Folk Bands and Artists
The Lost Sound
Dartmoor
https://www.thelostsound.co.uk
We started in 2008 with an eclectic mix of untrained singers who had a passion for learning about themselves and their singing and who were keen to experiment. We didn’t start performing until 2010, after spending 18 months training, exploring sound together and learning how to be a choir. We continue to work hard with our singing techniques and choir skills, in order to achieve excellent music making. We have a strong ethos of vocal and choral education and maintain an ethic of good choral practice. We want to maintain our ´simple & clear´ sound - so we are not trying to create a classical choir sound - but rather bring the qualities and power of of great choral singing into a folk setting.
The name ‘The Lost Sound’ relates to the quality of singing that is archaic and deep in our ancestry – the one that rings out and touches the listener, regardless of the style of the music. It’s the sound that sings the singer! It is a quality of pure, full-bodied, committed singing, that used to be a part of every one and in every community. Our name also clearly relates to each individual choir member’s commitment to finding their own ‘lost sound’, their own true voice, on a personal, as well as choral level. Each singer has experienced the development of many different aspects of their sound-making, through The Lost Sound’s training.
We sing with a strong folk element under-pinning our set, always searching for imaginative, contemporary arrangements that give new slants to these wonderful old melodies and acappella traditions. We are known for our multi-layered textures and harmony - often having 5-8 parts running at once!
We actively support living composers by singing new songs and arrangements. We run mixed quartets and all male and all female ensembles too, which encourages us to improve our choir and harmony skills as well as our singing.
Genre: English Folk
