Soul Proprietor

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Soul Proprietor
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Released5 April 2010
Genre Folk, pop
Label Bella Union
Alessi's Ark chronology
Live Session
(2009)
Soul Proprietor
(2010)
Time Travel
(2011)

Soul Proprietor is an EP by British singer-songwriter Alessi Laurent-Marke. It is her first on new record label Bella Union [1] and marks her move from major label Virgin to an independent. It coincides with her most high-profile tour as special guest to acclaimed British folk artist Laura Marling at her UK shows in April 2010. [2] Prior to its release music website Drowned in Sound offered a free download of one song from the EP, "Shovelling", as a preview. [3] Photographer Rebecca Miller took the cover shot at the How We Lived Then museum in Eastbourne. [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Alessi Laurent-Marke

  1. "The Robot"
  2. "Shovelling"
  3. "Dancing Feet"
  4. "The Bird Song"

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References

  1. "Alessi's Ark – Soul Proprietor". Bella Union Records. 27 February 2010.
  2. "Bella Union news – Alessi's Ark". Bella Union Records. 10 February 2010.
  3. "Listen:free Alessi's Ark download – "Shovelling"". Drowned in Sound. 12 March 2010.
  4. "Soul Proprietor". alessisark.com. 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.