Bass guitarist Andy Fraser joined Free at the age of fifteen, and was still a teenager when he co-wrote 'All Right Now'. "But in the scheme of things, you'll always be most proud of your latest work. At just 16 years old, it's hard not to mention her age, although we're aware of the stigma and frustration musicians can feel when they're branded by the amount of years they've lived: "There's always a part of me that knows in later life I will definitely be embarrassed or frankly disengaged from what I'm doing now," Billie contemplates, when asked about the difficulties starting her career in her teens could present. A photographic exploration of yoga's essence, brought together as a beautifully produced book Arnojya Shree. Indie singer-songwriter Billie Marten is turning over a new leaf. A sound so euphoric and otherworldly, her music is the … I was listening to a lot of raw and personal artists such as Broadcast, Fiona Apple, and CAN.”. "I'm preparing myself mentally for a madly busy summer," says Billie, taking a break from her school work to chat to us about her plans for the next few months. Billie Marten is stepping further into the spotlight and is spreading her wings wider than ever before. Just 19 and on the cusp of releasing her second album, Feeding Seahorses By Hand, Yorkshire-born musician Billie Marten feels she’s come a long way since her debut in 2016 – something that’s immediately apparent on the record. Found insideCather knows that what he finds in Cambridge may destroy his life, yet finally set him free. A masterful portrait of an average man at the edge of a shocking precipice, Great Circle is a triumph of psychological realism. dirt - Hand Habits. What beauty can be found on the border between these two media? This photo-filmic book coincides with an exhibition at FOMU, Antwerp, but takes up its own position in this debate. I still don’t know now – we don’t know until the end really. It’s 2016. Photo by Katie Silvester. ], Billie Marten is indeed worthy of the "folk prodigy" accolades heaped on her by adoring Interview: 2016 Must-Know - Billie Marten | Coup De Main Magazine In this book the authors critically reflect upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to Christianity. In May 2014, just before her fifteenth birthday, Billie Marten released the … I’m glad. ", "Milk & Honey" has already received some great and well deserved press across the board, and its oriental themed video has also turned heads: "That gem came from director Rob Brandon - who sent through this unique fable the song reminded him of (he's very eclectic). Billie Marten: Massively—it was the only thing I really had to go off of. It’s important for me personally and everyone else to just appreciate those moments of sudden happiness or even things like anger, fear, and other emotions that we tend to not register,” Billie explains. Billie Marten’s third album “Flora Fauna” is released on May 21 st. Billie Marten sat down with Rojan Said to talk about everything from baking cakes to playing bass, the inspiration behind her new music and much more. CHAOS Music Magazine is an online magazine. Everyone stood silent as Billie performed a softly sung set; her nervousness palpable, but on par with a determination to instil a memorable picture, for those watching to take note of the bigger and brighter things to come from this moment onwards. “I just rearranged my whole team” Billie says when talking about how the new record came into fruition. Through words they meet in memories, in reflections, in shadows at dawn and dusk. Travis Cebula lives in Golden, Colorado. Sarah Suzor lives in Venica, California. Chemtrails Over The Country Club - Lana Del Rey. I wasn’t aware of the Sound poll; I wasn’t aware of who else was on it. Billie Marten’s new album is her statement of purpose: It also felt like Billie’s most confident work yet. “When I first started, there was this one video when I was twelve and then I remained twelve for maybe five years. Far from the claustrophobia of lockdown, the track is an airy ode to coming into one’s own, drawing parallels between plants (flora) and humans (you guessed it, fauna). The 16-year-old's career already represents the stuff of dreams - and we're only half way through her debut year proper. Her music suits the festival scene perfectly, referencing rural wildlife and calling out for a warm afternoon of lounging in the sun with a smoothie. Bas Losekoot is presenting a photo essay in which he provides insight in the psychological journey of commuters in modern megacities. It’s 2016. Billie Marten – ‘Flora Fauna’ review: fresher, bolder, and not so green. ", "It's not meant to be a rant of sorts, just another reflective thought on this new age. I thought nobody has ever put the song in that light before so I went with it," Billie explains. The most natural, easy, instantaneous way I’ve ever made music and there was no room between us to overthink anything or kind of ruminate on what sounds