Time Travel is the second album by British singer-songwriter Alessi Laurent-Marke and her first album for independent label Bella Union. It was recorded in Brighton's Electric Studios with Willkommen Collective’s Marcus Hamblett and at Bryn Derwen in Wales with David Wrench.
The songs from the album were inspired by the long tour that came after the release of Alessi's Ark's debut album, Notes from the Treehouse, with Laurent-Marke explaining "this is a collection of songs that have mostly grown from travelling and touring, away from the familiarity of home, family and friends". The album title came from the long hours of recording every day: "In Brighton, we did 12 hour days and had no idea what was going on in the outside world. In Wales, there was no phone signal, and it felt far away from everything."
The cover of the album features a photo of Laurent-Marke in an old ice cream van which she discovered in Morecambe after playing in nearby Lancaster. “Those old towns are like the land that time forgot, and I got talking to the owner of this beautiful ice cream van, she had a wartime haircut and a beautiful dress and I couldn’t work out where she’d landed from. I later contacted her about having the van on the cover and she was up for it”.[1]
The album was well-received critically with the BBC's review calling it an album that "sails well above the current flood of increasingly desperate folk wannabes, and weaves a modest magic that is hard to pinpoint, yet even harder to resist"[2] and The Guardian writing that the songs on Time Travel "reveal a talent that's on the verge of becoming something special".[3]
^"BBC - Music - Review of Alessi's Ark - Time Travel".
^"Alessi's Ark: Time Travel – review". TheGuardian.com. 21 April 2011.
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time, travel, alessi, album, time, travel, second, album, british, singer, songwriter, alessi, laurent, marke, first, album, independent, label, bella, union, recorded, brighton, electric, studios, with, willkommen, collective, marcus, hamblett, bryn, derwen, . Time Travel is the second album by British singer songwriter Alessi Laurent Marke and her first album for independent label Bella Union It was recorded in Brighton s Electric Studios with Willkommen Collective s Marcus Hamblett and at Bryn Derwen in Wales with David Wrench Time TravelStudio album by Alessi s ArkReleased25 April 2011GenreFolk popLabelBella UnionProducerAlessi Laurent Marke David WrenchAlessi s Ark chronologySoul Proprietor 2010 Time Travel 2011 The Still Life 2013 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingBBCFavourable linkThe GuardianlinkAllmusiclinkThe songs from the album were inspired by the long tour that came after the release of Alessi s Ark s debut album Notes from the Treehouse with Laurent Marke explaining this is a collection of songs that have mostly grown from travelling and touring away from the familiarity of home family and friends The album title came from the long hours of recording every day In Brighton we did 12 hour days and had no idea what was going on in the outside world In Wales there was no phone signal and it felt far away from everything The cover of the album features a photo of Laurent Marke in an old ice cream van which she discovered in Morecambe after playing in nearby Lancaster Those old towns are like the land that time forgot and I got talking to the owner of this beautiful ice cream van she had a wartime haircut and a beautiful dress and I couldn t work out where she d landed from I later contacted her about having the van on the cover and she was up for it 1 The album was well received critically with the BBC s review calling it an album that sails well above the current flood of increasingly desperate folk wannabes and weaves a modest magic that is hard to pinpoint yet even harder to resist 2 and The Guardian writing that the songs on Time Travel reveal a talent that s on the verge of becoming something special 3 Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 iTunes Bonus Tracks 2 Credits 3 ReferencesTrack listing EditAll songs by Alessi Laurent Marke unless otherwise noted Kind Of Man 1 58 Wire 2 19 On The Plains 2 48 Must Have Grown 2 00 Time Travel 3 53 The Fever 1 35 Blanket 1 15 Maybe I Know 2 41 Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Stalemate 3 19 The Robot 2 44 Run 1 32 The Bird Song 2 27iTunes Bonus Tracks Edit The Moth Song 0 55 UK only Bluffs 2 00 US only Credits EditAlessi Laurent Marke Vocals Guitar Drums Marcus Hamblett Electric Guitar Double Bass Tenor Horn Banjo Vocals Will Calderbank Cello Piano Alistair Strachan Cornet Jamie Backhouse Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar Helen Whitaker Flute Adam Newton Double Bass Electric Bass Sam Nadel Drums Jacob Richardson Acoustic Guitar Slide Guitar Vocals Ruth de Turberville Cello Vocals Daniel Green Drums David Wrench Piano Electric Guitar Emma Gatrill Clarinet Harp Jo Burke Violin Cathy Cardin VocalsReferences Edit Alessi s Ark Bella Union BBC Music Review of Alessi s Ark Time Travel Alessi s Ark Time Travel review TheGuardian com 21 April 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Time Travel Alessi 27s Ark album amp oldid 1083288945, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
