Claire Deak & Tony Dupé - The Old Capital

Release date: 10/9/2020 Genre: Classical  Sub-Genre: Modern Contemporary / Crossover The Old Capital (out Oct. 9th on Lost Tribe Sound) is the debut album from Melbourne composers Claire Deak and Tony Dupé. The album is their first recorded collaboration, though Dupé has released two solo albums under the name Saddleback.  The duo describes themselves as a home orchestra well-suited for late night rambling. Much like traveling in the dark of night, the sound explorations found throughout The Old Capital come into view seemingly out of nowhere. Headstrong rhythms of shuffling organic debris and lumbering stomps help light the path with some brief success, only to be swallowed up by a slow moving fog of droning organs and dampened strings. However with the proper guides, finding ones footing in this shadowy landscape need not be a difficult task. Claire and Tony echo this sentiment throughout with a fine balance of both playful and haunting passages. Their confidence reassure