Album Z – released on NMC records – marks the arrival of Zoë Martlew as a composer whose music moves between worlds – crystalline and raw, comic and sacred, intimate and vast. Gathering works created for some of today’s leading performers, it traces a lifetime of fearless experiment and deep listening, where myth, memory and imagination meet in sound that feels both timeless and vividly alive.
Across nine pieces written for friends and collaborators, Album Z charts Martlew’s transformation from renowned performer and cabaret artist to a composer whose voice fuses theatre, spirituality and sonic innovation. From the blazing virtuosity of G-lude to the serene stillness of In the Kyoto Garden, the album moves through wild electronica, lyric intimacy and shimmering transcendence.
Created in partnership with NMC recordings and an extraordinary line-up of artists – Lana Bode, Nicholas Daniel, Alessandro Fisher, Ben Goldscheider, Lucy Schaufer, Mark Simpson and Huw Watkins – Album Z celebrates a lifetime in sound, crystallised into music that delights, awakens and transforms.
Official album launch celebration concert Friday Jan 9th 7.30pm Kings Place, London.
New single out! Selected for Apple playlists