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Sieben is the project name for the work I do with my songs. (I release my instrumental work under my own name). I've released eight Sieben albums to date; 'Forbid the Sun's Escape'. 'The Line and the Hook', 'Our Solitary Confinement', 'Sex and Wildflowers', 'Ogham Inside the Night', 'High Broad Field', ‘Desire Rites’ and now 'As They Should Sound'. 'Hellfires' could well be classed as a Sieben album too, as it is a song-based album, but I didn't think of that at the time and went ahead and released it under my own name. Doh.
I've developed Sieben so that I can play live without any backing. I use a loop pedal, a violin, and my voice. I can start with a simple melody, add a bass part or two, some 'drums' by playing beats on various parts of the violin ('kick' behind the strings, 'snare' by slapping the body, and 'shaker' by scratching the pickup with my chin etc etc), harmonies and melodies over the top. Over this I can sing and play.
It's been great doing this live, and I have really noticed that it has had much more effect on people in the audience. They can see the songs growing, right in front of them, and see how the layers of the song are made, as they start to build up.
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