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Hannah Peel
Background information
Birth nameHannah Mary Peel
Born27 August 1985
OriginCraigavon, Northern Ireland
GenresAlternative / indie pop / electronic / folk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, instrumentalist
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboard, violin, trombone, music box, Synthesiser
Years active2010–present
LabelsMy Own Pleasure, Domino, Static Caravan, Full Time Hobby
Websitehannahpeel.com

Hannah Mary Peel (born Craigavon, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger now based in London, England. Peel has released records as a solo artist, as a member of the psychogeography indie rock group The Magnetic North and with many other collaborators including the electronic group John Foxx and the Maths and Beyond the Wizards Sleeve.

Following several EP’s, Peels anticipated second solo album ‘Awake But Always dreaming’ was released by her own imprint label My Own Pleasure Records, 23 September 2016. The album delves deep into the failure of brain neurons and memory.

In Manchester UK, May 2016 Peel premiered her new analogue synth-based, space-age alter-ego Mary Casio with an experimental piece combining analogue electronics and a 33-piece colliery brass band. Several shows are due to take place in the UK including performances in July 2017 as part of the Hull Capital of culture and at the Southbank Centre in London. A live album will be recorded during this time.

Music career

Performer / Orchestral Arranger / Session Musician

Hannah Peel has performed, collaborated and released records with the following artists: Beyond the Wizards Sleeve (Erol Alkan and Richard Norris), East India Youth, Wild Beasts, John Foxx, Blue Roses, Erland and the Carnival, Tunng, Philippe Cohen Solal Nitin Sawhney, The Unthanks, Producer Tommy McLaughlin, David Ford, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Duke Special, Blood Red Shoes, Diagrams, Rhodes, and Sandi Thom.

Rebox

Peel is well known for fabricating music boxes and composing, recording, and performing with them under the name record titles Rebox. Her music box compositions have been featured on numerous adverts, artist remixes and the 2012 film Anna Karenina featuring Keira Knightley.

A sold out, limited edition vinyl release called Rebox through independent record label Static Caravan Recordings, featured her unique music box compositions, including covers of Tainted Love made famous by Soft Cell, New Order's Blue Monday, OMD's Electricity and Cocteau Twins Sugar Hiccup. A limited edition of 300 were pressed onto 7-inch vinyl and promptly sold out. Her version of "Tainted Love" was used on American Horror Story trailers and in the UK an advert promoting summer storylines for ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street.

Rebox 2 was released on 20 July 2015, featuring four new music box covers and three new instrumental pieces. A reworking of ‘Queen’ by Perfume genius begins this seamless 23 minute collection, followed by ‘Pale Green Ghosts’, by John Grant ‘Palace’ by Wild Beasts and ‘Heaven How Long’ by East India Youth.

Fabricstate EP(2014)

In February 2014, Peel released the EP Fabricstate, which features the song "Chloe", as featured in the British television series Dates.[10] The artwork for the album was created by Karborn and designed by Jonathan Barnbrook. In 2013 she won a Royal Television Society award for best title music for the show Dates.

Scores, dance

Working primarily with Music box, Peel created several hand-punched pieces of music for the musical score to TeZukA about the life of manga artist Osamu Tezuka by the choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

In 2012, Peel co-composed the music for the Sadlers Wells Theatre production Compass working alongside film maker and visual artist Tal Rosner and collaborating with choreographers from the Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui company, The Pina Bausch company, Jasmin Vardimon.

Discography

Albums

With The Magnetic North

With John Foxx and the Maths

With Beyond the Wizards Sleeve

Solo Albums

Year Album title Release details
2011 The Broken Wave
2016 Awake but Always Dreaming

EPs

With Philippe Cohen Solal and Mike Lindsay (Tunng)

  • 2015: Henry J. Darger (Ya Basta Records)

Solo EPs

Year Album title Release details
2010 Rebox
  • Released: 8 February 2010
  • Label: Static Caravan
  • Format: CD, digital, vinyl
2013 Nailhouse
  • Released: 22 April 2013
  • Label: Mitcham Submarine
  • Format: digital, white 7" vinyl
2014 Fabricstate
  • Released: 24 February 2014
  • Label: My Own Pleasure
  • Format: digital, red 10" vinyl
2015 Rebox 2
  • Released: 20 July 2015
  • Label: My Own Pleasure
  • Format: digital, CD

Singles

With The Magnetic North

  • 2012: "Rackwick" (Full Time Hobby)
  • 2012: “Bay of Skaill” (Full Time Hobby)
  • 2014: “Hi Life” (Full Time Hobby)
  • 2016: “Signs” (Full Time Hobby)
  • 2016: “A Death In The Woods” (Full Time Hobby)
  • 2016: “Run of the Mill” (Full Time Hobby)

Solo Singles

Year Title Album Details
2010 "Hey Santa!" (with Tunng) Single only Released Dec. 2010, Static Caravan
2011 "Tainted Love" Single only Used in American Horror Story
"Bay of Skaill" (by The Magnetic North) Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North Featured in Ringer TV show and film The Great Hip Hop Hoax
2012 "You Call This Your Home?" The Broken Wave Static Caravan
2013 "Can You Help Me" (with Erland Cooper) unreleased Used in Bones ep. "The Shot in the Dark," used in Reign S1.Ep.10, on 30 January 2014
2014 "Chloe" Fabricstate Featured in show Dates, winner of the 2013 Royal Television Society award for best original title music
2014 "Find Peace" single only Recorded with Benge b/w I Believe in Father Christmas (REBOX)
2016 "Tidal Wave" He's a Liquid EP (Metamatic Records) Rebox cover of John Foxx's original
2016 "All That Matters" Single only Released 9 September 2016

Performance / writing credits

Yr Release title Artist(s) Notes, role
2004 The Fake Death Experience 28 Costumes Brass
2006 Smile... It Confuses People Sandi Thom Trombone, violin
2010 Let the Hard Times Roll David Ford Trombone, Violin
2010 History of Modern Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Organ, vocals (background)
2010 Fire Like This Blood Red Shoes Violin
2011 Last Days of Meaning Nitin Sawhney Vocals and the remix (rebox)
2013 Charge David Ford Violin
2014 Closing Time Erland and the Carnival Writer
2014 Morning Rhodes Trombone, Violin
2014 Home Rhodes Trombone, Violin
2015 Wishes Rhodes Trombone, Violin
2015 Culture of Volume East India Youth Violin, String Arrangements
2016 Diagram Girl Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Vocals
2016 Creation Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Vocals
2016 The Soft Bounce Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Vocals

Scores

  • 2011: TeZukA by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – several tracks using hand-punched music
  • 2012: Compass (Sadlers Wells Theatre) – co-composed with Tal Rosner
  • 2012: Anna Karenina Soundtrack – several tracks
  • 2013: Dates - Title Music

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