Webster. Feat. Charles Olsen

Webster Collective’s new single ‘Urban Landscape / Paisaje Urbano’ featuring New Zealand poet Charles Olsen will be released on Friday 24 July.

UPDATE: ‘Urban Landscape / Paisaje Urbano’ is now available on all major online platforms.

URBAN LANDSCAPE / PAISAJE URBANO

The music began life in 2004, written by Ben Webster Williams and Paul Higgins but it wasn’t until the end of winter 2011 that they invited Charles Olsen to record a spoken word piece for it. He chose the first poem he’d written directly in Spanish ‘Paisaje Urbano’, which tells of lost love set in the neighbourhood of Madrid where he lives. Again there was a long hiatus until 2019 when Ben recorded Andrew Marvell’s drum part on his narrowboat on Hackney Marshes and Charles recorded his neighbour in Madrid, Camilo Bosso (from the group O Sister!) on double bass. Things were beginning to gel and then in March Ben drove up to London to mix the final track with Alex McGowan at Space Eko East, finishing it the day before lockdown.

We can't wait to share it with you. It feels like Summer. So, it comes out 24th July 2020...

Listen to previews on @webstercollective or @colsenart

WEBSTER COLLECTIVE is a shapeshifting, genre-bending music project coordinated by Ben Webster Williams and largely brewed in the UK, with ingredients often sourced worldwide. A melting pot of creatives, the Webster Collective takes its time, letting tracks develop at their own pace and bringing together diverse vocalists, poets, musicians and producers for special collaborations.