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Harpy 2
Poster/Print + Digital Album
An original, handmade (hand-carved linocut and hand-pulled print) image of a Harpy, produced as a companion to Betwixt & Between 4, in black printers ink on high quality recycled brown card (170gsm). Each is individually numbered.
The image is adapted from a medieval woodcut of the harpy and her prey
The print (including border) is A5.
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via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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CDr
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
A CDr of Betwixt and Between 4 in a brown card sleeve, with hand-printed art. CDs are produced in a limited edition of 20, and each is individually numbered.
Includes unlimited streaming of Betwixt & Between 4
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Harpy 1
Poster/Print + Digital Album
An original, handmade (hand-carved linocut and hand-pulled print) image of a Harpy, produced as a cover art for Betwixt & Between 4, in black printers ink on high quality recycled brown card (170gsm). Each is individually numbered.
The image is adapted from marginalia in the Rutland Psalter.
The print (including border) is A5.
Includes unlimited streaming of Betwixt & Between 4
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Tape
Cassette + Digital Album
A cassette tape of Betwixt and Between 4 in a clear plastic case, with hand-printed art insert on brown card.
Limited (and individually numbered) edition of 100, 50 of which are available directly from Quinie.
Includes unlimited streaming of Betwixt & Between 4
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
On Betwixt & Between 4 we welcome Glasgow-based Scots folk-singer Quinie, with a clutch of songs hot on the heels of last year's album Buckie Prins (on the always-excellent GLARC label).
Jacken Elswyth's side consists of four banjo pieces plus a venture into English folk-song, with a recording of 'The Banks of Green Willow' made in a field in Herefordshire. Among the banjo pieces are three improvisations, plus an arrangement of the hymn tune (and John Fahey standard) 'In Christ there is no East or West'. Each of the improvisations stretches the banjo in a different direction – the first by bowing, the second by adding delay, and the third by looping the sound of brushes across its skin as a soundscape for improvising across.
On the other side Quinie sings a set of songs playfully embellished with occasional bells, whistles, and percussion, and interspersed with odd interludes of reedy drone. The songs themselves draw on some gently comedic sources – as on Matt McGuinn's 'Red Yoyo' or Duncan MacRae's 'Wee Cock Sparra' – alongside Quinie's continued exploration of the repertoire of Lizzie Higgins on 'Wha's at the windy'. The songs are presented largely unaccompanied, with instrumentation lending carefully placed emphasis around her wonderfully trad Scots singing style.
The Betwixt & Between 4 mascot is the harpy: a beautiful human vulture, and a vicious thief. The cover image is adapted from marginalia in the Rutland Psalter.
On Jacken's side:
All tracks arranged, performed, recorded and mixed by Jacken Elswyth.
On Quinie's side:
Tracks performed and recorded by Josie Vallely, Gordon Bruce, and Tom Merewether
"Scratch, scratch. I have no idea and scratch my head again [...] I think it is pretty but I have no idea why" - Vital Weekly (www.vitalweekly.net/1182.html)
Betwixt & Between Tapes is an occasional series of split cassette tape EPs exploring sympathetic resonances and
complimentary contrasts across traditional, improvised, and drone / ambient musics.
It is organised by Jacken Elswyth, a London-based traditional and improvising banjo player....more
supported by 16 fans who also own “Betwixt & Between 4”
One of my favourite albums of 2022. The rich mixture of traditional musics with field recordings and experimentation fit hand in glove. With its long form passages, there is a beautiful surprise around every corner as the music wends its way along its watery course. Teedubyabee
supported by 15 fans who also own “Betwixt & Between 4”
Hands down my favourite record of the year so far -evocative, expressive and inspirational in a way I've not experienced from new music in years. Ceri Nicholls
supported by 13 fans who also own “Betwixt & Between 4”
Wow!...I feel the strongest urge for cigarette after listening to this. An album that will leave those who go through it, spent, emotionally raw and uplifted.
More of this kind of thing please!...and Mr Lee, its time you gave us an album. Catherine M. Fox
Bright and skipping songs that foreground the sound of the banjo and fingerstyle guitar in music that feels timeless. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2020
Sweet harmonies & strummed melodies; the duo delve into decades-old folk, jazz, and country to find a timeless kind of love and connection. Bandcamp New & Notable May 23, 2018
This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 29, 2020