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Fable and Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll rumoured to join forces for Eurovision 2016!
“...a dark, glistening synth pop gem...”
- Clash Magazine
"...bold and brilliant..."- The Line of Best Fit
“Brooding cinematic Electronica…” - Guardian
With the recent news that the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest will be decided by public vote, there have been calls for a ‘serious’ artist and song to come along and save the day.
If rumours are to believed, one of the Godfathers of dance, Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll, and Brighton based alt pop powerhouse Fable, may well be answering that call.
Having already collaborated together on his last album, 8:58 on the track 'Cemetery' alongside such luminaries as Robert Smith, Ed Harcourt, Cilian Murphy and The Unthanks, Hartnoll has turned once again to the youngest of his vocalists, at a mere twenty years old, to work together on what would, no doubt, be a major departure from the usual Eurovision fare. A firm favourite of the tastemaker blogs, Fable has begun to carve herself a reputation for challenging boundaries and doing the unexpected.
Fable recently returned, having toured the country spreading her dark and sensual sound and seducing audiences with her alternative, twisted electronica, presenting her latest single I Am You, due for release on January 15th 2016.
You can stream it now via Fable's SoundCloud page.
I Am You captures the feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you realise that you are ‘the other’, an outsider looking in at the cultural machine that has been built around all of us. However, the cruel irony is that in spite of existing outside the bubble of mass manufactured media, your very existence is still an expression of it - a contradiction of alienation and connection.
Co-written and produced by Paul Steel (The Xcerts, Mika, Saint Raymond) and mixed by Lee Groves (Goldfrapp, Gwen Stefani, Kimbra), I Am You is the first single from Fable’s debut album, Sacrilege, slated for release in early 2016, following on from her critically acclaimed debut EP, Parasite.
Originally from Devon and now based in Brighton, 20 year old Fable is a fierce new talent - forthright, opinionated, intelligent and far removed from the generic shiny pop songstresses that dominate the current music scene. In addition to Hartnoll she's also written alongside Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack and supported Archive at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier in the year.
I Am You is released via 74 Music on January 15th 2016.