Vessel (solo artist)

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Vessel
Birth nameSebastian Gainsborough
Origin Bristol, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • producer
Years active2010–present
Labels
Website sebgainsborough.com

Vessel, also known as Sebastian Gainsborough, is an English music producer and composer from Bristol, England. [1]

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Career

Vessel began his career as a producer of bass driven, experimental electronica both as a solo artist as well as under numerous guises alongside and as part of Bristol's 'Young Echo' Collective, most notably as a member of Killing Sound. [2]

Following a number of limited 12" EP releases with London label Left Blank and an EP on Mute Records subsidiary, Liberation Technologies, Gainsborough's 'Vessel' solo output has been released by Tri Angle Records. [3] [4]

His trio of albums on Tri Angle, Order of Noise, Punish, Honey and Queen of Golden Dogs have received positive reviews. [5] [6] [7]

Alongside his studio album releases, Gainsborough has over recent years become increasingly known for his collaborative practice, especially concerning his collaboration with both classical instrumentalists and AV artists. Notably, he has collaborated extensively with visual artist Pedro Maia, [8] contemporary classical collectives Immix Ensemble [9] and Manchester Collective, [10] acclaimed violinist Rakhi Singh [11] and renowned visual artist Anouk de Clerq. [12] He premiered Written in Fire with Rakhi Singh at King's Place in 2019. [13]

In July 2020 Gainsborough announced the launch of a new music imprint 'Paplu' in partnership with long-time collaborator, violinist Rakhi Singh. To mark this, a new edit of 2014's Red Sex was released featuring Singh on viola and violin. This was followed up by Passion in November 2020, a long form work for strings, electronics and voice, launching with a video by Pedro Maia. [14]

On April 12, 2022, it was announced that Gainsborough co-composed the score for Robert Eggers Viking epic, The Northman with Robin Carolan, which released the following week in the UK, with its US cinematic release the following week. [15]

The soundtrack was highly praised in reviews, LA Weekly writing that "Every frame of Jarin Blaschke's cinematography is a carefully rendered baroque painting, while the score by Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough pushes us deeper into the ether with transcendent rhythms and primordial drums". [16]

Empire , in their five star review said of the score, "Long takes like these, accompanied by composers Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough’s pulsating score, throbbing with drumbeats and low notes, emphasise the savage spectacle and unforgiving harshness of these times, but also the powerful physicality of Skarsgård" [17] and IGN "The music, by Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough, is absolutely key, veering between folk-like strings that evoke King Aurvandill’s regality as he returns from war, and percussions so heavy — during murkier and more spiritual segments — that with the right theatrical sound system, the bass is sure to rattle your ribcage." [18]

The soundtrack was released digitally by Backlot Music coinciding with the cinematic release on April 22, and on tape, CD and various vinyl editions by Sacred Bones Records on July 22. [19]

In November 2022, Fever Ray announced their new single, 'Carbon Dioxide', a co-production between Karin Dreijer (Fever Ray) and Vessel. The single was released ahead of Fever Ray's 2023 album 'Radical Romantics', which is also features the likes of Olof Dreijer, Nídia, Peder Mannerfelt, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. [20]

Discography

Albums

2012Order of Noise (Tri Angle Records)
2014 Punish, Honey (Tri Angle Records)
2018 Queen of Golden Dogs (Tri Angle Records)

EPs

2010VeElSkSiEdL with El Kid (Astro:Dynamics)
2011Wax Dance (A Future Without)
2011Nylon Sunset (Left Blank)
2012Standard (Left Blank)
2013Misery Is A Communicable Disease (Liberation Technologies)
2016Transition with Immix Ensemble (Erased Tapes Records)
2020Passion (Paplu)

Singles

2014Red Sex (Tri Angle Records)
2018Paplu (Love That Moves The Sun) (Tri Angle Records)
2020Red Sex (Re-Strung) ft. Rakhi Singh (Paplu)

Remixes & Production

2012 Liars - Brats (Vessel Elliptic Remix)
2013El Kid - We Need Mirrors (Vessel Psychosis Mix)
2013 El Perro del Mar - Hold Off the Dawn (Vessel Remix)
2013Hyetal - Northwest Passage (Vessel Remix)
2013Ike Yard - Cherish8 (Vessel Remix)
2017 HEALTH - Dark Enough (Vessel RMX)
2019Just Mustard - Seven (Vessel Remix)
2020 Foals - Exits (Vessel Remix)
2021Lyra Pramuk - fountain (ars amatoria) (Vessel Rework)
2022 Fever Ray - Carbon Dioxide (single) (co-production with Karin Dreijer)

Soundtracks

2022 The Northman (co-composition with Robin Carolan)

Compositions for live performances

2019Paradise Lost - Composition for String Ensemble and Voice (for Manchester Collective)
2019Written In Fire - Composition for Electronics and String Ensemble
2021Squint - Composition for Electronics, String Ensemble and Percussion (for Manchester Collective)
2022Logos - Co-composition with and for Rakhi Singh & NYX Electronic Drone Choir (for PRS New Music Biennial)

References

  1. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (23 November 2018). "Vessel: Queen of Golden Dogs review – a gloriously weird electro-odyssey". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "RA: Young Echo". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Vessel (5)". Discogs. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tri-Angle Records - Vessel". Angle Records. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Vessel". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Albums: Jools Holland And Marc Almond, Fleetwood Mac, The Fizz, Vessel". The Irish News. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Vessel: Queen of Golden Dogs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "VESSEL | Pedro Maia" . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Immix Ensemble & Vessel - Artists". Erased Tapes. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Paradise Lost". Manchester Collective. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Vessel and violinist Rakhi Singh join forces for Written In Fire". FACT Magazine: Transmissions from the underground. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Anouk De Clercq with Vessel and Helga Davis". BOZAR. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Venn Diagrams and New Realms: Rakhi Singh and Vessel's Written in Fire • Magazine • Kings Place". Kings Place. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  14. ↑ Matthew, Strauss (9 November 2020). "Vessel Announced Passion EP, Shares new Song". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Ptchfork" . Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "ROBERT EGGERS' THE NORTHMAN: A BRUTAL, BIG BUDGET TALE OF VIKING VENGEANCE". LA Weekly. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "The Northman Review". Empire. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  18. ↑ "The Northman Review". IGN. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  19. ↑ "Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough - The Northman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Sacred Bones. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  20. ↑ "Fever Ray Announces New Album Radical Romantics, Shares New Song "Carbon Dioxide": Listen". Pitchfork. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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