Meilyr Jones Announces Live Album 'Mimesis - Live at the Round Chapel, Hackney'
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Written by Laura Johnson
Meilyr Jones will release a live album later this year.
'Mimesis - Live at the Round Chapel, Hackney', which is due out on December 8, was recorded in May 2016 by Iwan Morgan, who who worked with Jones on his Welsh Music Prize-winning debut LP, '2013', and filmed by Malcolm Williams.
Speaking about it, the Welsh art-pop artist said:
"It was meant to be an album launch party, where I'd play the album live in full, and some extra things. But after getting the orchestra together and the choir, and friends and family it felt like a nice thing to open it out, to put on a free concert at the Round Chapel. It was a one-off, and the only time I've done the album live with the full group. The week before the concert we invited 300 people to come. It was such a special evening, and everyone helped out."
"It was really nice listening back, and hearing how cavernous it sounded, and nice making a record that feels completely live and not trying to make it too smooth, or changing anything later. It feels as it was."
"There will only be 300 copies of the LP released and will come with a video and digital download of the concert in full including tracks not available on the vinyl.”
Listen to Jones' performance of Passionate Friend, lifted from the new record, below.
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