Alabaster Deplume, live at Hackney Church - London

Name: Alabaster Deplume, live at Hackney Church - London
Start: 2025-05-09T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-05-09T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Saint Church

Schedule

Fri May 09 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Saint Church | London, EN

🎟 Tickets here: https://formpresents.seetickets.com/event/alabaster-deplume/hackney-church/3198540
Gus Fairbairn, aka Alabaster DePlume, has a pocketful of phrases that he uses all the time whether he’s walking down the street or holding court with musicians and an audience. For a long time the Mancunian would tell anyone who’d listen that they were doing very well. More recently, it’s another phrase which has a similar effect and which belies his unwavering commitment to personal vulnerability and collective politics: “Don’t forget you’re precious.”
A process that is people-first not product-first ensures that the music is unique; often gem-like. Alabaster DePlume’s songs are built on sonorous circular melodies and luminous tones that transmit calmness and generosity in warm waves – unless they’re raging against complacency and the everyday inhumanity of end times capitalism. Most importantly, he brings a valuable transparency to his work. “This is what I’m really doing,” he says. “I want to talk about why I’m doing this, and how I’m doing this.