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SUMMARY:Alison Cotton plus Pefkin
DESCRIPTION:Alison Cotton brings her "Dark Arcane Allure" to Bishops' House
 \, Haunted by flickering ghosts and shadows. Pefkin\, slowly-unfolding rit
 uals.\n\n\n\nAlison Cotton\n\nSince her first solo work manifested in 2018
 \, Alison Cotton has quietly become one of the UK’s most extraordinarily
  evocative aural explorers\, building eerily arcane tapestries of supernat
 ural beauty from her multi-layered viola\, incantatory vocals and harmoniu
 m. If Alison’s chosen main instruments have predictably drawn comparison
 s with The Marble Index-era Nico and Cale\, these ultimately prove superfl
 uous as the cathedral vault soundscapes Alison crafts with producer Mark N
 icholas soar into a magical realm entirely of her own making\, haunted by 
 folk’s dark ancient spirit at the same time as providing a much needed t
 ime suspending antidote to tumultuous modern times.\n\nSonido Polifonico a
 re ecstatic to welcome Alison Cotton back to Bishops’ House\, in support
  of her marvellous new album “Engelchen”. This will be Alison’s thir
 d visit to the museum\, and seeing her play under the Tudor beams is an in
 tense experience that the audience won’t forget.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nAlison cr
 eates deeply moving soundworlds that are utterly transportative\, incorpor
 ating viola\, voice\, omnichord and percussion. Her new album is inspired 
 by\n\nthe heroic lives of Ida &amp\; Louise Cook\, two sisters who spent t
 heir early years in Sunderland. Amongst the most effective British transpo
 rters of Jews from Nazi persecution\, these compositions focus on the sist
 ers’ brave and important work in rescuing 29 Jews from the Nazis. The mu
 sic is also inspired by meetings Alison has carried out with clients of th
 e north east refugee charity The Other Perspective / North East Migration 
 Partnership where refugees have told her their stories\, about their journ
 eys and the barriers they have faced.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n“a magical realm ent
 irely of her own making\, haunted by folk’s dark ancient spirit at the s
 ame time as providing a much need” (Kris Needs)\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\
 nPefkin\n\nSupport comes from Sheffield-based Pefkin\, solo project of Gay
 le Brogan of Burd Ellen\, Electroscope\, Meadowsilver and Greenshank\, and
  creator of slowly-unfolding\, ritualistic hymnals that draw heavily on la
 ndscape and the natural world. With violin\, viola\, voice and electronics
 \, she creates a truly rural psychedelia.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;
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