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Mara Simpson’s “Humans in a Room” Playlist

Composer and performer Mara Simpson picks an hour of experimental music from artists she has seen live including Suzanne Ciani, Alabaster Deplume and Snapped Ankles.

Composer and performer Mara Simpson picks an hour of experimental music from artists she has seen live including Suzanne Ciani, Alabaster Deplume and Snapped Ankles.

Mara Simpson is a film composer, multi-instrumentalist, performing artist and songwriter. Her work includes the soundtrack to the TV series SILO and magical-realist film Blue Hour, and collaborations with Hidden Orchestra, Cerys Matthews, Poppy Ackroyd, and Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres.

Her latest album Living Matter came out in May and was written in response to a set of poems by JLM Morton.

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