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A Message To Myself The Mahogany Sessions by Roo Panes

Artist Biography For Roo Panes

Roo Panes Is English Singer-Songwriter Andrew Panes From Wimborne Dorset United Kingdom. Panes Who Plays Mandolin And Guitar Is Accompanied By Georgie Harris Viola Joanne Sy Cello Sean Hatton Drums And Deborah Panes Vocals . Panes Is A British Songwriter With A Guitar To His Chest And A Heart Swelling With Hopes And Dreams. A Common On-Paper Pitch Perhaps And One Sold A Thousand Times Before. But Dorset-Born Panes Has Something Special To Offer Those Willing To Wait A While For Their Favourite Songs To Settle Into Place. Panes’ Debut Album ‘Little Giant’ Isn’t A Collection Operating At The Vanguard Of A Cutting-Edge Ultimately Transient Scene Worthy Of Clicks For The Next Few Months. It’s Not An Album That Sets Out To Trick Its Audience In Any Way – What You Hear Is Succinct Honest Songwriting From A Place Of Deep Personal Expression Resonating With Universal Truths And Values. It’s An Embracing Set A Welcoming One Which Represents Everything That Its Maker Has Worked Towards Since First Picking Up A Guitar And Exploring His Innermost Thoughts And Feelings Through Song. No Follower Of Fashion Panes Walks To His Own Beat. It’s A Strange Admission For Any Artist But Nevertheless “I’ve Never Really Listened To Much Music ” Says Panes. “Influences From Other Artists They’re Not Really That Important. I Find That My Music Comes To Me From Situations I Find Myself In – Those Situations Can Come To Me As Songs. In Terms Of First Picking Up An Instrument My Granny Was A Classical Pianist – We’d Go To Her House Hear Her Play And Run Around In Circles. And My Mum Used To Be In A Travelling Theatre Company So I Was Encouraged Towards Culture Towards The Arts. But I Always Thought If I Want To Listen To Music I’ll Just Write It.” Don’t Mistake Confidence For Arrogance – Such Statements Come From A Sincere Place As Panes’ Upbringing In Wimborne Once Home To Novelist Thomas Hardy Proved More Inspirational To His Writing Than Any Sessions In The Company Of A Parent’s Record Collection. The Natural Beauty Of Dorset’s Open Spaces – And Those Of The Lake District A Place He Loves To Visit – Have Become Woven Into The Fabric Of His Craft. The Peace The Silent Solitude It’s Here That Panes Feels More Alive With Ideas Than He Does In The Hubbub Of His Adopted Home Of London. There’s A Pastoral Warmth To ‘Little Giant’ That Couldn’t Have Manifested Had Its Roots Been Laid Within Urban Limits. The Comfort Of Home Of A Tight And Supportive Family Punctuates Proceedings Throughout Panes’ Debut LP – Which Is Perhaps Inevitable As The Collection Was Recorded There. Beside Producer Rupert Coulson – A Man With Numerous Soundtrack Credits As Well As Experience Of Working On Records By Portishead Robbie Williams And Oasis – Panes And His Band Captured The Classic 12-String Guitar Sounds Rippling Percussion And Sweeping Strings That Decorate ‘Little Giant’ In Says The Singer “the Music Room Down At Our House – Just A Small Wooden-Floored Room. I Thought Why Not Keep The Recording Close To Where I Write The Songs?” He Continues “I’m A Really Big Fan Of The Idea That You Don’t Need All The Stuff You Find In A Big Studio – It’s About How You Use The Things You Do Have. Rupert Had A Lot Of Imagination And Got A Good Grasp Of The Room And Harnessed It. I Love Working In Places That Have An Atmosphere And I Think It’s Good To Have That Extra Background Noise On A Record. I’m Sure There’s An Ambulance On The Album Actually.” He Was Briefly The Face Of A Burberry Campaign Something He Describes As “random”. “I Was On Tour ” He Says “and I Got A Phone Call Asking Me To Do It. I Just Grabbed The Opportunity That Was In Front Of Me. I Went In A Musician And Came Out A Musician. It’s A Short Episode In My Life But One That’s Had Some Quite Big Repercussions.” Indeed A Google Search Pulls Up Many Attractively Composed Black-And-White Photographs Of Panes Sporting Fine Threads – But It’s Music That Surges Strongest In His Veins Above All Other Passions. And Now That You’ve Separated Your Senses From Social Media For A While Closed Your Chattering Inbox Just What Does ‘Little Giant’ Offer Above More Garden Variety Singer-Songwriter Recordings? A Little Patience Provides The Answers This Is Material That Truly Connects On An Emotional Level Its Gentle Rhythms And Compelling Cadences Topped By Vocals That Can’t Be Faked That Come Characterised By A Complete Lack Of Artifice And Affectation. His Is A Deep Voice One That Sounds Aged Beyond Its Years Perhaps. And Yet It’s Telling Of Timeless Stories Endless Ache And Forever Love. It Asks That We All Find The Right Way To See The World Around Us. One Number That Specifically Addresses The Need For Optimism Is The Single ‘Tiger Striped Sky’. Says Panes “It’s About The Idea Where We Can Look At Any Situation Ahead Of Us In Two Ways Either It’s Challenging And Off-Putting Or You Can Say That You Love A Challenge. It’s About The Idea That You Chose Your Context And If You Put Yourself Into A Negative Context You’re Going To Come Out With Stripes On You.” The Title Track Is About Addressing One’s Own Shortcomings In Order To Better Themselves. “It’s Accepting That You Have To Realise Your Own Vulnerabilities In Order To Become Stronger ” Says Panes. “That’s Why There’s The Line ‘Have The Heart Of A Giant / But Know You’re A Man.’ You Have To Take Things Step By Step. It’s Also Got That Message Of Hope As Well.” These Songs Are Says Panes “personal And Vulnerable – But Expansive Too. Because I Don’t Want It To Just Be About Me. Here’s A Bit Of Me To Help You Understand A Bit Of You. I Think Positivity And Hope Are Things Worth Giving To People And I Think That The Album Does Transmit A Lot Of Hope.”

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