Photo: Netti Habel
Emerging from this decade of change and realignment,however, has left Beth with what feels like a renewed purpose. “Now I’ve come out of the other end, I just think, you’ve got to be brave,” she says.
Tony Oursler’s involvement in directing the video for Floating On A Moment adds a significant layer of artistic depth to the project, given his reputation as a multi-media artist and director on Bowie’s video for Where Are We Now?. Oursler is renowned for his innovative use of video, sculpture, and performance to create immersive, multimedia experiences.
“When I first heard Floating On A Moment it literally transported me from place to place, filling me with kaleidoscopic emotions and visions,” says Oursler. “If possible, I wanted to capture that psychic liquid in this video. Beth’s work is so powerful it can lead us through life’s forests and fires, revealing glimpses of possible futures. With a voice and music like that I knew we had to make images which are open, somehow speculative.”
Watch the video below:
Featuring ten beautiful new tracks recorded over a period of ten years, the album was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, The Last Dinner Party) and Beth Gibbons with additional production by Lee Harris (Talk Talk).
In addition to Beth’s work with Portishead, her Out Of Season album with Rustin Man (2002) and the recording of her performance of Górecki’s Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs (2014), she has most recently been heard collaborating with Kendrick Lamar on 2022’s Mother I Sober from his Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers album.
Lives Outgrown will be available on the following formats: Standard LP, Deluxe LP (Tip-on Gatefold sleeve, heavyweight vinyl, 4 page booklet, 12 page A5 studio scrapbook), Standard CD and Deluxe CD (casebound book). Purchases from DominoMart & bethgibbons.net come with a signed postcard!
Tracklist
Beth will return to the live arena to perform the following concerts in the UK and Europe in May and June.
Tickets will be available from Beth’s website.
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