Song of the Day: Chelsea Carmichael – Fractuals

Following the release of her stunning debut album, saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael announces All We Know EP with a new instrumental track Fractuals.

Off the back of releasing her stunning debut album, The River Doesn’t Like Strangers last year on Shabaka Hutchings’ new label Native Rebel Recordings, Saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael drops a new track Fractuals as part of her new EP All We Know, same as the album recorded with Eddie Hick (Sons of Kemet), Dave Okumu (The Invisible) and Tom Herbert (The Invisible; Polar Bear).

Chelsea is a Conservatoire-trained musician who has already been part of a Mercury-nominated band - she played on SEED Ensemble’s 2019 Driftglass - and currently plays with Theon Cross, the Neue Grafik Ensemble and arranges for her own Chelsea Carmichael Ensemble. Following a performance together in May 2019 at the Total Refreshment Centre-affiliated Church of Sound with South African band The Brother Moves On, Shabaka noted Chelsea’s potential and invited her to record the first release on the new label.

Listen to Chelsea Carmichael new song Fractuals, from her new EP All We Know: