Wake Me Up - Musik

The Mummers Are A Band Based In The English Seaside Town Of Brighton Centred Around London-Born Singer/songwriter Raissa Khan-Panni And Composer Mark Horwood Before The Latter's Suicide In September 2009.They Take Their Name 'Mummers' From The Medieval Performing Troupes Who Would Go From Door-To-Door Wearing Masks And Costumes Staging Plays In Rhyme And Song And Mime. Khan-Panni Once Better Known As Raissa Is A Singer Whose Origins Include English Chinese Indian And Mexican. She Was Raised In The South London District Of Tulse Hill And As A Child Studied Classical Music Learning The Piano And Then Oboe. She Spent Her School-Days Busking In Leicester Square And Later All Over Europe Before Returning To Study Music In Bristol. In 2000 She Enjoyed Critical Acclaim Across The Media Spectrum Most Notably With The Album Believer Released By Polydor Records And The Single "How Long Do I Get" Which Was Played Extensively On UK Radio Stations. Despite The Acclaim By 2001 The Solo Projects Were Winding Down And Khan-Panni Returned To Work Waitressing Full-Time In A Brixton Restaurant. She Describes This Period As "a Time Of Having Nothing Again" When After Several Years Of Excitement She Returned To The Mundane And The Ordinary. However She Was Still Writing Lyrics Which Began By Documenting This Period Of Her Life But Soon Spun Out To A Fantasy World As Her Mind Wandered While Working 2 . During This Time Khan-Panni Remained In Contact With Paul Sandrone A Collaborator During Her Time Recording As Raissa And The Trigger For The Formation Of The Mummers Came When Sandrone Passed A Recording To Orchestral Composer Mark Horwood Who Was Living On The South Coast In A Treehouse Studio Just Outside Chichester. Horwood Composed A Soundtrack Around Khan-Panni's Lyrics But Then Moved To Los Angeles To Work On A Film Soundtrack Without Leaving Contact Details. It Was A Year Before Khan-Panni Finally Met Horwood Who Was Now Living Near Brighton And The Layered Orchestral Sound Of The Mummers At That Time Still Nameless Rapidly Emerged. The Name Of The Band Was Inspired By Their Ever-Changing Cast Of 20 Musicians From Around The Brighton Area That Khan-Panni Sandrone And Horwood Assembled To Begin Recording Their First Album In Horwood's Treehouse Studio. The Project Took Two Years And Was Released A As Tale To Tell Part One In August 2008 Before Being Re-Released As Tale To Tell In April 2009 With Two Tracks Removed And Four Added. It Is A Lushly Orchestrated Fantasia Inspired By "marching Bands Big Bands And Fairgrounds" And Featuring The Sound Of A Brass Band String Quartet And The Moog Synthesiser. The Mummers Performed Two Tracks From Tale To Tell Wonderland And March Of The Dawn On The Opening Show Of Series 34 Of BBC Two's Later... With Jools Holland 3 While In May 2009 March Of The Dawn Was ITunes Single Of The Week. On 7 September 2009 Mark Horwood Was Found Hanged At His Parents' House Near Chichester. Discography * Tale To Tell Part One 2008 - Big Bass Drum * Tale To Tell 2009 - Big Bass Drum read less