Suite for a Departing Empress, by John Sutherland

Suite for a Departing Empress

by John Sutherland

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1.	Not Quite A Crocodile 04:32	buy track
2.	White Hole 16:13	buy track
3.	Blues for a Departing Empress 22:45	buy track

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Double tracked between 2 akai 4000 tape machines in 1982 whilst my Grandmother Jess was slowly passing away in hospital. My father went to his nephew's house where the gear was set up, threw everyone out, took LSD & over 2-3hrs recorded these 3 tunes in their entirety. There's only a small handful of people in the world have ever heard these recordings & I reckon I'm safe in saying there has never been or ever will be again anything quite as unique as this album.

I pondered long & hard about what would be the 1st posthumous release of my father's & this is it.

Suite For a Departing Empress featuring John Sutherland

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released January 11, 2021

Drums, Bass, Guitars & production by John Sutherland

Mixed & mastered by Isaac Sutherland

Photography by Fergus Mather
Artwork by Sarah Sutherland

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