C Duncan Signs to Faber Alt.
C Duncan signs to faber alt.
Faber Alt. are delighted to announce signing a full publishing deal with the Scottish musician and Mercury Prize nominee, C Duncan.
Born and raised in Glasgow by two classical musicians, Chris studied piano and viola before taking up guitar, bass, and drums in his teens, eventually studying music composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. After graduating he began work on his first album, writing and recording everything from home.
His Mercury-nominated debut Architect was released in 2015 and after a spell of touring the UK and Europe, he returned to his home studio and began work on his Twilight Zone inspired second album The Midnight Sun which was released in 2016 and shortlisted for Scottish Album of the Year.
He supported Elbow on their UK and North American tour which led him to record his third album Health at their studio in Salford with Craig Potter, which was released in 2019 and also shortlisted for Scottish Album of the Year. Now back in his "new and improved" home studio, Chris has worked on new songs and soundtracks, as well as classical compositions. He is also a keen artist and paints all his own album artwork.
"I’m extremely happy and excited to be part of the Faber Alt. family. I have always had enormous respect for Faber and their fantastic roster of artists and I really look forward to working together"
C Duncan
“I’ve been a fan of C Duncan’s work ever since I heard Architect back in 2015, so it now feels brilliant to welcome him to the Faber Alt. roster. He’s a hugely talented songwriter who is able to create timeless soundscapes which seem to have a soothing quality about them, which we surely all need right now. We are so proud of how Faber Alt. has developed since we launched in 2018, and having Chris join us in our 4th year is a real privilege.”
Lucy Holliday, Head of A&R
To beat the lockdown blues, C Duncan collaborated with NYOS and BBC SSO in July 2020 and took part in a week of online coaching with members of NYOS’s Junior, Senior and Symphony Orchestras to help them rehearse and remotely record a new work, Dance from a Distance, written specially for them by C Duncan and commissioned by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
See the innovative performance here.
You can read more about C Duncan on his artist’s page here.
C Duncan most recently collaborated with Lost Horizons on their new album for the track ‘Circle’, he talks about this further:
“Circle explores themes of repetition and tiny changes. Going round and round in circles for days and days whilst the world very gradually changes around you, finding comfort in not remaining static and yet not going too fast. This is reflected in the video, which is built up of videos I had taken on my phone, traveling through countryside. Nothing moves too fast or changes too quickly, yet by the end of the video you have moved through the landscape of the west coast of America to the west coast of Scotland, nothing seemingly too contrasting or out of place, yet totally different.”
The music video below was released on May 5th.