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Trails and Traces

by Nye Banfield

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Beautifully produced 12" 140g Vinyl. Mastered by Tom Leader, cut at Abbey Road and pressed in Germany by Optimal Media. The artwork features a stunning piece by Sonia Stanyard, with graphic design by Isaac Williamson.

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1.
Rockhopper 04:16
2.
Bellarom Gold 04:57
3.
Four Years Later 03:04
4.
E11 07:24
5.
Song For Grandad 01:41
6.
Pocket Tissue Blues 05:32
7.
Characters 14:42

about

‘Trails and Traces’ is Nye’s debut LP.

The music started life whilst Nye was completing his degree in Jazz in London. He graduated just a few months before the dreaded events of 2020, which saw him fleeing back home to the countryside in Leicestershire.

Here, a significant contrast to the last 4 years in South London, he reconnected with the area he'd grown up in, and the characters linked to it. It helped Nye reflect on the various trails we all go down in life, and the traces that are left on us by people, places and things that mean the world to us.

Returning to London, Nye then completed composing an album's worth of material, subsequently hitting Fish Factory Studios for 2 days with his sextet to record it.

Featuring ‘Banger Factory’ leader Mark Kavuma on trumpet, the record infuses flavours from 60s Blue Note records, 90s Radiohead, 20th century classical music and contemporary New York Jazz. The resulting sound is, dark, gripping and intensely expressive.

credits

released January 12, 2024

All songs composed by Aneurin (Nye) Banfield

Nye Banfield - Tenor Saxophone
Mark Kavuma - Trumpet
Wilf Diamond - Trombone
Rupert Cox - Piano and Rhodes
Hamish Nockles-Moore - Double Bass
Ewan Moore - Drums

Engineered and mixed by Sonny Johns
Mastered by Tom Leader

Artwork features a piece by Sonia Stanyard, with graphic design by Isaac Williamson

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Nye Banfield London, UK

Hailing from rural Leicestershire with Welsh roots, Nye Banfield is a profoundly creative saxophonist and composer. Bringing a fresh perspective to South East London, Nye paints visceral scenes from his life and the people around him through his music.

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