we were making or who I was then presenting myself as it was just my favourite process ever. Fashion as art form and personal statement in today's Democratic Republic of the Congo She was educated at Ripon Grammar School. Following the success of his prize-winning book No Direction Home (Kehrer, 2009), the recipient of the 2010 German Photo Book Award, Krementschouk tells the story of his homeland and the stark realities of homelessness. Illustrations and simple text, written by a three-year-old as a song, introduce two dinosaurs that fall in love and never say goodbye. This might’ve been trickier to navigate had it been the release of Billie’s debut, Writing of Blues and Yellows – a serene selection of tracks with wistful sonic backdrops, but new record Flora Fauna sees Billie step onto new terrain, presenting a more experimental side adorned with sturdier strings, synth-laden vocal loops and powerful percussion. Croft / Photography: Katie Silvester / 14 May 2021, 12:00 BST. The latest by Megan Martin. I think now I’d say I have the confidence to talk about it. Read my full account of our chat with Billie Marten in Highwire Magazine. ", "I WILL!" "WATCH ME!". So that you can pat yourself on the back because "YOU DID!"Thank you, in advance for your purchase of our "Just Be Fearless" journal, an Ivory Grace Design! When ‘Garden of Eden’, Flora Fauna’s lead single, dropped in late January, it resounded like a gong signalling the return of better days. Required fields are marked *. There’s a certain sensitivity to the natural world. For ten years S. Billie Mandle photographed confessionals in churches throughout the United States. Billie says she's "always thinking of [her] surroundings, wherever [she] finds [herself]. It got hundreds of thousands of views and all of a sudden she was playing the Introducing Stage at Reading, touring with Snow Patrol and garnering a mass of loyal followers.. On the cusp of the … “I think it’s easier to be more nit-picky with yourself when an album like that is just so exposed and completely naked and what’s left is the song itself. ", There's a levelheadedness to Billie's answers that negates her inexperience, as she sensibly goes on to tell us that "antihistamines" are a must in her festival swag, and that she's going to try to "put some more light and shade in the set to stop people drifting off to sleep. “I didn’t know what that showcase meant. Things are often veiled, hidden or turning away, but are in their own sphere of intense, remote closeness. Photographs transform their subjects and evoke a feeling of sudden recognition, that is not visible on the surface. To have this slot at the age of 16 would’ve been no small feat, but Billie was already perching on the prospect of having her music heard by the masses ever since she was cherry-picked for BBC’s Sound Of 2016 poll. It's a gorgeous, free-flowing album full of wonderful guitar rhythms and sonic surprises. Words: Tanyel Gumushan Photography: Katie Silvester / @KTSilvester For tickets to the latest Billie Marten shows click HERE.. Join us on Vero, as we get under the skin of global cultural happenings.Follow Clash Magazine as we skip merrily between clubs, concerts, interviews and photo shoots. Rising young Brit singer-songwriter Billie Marten thinks mud is actually quite delicious. “Never play to the gallery” was the advice that David Bowie offered in an interview he gave in 1997. Strange Time - MF Tomlinson. “That’s my favourite one, I can’t wait for that to come out!” Billie smiles, “It’s just not like anything else we’ve done before. In a later interview Marten said "I didn't understand how quickly it could spread. Smoky swirls of dry ice fill the small venue space of London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts while the crowd await Billie Marten; an unassuming new singer-songwriter from Ripon, Yorkshire, who is about to headline a talent showcase established by Radio 1 DJ, Annie Mac. Words: Found inside – Page 40Transcript of an interview between Daniel Barenboim, Musical Director of the Berlin Staatskapelle and the Chicago ... Marten, Michael. ... Melman, Billie. I love that being a weird anomaly on the album,” she tells me. “[Flora Fauna] is meant to be a sort of polite ‘fuck you’ to what people may have thought that I was before,” she explains with such patience, shedding the assumptions that have tried to confine her to one specific sound or trope. Found insideIt was a diet that couldn't last. And then it fell apart. The second volume of Moby's memoir is a classic about the banality of fame. It is shocking, riotously entertaining, extreme, and unforgiving. Standing fully in the spotlight might’ve been too overwhelming in 2016, but reflections on past performances and experiences has led to many realisations within this cycle of constant evolution. Billie Marten is stepping further into the spotlight and is spreading her wings wider than ever before. It’s really difficult being presented that young