Press Release

CD: Little Death Orchestra

Label: Bowman's Capsule

Little Death Orchestra released their debut self-titled CD through Bowman's Capsule.

Little Death Orchestra's Michael Burdett has written music for contemporary dance companies and BBC documentaries, before concentrating on this CD's private, piano-led journey through ambient, dance and filmic styles.

The songwriting ranges from The Wintering's melancholy evocation of 'freshly laundered beds left empty by dying patients' during a hospital stay in his childhood, to the self-titled track's tumbling, spiralling crescendos and The Nothing Room's Blade Runner-esque chill. According to Burdett: 'years ago I had a girlfriend who was part of a big family and on my first visit to her parent's large house everybody kept mentioning a room upstairs which they all seemed to refer to very naturally as the Nothing Room. Sitting in their kitchen whilst it was suggested that I slept in the Nothing Room that night I can still recall exactly how bizarre it felt. Apparently when all the kids were little they had had some debate as to what this room should be called, as it was used as a study, a playroom, a laundry room as well as a spare bedroom. Somehow the Nothing Room just stuck.'

Although Little Death Orchestra is very much Burdett's vision, the band features contributions from musicians whose credits include Seal, David Bowie, Manic Street Preachers and even McFly.