son

‘son’ is a 9-track project by Rosie Lowe and Duval Timothy.
12 November 2021, Carrying Colour Records.

son was recorded in London and Freetown between 2019-21. Inspired by the pair’s shared love of choral music, it began as an experiment to explore playing with the voice in more creative ways, using layered vocals as an instrument following piano harmony, arrangement and sampling.

The project started in London with the title track and became a story about a world in which we hide our true ‘colours’ in order to fit in. A mother tells her son that he needs to fit in to survive before realising that she is following the same tropes passed on to her as a child. Following this realisation, she encourages her son to protect his dreams and not to listen to anybody telling him he can’t be whatever he chooses.

Rosie joined Duval for a week in Freetown in February 2020 where they wrote the rest of the project, bringing friends Daniel Koroma, Kandeh Bangura, Valentine Coker, Chino Greene and Tom Herbert in for musical contributions;

“we were interested in bringing our surroundings into the recordings; leaving doors open, recording in different spaces and locations, inviting the listener to experience the life that was going on around us whilst capturing the process”.

Recorded in London, UK and Freetown, SL
Mixed by Marta Salogni
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Artwork by Duval Timothy

12” Transparent Green Vinyl
Order the Vinyl from Bandcamp
Listen to the album HERE

‘Son’ listening installations:
Ormside Projects 11 November 2021
Lewisham Arthouse Gallery 21 - 26 March 2022

Poem by Julian Knxx in response to the album

Son childrens book
Paintings by Rosie Lowe and Duval Timothy