John Greaves - Life Size (2019)

John Greaves (born 23 February 1950) is a British bass guitarist and composer who was a member of "Henry Cow" and collaborated with Peter Blegwad. He has also been a member of National Health and Soft Heap and has recorded several solo albums.

Three fabulous, uniquely different female voices: Valrie Gabail, Annie Barbazza, Himiko Paganotti and Greaves himself sing a collection of songs in French, English and Italian, moving from pure pop thru Debussy-esque Apollinaire to sensual spokenword; there's even a song by Robert Wyatt, an old friend from way back when.. The line-up of musicians is equally stellar: Olivier Mellano and Jakko Jakksyk (from King Crimson) on guitars, Vincent Courtois on cello, Zeena Parkins on harp, Matthieu Rabat on drums. Treat yourself to a very special musical journey. His new album "Life Size" features new compositions and the revisiting of old ones into a new, breathtaking contemporary and classy style, featuring some of the most acclaimed international musicians from King Crimson's Jakko Jakszyk to Zeena Parkins, Himiko Paganotti, Lino Capra Vaccina, Annie Barbazza, Vincent Courtois, Valrie Gabail, Olivier Mellano and many others. "Life Size" is an album of stunning beauty and inner grace and sure will be a classic for the future, and intended to be the logical sequel to the critically acclaimed "Songs", which, by the way, has been remastered at our Elfo Studios to state of the art sound quality and re-issued by Dark Companion Records. 'Life Size" was recorded and mastered to exemplary sound standards in audiophile premium colored vinyl and golden high-end cds. This first pressing will be of 1,000 cd and 500 vinyl only.