspired by the experience of living in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

It features three deeply personal and evocative new tracks, recorded in locations of profound importance. Each piece serves as a testament to the power of collaboration and the importance of place in shaping the artistic process.

The EP’s first two tracks, “Honeycomb” and “Cremisan,” were recorded in the experimental arts, music and architecture space The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem, Palestine, during DePlume’s ‘Sounds Of Places’ residency. The opening track, the wintry and elegiac “Honeycomb,” is a somber duet recorded with pianist Sami El Enani.

“Cremisan” — recorded in the final moments of a day-long non-stop performance put on by Radio alHara and Wonder Cabinet on June 1, 2024, that featured a robust array of local artists and musicians — finds DePlume’s wavering saxophone leads playing against featured artist Laith Albandak’s steadfast Qanoun in a call and response that gestures at both grief and resilience. The team planned and delivered this event as “a cry from the Cremisan Valley (Bethlehem, Palestine) to Rafah (Gaza),” and what you hear is its conclusion.

The EP concludes with “Gifts Of Olive,” a solemn melody that references Refaat Alareer’s poem “If I Must Die.”

DePlume shares: “To set you up for what’s coming I’ve layered up these compositions in private, and with friends. It’s a prologue to what we’re bringing next. It ushers it in. I went towards things I feared, to be in the places where this music has come from. Places in the world and in myself, where dignity and sovereignty has its role in the work of healing.”

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released October 15, 2024

Mastered by David Allen

“If I must die” from “Gifts of Olive” references the poet Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)

Special thanks to Radio Alhara for equipment hire, and to Edward Said Conservatory and Jacob Baboun for saxophone hire

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Alabaster DePlume London, UK

Working with International Anthem, based in Total Refreshment Centre, London.

Manchester-born, saxophonist & spoken word artist, composer producer & songwriter. Employs a live-development style using candid communication inclusion and enthusiasm. ... more

shows

Nov 21

Fluc Wanne

Vienna, Austria
Dec 4

Public Records

Brooklyn, NY
Mar 14

Underground Arts

Philadelphia, PA
Mar 15

Tubby's

Kingston, NY
Mar 16

Le Poisson Rouge

New York (NYC), NY
Mar 18

Black Cat

Washington, DC
Mar 19

Thalia Hall

Chicago, IL
Mar 21

Tractor Tavern

Seattle, WA
Mar 22

Polaris Hall

Portland, OR
Mar 23

Great American Music Hall

San Francisco, CA
Mar 25

Regent Theater

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Mar 27

Big Ears Festival

Knox, TN
Apr 29

Norwich Arts Centre

Norwich, UK
Apr 30

Brudenell Social Club

Leeds, UK
May 1

Gosforth Civic Hall

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
May 2

Mono

Glasgow, UK
May 3

Gorilla

Manchester, UK
May 6

Trinity Centre

Bristol, UK
May 7

Exeter Phoenix

Exeter, UK
May 8

Papillon

Southampton, UK
May 9

Hackney Church

London, UK
May 10

Concorde 2

Brighton, UK
May 21

Le Petit Bain

Hyères, France
May 21

Petit Bain

Paris, France
May 22

L'Aéronef

Lille, France
May 24

Zonnehuis

Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 25

Doornroosje

Nijmegen, Netherlands
May 26

BIRD Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

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