Heloise Werner, Max Baillie, Julian Azkoul, Ruth Gibson, Colin Alexander, Marianne Schofield, Kit Downes - close-ups

Heloise Werner's first album, Phrases, was received ecstatically. For her second, she wanted to create a programme with a cohesive narrative arc - a journey, but one that the listener can take in their own time and their own way. For it, she has assembled a group of musicians who both share in her concept but also bring to the project their own varied musical personalities to complement Heloise's own distinctive voice. Rightly described by Heloise as 'amazing people', her collaborators - Colin Alexander, Julian Azkoul, Max Baillie, Kit Downes, Ruth Gibson and Marianne Schofield - stitch their individual contributions into close-ups in colours just as vibrant as Heloise's own.