Fiona Bevan - The Machine (Ed Harcourt remix feat. Fem Fel) by Proper Distribution

FIONA BEVAN ‘THE MACHINE’ OUT NOW ON NAVIGATOR RECORDS

‘Fiona is a masterful songwriter and I shall be watching her ascension from the Rook's nest, telescope at the ready.' - Ed Harcourt

Original version from the album ‘Talk To Strangers' out now :
http://www.propermusic.com/artist/Fiona-Bevan-70246

The Machine is the stunning debut single from Fiona Bevan. Written by Bevan - who has already tasted success as a chart-topping songwriter for One Direction - The Machine’s hypnotic rhythm and clanging percussion contrast vividly with it’s spritely vocal and the frisky, looped acoustic guitar. The almost conversational, Sondheim-esque shift sees Bevan urging herself – and her listeners – to take control.
“The Machine came from being angry and frustrated about the state of the world and from my feelings of powerlessness to do anything about it,” she says. “Within the song, there’s a shift – that’s about breaking out and finding how you can have power in your own life, in everything you do.”
On side 2 is a brilliant remix by the acclaimed multi-talented artist/writer/producer Ed Harcourt, which features languid guest vocals from south London rapper Fem Fel.
The Machine is the first single to be taken from Talk To Strangers, Fiona Bevan’s debut album released on Navigator Records. Bevan describes her debut album as “pop in disguise”, and the dozen, dynamic songs have hooks, harmonies and melodies that linger from first listen, but are defiantly timeless, as rooted in the past as they are in the present. Recorded in producer Shawn Lee’s Bloomsbury studio on entirely analogue equipment, Talk To Strangers was recorded with live instrumentation, with Bevan playing guitar, violin, double bass, accordion, and harp. Holding everything together is her extraordinary, sweet voice, as unique and distinctive as her mop of peroxide curls.

The Machine (Ed Harcourt remix feat. Fem Fel)
F.Bevan, E. Harcourt & F.Falola
Produced by Shawn Lee
Additional production by Ed Harcourt

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