Over on our sister label, Blue Cloud Music, this May saw a brand new EP from composer and songwriter Julian Marshall.

Taking influence from jazz styles, filmic atmospheres and romantic orchestral colours, Garden in Summer potently evokes the remarkable poetry of Gertrud Kolmar, with words performed by up and coming actor Avigail Tlalim set to music by Julian Marshall.

As well as the EP a fantastic new film has been commissioned from animator Ciaran Walsh, which you can see below.

And to round off the project, the legendary drummer Steve Gadd has taken part in an exclusive instrumental remix of the lead track, Garden in Summer, which you can listen to here.

LISTEN TO THE EP

Full credits;

Garden in Summer
Julian Marshall – feat. Avigail Tlalim
Music composed and produced by Julian Marshall
Text by Gertrud Kolmar – in a translation* by Philip Kuhn and Ruth von Zimmermann.
Used here with permission and with grateful thanks.
*Welten, by Gertrud Kolmar, published by Shearsman Books.
Performed by Avigail Tlalim
Directed by Anastasia Bruce-Jones
Recorded and mixed by Jonas Persson at The Loft, Barnes.

Sunlit Hour
Julian Marshall – feat. Avigail Tlalim
Music composed and produced by Julian Marshall
Poem by Emily Louise Bland
Performed by Avigail Tlalim
Directed by Anastasia Bruce-Jones
Recorded and mixed by Jonas Persson at The Loft, Barnes.

Canopy
Julian Marshall – feat. Avigail Tlalim
Music composed and produced by Julian Marshall
Poem by Emily Louise Bland
Performed by Avigail Tlalim
Directed by Anastasia Bruce-Jones
Recorded and mixed by Jonas Persson at The Loft, Barnes.

Yours Is The Heart
Julian Marshall – feat. Avigail Tlalim
Music composed and produced by Julian Marshall
Poem by Emily Louise Bland
Performed by Avigail Tlalim
Directed by Anastasia Bruce-Jones
Recorded and mixed by Jonas Persson at The Loft, Barnes.

Animation by Ciaran Walsh

EP cover art by Rod Nelson