because you think you know who you are, and everyone thinks you know who you are, and it’s just impossible. Combining the new sounds with the old could be a challenge for some, but Billie seems to revel in the possibilities of reinventing a stage persona. There's always something to talk about with nature and I'm sort of afraid of it in a way. When asked how she balanced everything, she ponders, “I don’t know. The pre-release jitters are kicking in, but she’s keeping them in check. The 21-year-old musician is describing the angst and depression she felt as a child and teenager, hardships she was uncertain about exposing in her music. Words: Steven Loftin / Photography: Marieke Macklon / 25 April 2019, 07:00 BST. He’ll have the accompaniment of a bass guitar to thank for that. Found inside'Wonderfully honest and relatable, and it's also extremely comforting and reassuring too' MIND, No.1 Mental Health charity 'I recommend this for anyone who's looking to find true consistent happiness' Craig David "This book is a way to ... Flora Fauna is an embodiment of this evolution by confronting these misconceptions and taking control of the narrative, unafraid of where it will take her and the listener; a lionhearted approach. “Everything around that time was just completely terrifying,” says Billie from her East London home via Google Chat as beams of sunlight cascade down from the bay windows surrounding her. CHAOS Music Magazine. Found inside – Page 45“ I seen Homer Evans and Ed Marten and Billie Cheeseman in our last drive but did not get to talk to them as ... Interview with Dale Harris , Omaha , Nebr . 2019 was a watershed year. ", That Marten has not worked the festival circuit before is not surprising. ", The song reflects upon "the overwhelming greed of people today," drawing yet more comparison to the sometimes cruel life of a Geisha, who Marten echoes in the film: "In this century I guess a lot of the mentality is to be constantly achieving and gaining more and more, not necessarily from life itself, but in a more commercial and consumerist frame of mind. Her gentle confidence and lush tones stick right to your conscious. Learn how your comment data is processed. Luckily, I was quite able in school, so I didn’t have to do [large] amounts of work to be able to get a good grade, but I did try really hard and I made sure that my focus was equally on school and music. “I hadn’t done that since being 14, so it felt like a shift needed to happen. Interviews Billie Marten on Attenborough, taking chances, and returning to nature Billie Marten spins a web you won’t want to break free from. We just had this Yamaha sampling keyboard and I put my voice in it and just looped that over and over. The Yorkshire-born singer signed to Sony aged 16. We just added a few keys, a drum machine and live kit. Every day you’d wake up to some more things you didn’t really know the meaning of and there wasn’t really an opportunity to say no, so you’d just follow everyone else really and follow their lead. Billie Marten has returned with her third album, Flora Fauna.Back in January when its release date was announced, I immediately called dibs on writing about this record. After all, this is a new decade and the North is changing faster than ever. This is a revealing and digressive journey and a State of the North address, delivered from barstool, terrace, dress circle and hillside. "Sometimes in gigs I'm thinking and worrying about the essay deadlines" It’s really hard to climb back out again because all you’ve got is your own brain. "I tend to write about situations with myself, or someone I'm close to or just anybody that crosses my path day-to-day, really. It was literally done in an afternoon. But, when comparing the new LP to her debut and sophomore, Feeding Seahorses By Hand, not only is the music more powerful than before, but so are Billie’s vocals, sung from the chest and with confidence – she later jokes that her producer, Rich Cooper, was glad she no longer whispers. Nothing ever really stays the same, and whilst that might not be a ground-breaking take, some artists struggle to shake off past aesthetics or music styles – take the recent Vogue photoshoot with Billie Eilish for example. Ecosystems are an integral part of existence. Offers a comprehensive guide to identifying animals yet to be officially recognized in science, and discusses where these animals live and why they remain a mystery. “I’m very aware of what other people are doing and it’s more difficult to be heard.”. It also felt like Billie’s most confident work yet. Having been nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016 long list in January, she quickly signed to Chess Club Records and began to receive praise across the smorgasbord for her lush sounding, folk inspired acoustic music. BY JORDAN MAINZER “Where are you calling from?” I asked Billie Marten during our Zoom last month. 0. 