To Dust Alice Russell

• 1 A to Z 01:31
• 2 Heartbreaker, Pt. 2 03:30
• 3 For a While 04:52
• 4 Heartbreaker 03:41
• 5 I Loved You (Interlude) 00:34
• 6 Hard and Strong 04:04
• 7 To Dust 03:11
• 8 I Loved You 03:57
• 9 Twin Peaks 04:30
• 10 Heartbreaker (Interlude) 01:16
• 11 Let Go (Breakdown) 03:15
• 12 Drinking Song (Interlude) 02:02
• 13 Citizens 02:45
• 14 Different (Bonus Track) 05:21
• Total Runtime 44:29

Info for To Dust

Since 2008 and the 70’s vintage “Pot of Gold”, we were without news from the soul singer Alice Russel. Heart wound, low spirits and the end of her label Little Poppet, she is back from the dust with her friend and music director TM JUKE (Alex Cowan) for an electro-soul album. “To Dust” is about disillusion, fatalism and disappointments, in a way the essence of the best soul productions! Hip-hop beats, impressive voice and touching chorus, and the delicious hit “Heartbreaker”, all theses ingredients will make “To Dust” a classic from the 21th Century gospel!

'strikingly soulful… jaw dropping' (MOJO)

'one of Britain’s best kept secrets' (THE INDEPENDENT)

Alice Russel, vocals
TM Juke (Alex Cowan), guitar
Dan Swain, bass
Jack Baker, drums
Ben Jones, keyboards
MiKe Simmonds, violin & vocals

Produced by TM Juke (Alex Cowan)

Alice Russell is natural, pure natural talent, a natural presence, a force of nature. Whether on a big stage with her 16 piece band, charming a crowd of 4000 into staying out dancing in the rain (as she did at Montreal Jazz Festival) or rocking out an intimate club set with a stripped down 6 piece band, she’s a singer who demands attention. Unfazed by taking to the spotlight after a sober Amy Winehouse or joining Roy Ayres live for ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’, there’s no wonder her powerful soul voice has attracted rave reviews from numerous national and international publications and praise from fans as diverse as Gilles Peterson, David Byrne, Dennis Coffey, Massive Attack’s Daddy G, and Groove Armada.

Alice has also won over a whole brace of producers – lending her strong, emotional tones to releases by Mr Scruff, Quantic and Nostalgia 77, the latter pairing producing the ‘Seven Nation Army’ cover that demolished clubs for years. But following her first release 'Under The Munka Moon' it’s her records with longtime producer and bandleader TM Juke that she’s best known for. From their debut album ‘My Favourite Letters' through to 2008’s live-tinged ‘Pot Of Gold’, they have made some of the most arresting blues soul since the glory days of Aretha.

“We’ve both got a very open approach to writing songs,” she explains of the prolific relationship. “And we both like so many different types of music whereas some people are more purist. Our influences run from Sarah Vaughan to Bach, Kate Bush to Arvo Part, and J Dilla to Alice Coltrane. We love everything from dirty, squelchy dub step to old school soul. We nudge each other in the right directions.”

The direction they’re nudging each other in right now is towards the synthesizer rack. A love of Prince’s upbeat ‘Dirty Mind’ album and tracks like ‘Controversy’ are leading to a new sound for the upcoming album.

“We’re writing and recording as we speak,” Alice exclaims. “It’s sounding like a cross between ‘My Favourite Letters’ and something much newer. Obviously my voice is there, which brings out that soulful, emotional sound, but there are a lot more synths. It’s a bit more punk electro soul. Yeah!”

Booklet for To Dust