Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra - The Unfolding

There are pieces of music that seek to tell us deeper stories. Others harness the talents of the players at their disposal in adventurous ways. Then there are the rare, generous works that make us think back to our roots as human beings and to our shared beginnings in the universe, that lift us in their melodies, rhythms and textures, that carry us with them.

+ Dinked Edition Number 165
+ Fluorescent Orange 2LP *
+ Blue Splatter 2LP *
+ Bespoke front cover colourway *
+ Hand numbered art print *
+ Gatefold sleeve & printed inner sleeves
+ Exclusive vinyl only track
+ Limited pressing of 750 *
+ One Per Customer

* #DinkedEdition Exclusive.

The Unfolding is all of these things. An extraordinary eight-part collaboration between composer Hannah Peel (Mercury Prize and Emmy nominee) and Paraorchestra, it was made over three years in precious morsels of time around a global pandemic. These circumstances – unexpected when the collaboration began – add weight to its explorations in sound about who we are, where we came from, and who we could all be. The Unfolding also explores Paraorchestra’s progressive idea of what an orchestra should be, mixing analogue, digital and assistive instruments with a unique ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians to make magic happen, and accessible to all.

+ Available on a very limited Indie Exclusive Fluorescent Orange vinyl pressing.

A1. The Universe Before Matter
A2. Wild Animal

B1. Passage
B2. The Unfolding

C1. If After Weeks Of Early Sun
C2. Perhaps It Made Us Happy For A Minute
C3. We Are Part Mineral

D1. Part Cloud
D2. The Unfolding Credits Instrumental Version** 
D3. The Unfolding Credits

** vinyl exclusive not on CD.