3rd May 2021. Born Isabella Sophie Tweddle, her transformation into Billie Marten occurred while in the throes of exams and revision, building her career in music as she went – from becoming a Chess Club signee to laying the groundwork for her debut LP, Writing of Blues and Yellows. Every teenage balladeer hacking away at a guitar or piano imagines their songs unfolding into the kind of gorgeous sonic panoramas found on Billie Marten’s debut album, Writing Of Blues And Yellows. Video interview with British singer-songwriter Billie Marten. Featuring +60 of the most important and well-recognized female-identifying artists, writers and creative thinkers of the last century as they explore the idea of pleasure - and empowerment - in all its forms. Billie Marten. "When the shooting day came, it was a very laid back and lighthearted time and the video is not meant to be taken too seriously at all. Found insideHere is A.A. Gill at his best. I mean, I probably would’ve done a lot more gigs around the first album had I not been in exams in late summer, but other than that, it was pretty even”. The most comprehensive documentation on Minard's unique works between sound art and acoustic design since 1980. “I guess I’ve sort of honed in on some specific concepts and feelings and I’ve managed to speak about that a bit more which is something you can’t really do the first time round because you’re so aware of what people are going to think. Billie Marten Interview Billie Marten’s new album is her statement of purpose: Flora Fauna is an affirmation of undeniable talent and, this time, it sounds like Billie believes it too. “I really wasn’t a human yet and couldn’t really process things the way we can now. It’s here, against a vibrant orange background that we see the singer-songwriter’s face – girlish, … I just really felt like I wanted to sing out rather than in”. In the run-up to the release of her sophomore album, Feeding Seahorses by Hand in 2019, Billie spoke of self-doubt encroaching in the completion of it, losing hope and belief in the songs. Billie Marten Interview: Quiet Confidence. ", "I cannot wait to play Latitude," she admits, despite her nerves about approaching such a huge stage. Above image: Kate Silvester . “I’m really looking forward to it and I think that’s the first time I’ve said that,” she admits. I know that I can't pretend that the stuff I'm doing now never happened (I mean it's out there on the internet forever) so I think I'll just carry on making music and maybe it'll evolve, maybe it won't. Told in her audacious and singular voice made vivid and immediate in her lyrical language, Chelsea Girls cobbles together memories of Myles's 1960s Catholic upbringing with an alcoholic father, her volatile adolescence, her unabashed ... Six years on, as she releases her third album, ‘Flora Fauna’, she tells Ellie Harrison why leaving the label was so liberating She cites this as “one of the greatest interviews of all time.” Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!? Released concurrently with Green's tenth album Engine of Paradise, this book cuts social commentary with laughter and imagination, all reflected through the artist-musician's characteristically quirky style. Found inside"Olivia's parents were killed fourteen years ago. Now, new evidence reopens the case . . . and she finds herself involved"-- He’s picking up the drinks and then he’s knocking ‘em back, I’ve never seen someone who wears a sad little mask like that. In Reasons My Kid is Crying, Greg collects together photos sent from parents around the world, documenting the many, completely logical reasons why small children cry. Share Tweet. Set in the Bay Area in the '70s, An Egg on Three Sticks is Jackie Moyer Fischer's emotional, funny, and extraordinarily heartfelt novel about Abby's struggle to hold her family together, find love from a mother who has little to give, and ... Six years on, as … I guess I was just very well protected and neither one [was] compromised. Interview: Billie Marten on antihistamines and alpacas Billie Marten is having the time of her life. I felt like there was no way I was going to confidently present something that I made, but now I’m really proud of it”. When ‘Garden of Eden’, Flora Fauna’s lead single, dropped in late January, it resounded like a gong signalling the return of better days. Billie Marten’s new album is her statement of purpose: Flora Fauna is an affirmation of undeniable talent and, this time, it sounds like Billie believes it too. Everything just has to be slightly broader and more universal.” Probing feelings that are perhaps more galling than others had been another factor in breaking past writing structures and formats. Get backstage sneak peeks and a true view into our world as the fun and games … In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Billie Marten is cutting ties with elements of her past, and looking eagerly into a precarious future - whatever it holds, and however long is left. 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