KELLY LEE OWENS

LP.8 is a sonic place to be – a world to step into – one filled with intention. A merging of the past, created in the present, whilst casting spells for the future.

— Kelly Lee Owens

Kelly Lee Owens invites you to a Deep Listening Session – a playback of her latest record, LP.8, heightened through her live vocals.

Exclusive to Phoenix Central Park, Kelly will be present for the session, inviting people to journey into the created sounds. Guests will be able to lay down, sit and stand in The Nest to take in the experience.

Born out of a series of studio sessions, LP. 8 was created with no preconceptions or expectations: an unbridled exploration into the creative subconscious.

After releasing her sophomore album Inner Song in the midst of the pandemic, Kelly Lee Owens was faced with the sudden realisation that her world tour could no longer go ahead. Keen to make use of this untapped creative energy, she made the spontaneous decision to go to Oslo instead. There was no overarching plan, it was simply a change of scenery and a chance for some undisturbed studio time. It just so happened that her flight from London was the last before borders were closed once again. The blank page project was underway.

Arriving to snowglobe conditions and sub-zero temperatures, she began spending time in the studio with esteemed avant-noise artist Lasse Marhaug. Together, they envisioned making music somewhere in between Throbbing Gristle and Enya, artists who have had an enduring impact on Kelly’s creative being. In doing so, they paired tough, industrial sounds with ethereal Celtic mysticism, creating music that ebbs and flows between tension and release.

One month later, Kelly called her label to tell them she had created something of an outlier, her ‘eighth album’.