Deep Cabaret Matchless Vinyl LP 2025
1. Dronegeese
2. Wedding Wish
3. Lila
4. Samboo
5. Real Reality
6. The Blue
7. Matchless
Incredible ‘lost’ album, merging British folk, deep drones, wild noise and the pulse of desert blues into a single, beautiful whole. Produced by Justin Adams (Tinariwen, Robert Plant) and available on vinyl for the first time. 200 vinyl pressed. FFO: Tinariwen, Ali Farka Toure, Talk Talk, Dakhabrakha, Lankum, Keeley Forsyth. Matchless is as though the deep trance of North and West African blues has been magically transplanted to the mudflats of Morecambe Bay, reimagined through the lens of traditional British folk music and shot through with a European gothic sensibility. A tool for meditation and contemplation and a remarkable, unique record. Originally self-released on CD, Matchless is now finally available on vinyl for the first time. 2024 saw Deep Cabaret bandleader and songwriter Steve Lewis celebrate his 70th birthday. Somehow “lifer” doesn’t quite do justice to his decades of creativity, but it feels serendipitous that this charming, eccentric and romantic album has found a second life and a new and welcoming home with Wrong Speed Records.