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Taken from his forthcoming concept album, Circadia (Friday, 13 September – Cambrian Records), and having previously premiered Exploding Tetris and Daily Grind, we have another video from Wales-based Scottish musician, string-arranger, and composer David Grubb.
Circadia is an instrumental concept album that explores the human subconscious and the sleep process. David shared the following on the latest album single, The Somnambulist:
“For this third and final single, we bring you from deep within the sleep cycle, during a period of slow wave, NREM sleep.
“Somnambulism, more commonly known as sleepwalking, is a parasomnia where one’s motor functions resume during an unconscious state. This can be as benign as talking, sitting up in bed, or walking around, but can be as extreme as driving, cooking, or acting out hallucinations. Often the walker is unaware of their actions during this state. It is still not fully understood why we sleepwalk.
“With the track, I wanted there to be an innocence with just a hint of malice to embody the mysterious nature of this phenomenon. We begin free and minimal, the clarinet depicting the body as it slowly becomes aware of its autonomy. As the body becomes more confident, more instruments enter, the violin responding to the clarinet as the mind tries to regain affinity with the body. We start to march, the band depicts the shuffling feet of the somnambulist, walking a tightrope between conscious realms. The clarinet soars wistfully as the body makes its way through the physical world, passing between melancholy and a sense of freedom.
“The track ends with a taste a what’s to come, something a little more sinister perhaps?.. You’ll have to listen to the full album on the 13th of September to find out.”
Pre-Order Circadia here: https://davidgrubb.bandcamp.com/album/circadia
Live Dates
Tickets: https://davidgrubb.co.uk
Oct 10th: Leconfield Hall, Petworth
Oct 11th: TBC
Oct 18th: The Lost Arc, Rhayader
Oct 19th: Star of the Sea, Borth
Oct 20th: Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
Oct 24th: The Victoria, Hereford
Oct 27th: Cricket Club, Belper
Oct 28th: Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
Oct 30th: Kings Theatre, Kirkcaldy
Oct 31st: TBC
Nov 1st: The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
Nov 2nd: Ardross Village Hall, Ardross
Nov 21st: RWCMD, Cardiff
Nov 22nd: Melville Centre, Abergavenny
Nov 23rd: The Muse, Brecon
Website and Ticket links can be found here: https://davidgrubb.co.uk/home
