Sholto - Persephone's Perception / Tied to the Mast - 7-INCH SINGLE [7 inch Vinyl Disc]

London cinematic soul extraordinaire SHOLTO partners with his Sunglasses For Jaws (SFJ) bandmate David Bardon and acclaimed Hungarian pianist & composer Àbáse for a new double A side. Combining moody instrumental hip-hop tones, dusty funk breaks and swirling synths with undertones of jazz harmony, 'Metropolis' and 'The Right Orcid' were born out of a spontaneous jam session in the Sunglasses For Jaws studio whilst Àbáse was visiting London in 2024. For fans of BADBADNOTGOOD and Surprise Chef Album Tracks 1. Metropolis 2. The Right Orchid

Sholto returns with 'Everything Is Stolen Anyway', his first since 'The Sirens', reuniting with Phoebe Coco. A hazy blend of cinematic trip-hop and psychedelic folk textures, the leans into mood, space and atmosphere, presented as a limited 7Inch with instrumental B-side. Album Tracks 1. Everything Is Stolen Anyway (With Phoebe Coco) 2. Everything Is Stolen Anyway (Instrumental)

Gilles Peterson-championed cinematic maestro Sholto returns with his third album in three years. Following the epic, sprawling odyssey of 2024's double album 'Letting Go of Forever', his new project 'The Sirens' builds upon the groove-rooted, string-soaked dreamscapes and ethereal textures upon which he's built his name, this time inverting the beauty into a haunting fever dream. Deeply cinematic at it's core, the albums' tender jazz harmonisations flow into a moving undercurrent of strings and harp, anchored by Sholto's rhythmic sensibility and dramatic vocal cues that drift in and out across the record's 12-tracks, capturing the essence of Sirens like dream sequences caught mid-thought. The record is emotionally unflinching, exploring themes of duality, temptation, and emotional dislocation, in Sholto's words Inchblurring grief with groove, seduction and surrenderInch.Using the world of myth and the carnivalesque as a vehicle for exploring the intricacies of the human condition, 'The Sirens' emerged from a space of uncertainty and spiritual fatigue for Sholto. Drawing from ancient allegory to navigate his inner turbulence, the album is grounded in quiet defiance and tension that sometimes never quite resolves. Created once again in the fertile, creative hub of Sholto's SFJ studio in Hackney, the album reunites a familiar cast of musical characters, giving voice to the community feel and cohesive sound world he's building. The core of the Sholto sound is here, with Syd Kemp returning on bass, Clementine Brown on strings and Rachel Horton Kitchlew on harp. Album Tracks 1. Smooth Sailing (FT. Phoebe Coco) 2. Persephone's Perception 3. El Faro 4. Tied to the Mast 5. Drowning in You (Interlude) 6. Ghibli's Dream 7. Temptress (FT. Tom McBrien) 8. Lamia 9. Purple Flow 10. On the Rocks 11. Swampland of the Soul 12. Invisible Conductor of the Orch