Whisperers by David Baron

DAVID BARON
David Baron's sound is influenced by Woodstock where he's based, analogue and modular synths which he collects and Classical Music which he's scored in great abundance. When not making music for UK label Here & Now Recordings, Baron works with The Lumineers, Lenny Kravitz, Bat For Lashes, Simone Felice, Meghan Trainor, Shawn Mendes, Phoebe Bridgers, Josin, Melanie De Biasio, Conor Oberst, Peter Murphy (from Bauhaus) and is lead composer and soundtrack producer for Gregory Colbert’s follow up to Ashes & Snow. Ashes & Snow was the most attended exhibition by any living artist ever with the feature film soundtracked by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.

WHISPERERS song
“Whisperers is about my daughter Tamara who passed shortly before her second birthday of a sudden illness. I wrote the song after passing her urn every day and feeling sad for her. I thought about all the life she missed, the love, school, everything. My son Oskar has been growing up - getting bigger. Her pictures remain the same as his go through all the various stages of childhood. Tamara is perpetually two-years old. She lost her voice. She aches for the love in Whisperers. Fiona has the perfect voice for the song. She is also approximately the same age that Tamara would have been. She is an old soul. She has both beauty and pain in her voice. For me, Fiona bridges the gap between our world and the one that Tamara is sadly in.”
David Baron, 2020

Whisperers is primarily a string quintet piece with some doubling. Zachary Alford (Bowie, B52s) plays drums while Byron Issacs (Lumineers, Levon Helm) plays bass. I played Steinway grand piano. I tried to write a piece that has an emotional pop melody set in a chamber music context.

WHISPERERS album
Whisperers is a 14 track album written by David Baron and boasting a whole host of stars including Welsh singer songwriter of Global pop hit ‘I Love You Always Forever’ Donna Lewis; legendary King Crimson and Peter Gabriel bassist Tony Levin; Lenny Kravitz cowriter and guitarist Craig Ross; cello, filmscore composer and Philip Glass collaborator Rubin Kodheli; The Lumineers bassist Byron Isaacs and Bowie and Springsteen drummer Zach Alford. Cindy Mizelle singer with Luther Vandross, Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey appears on both lead and backing vocals alongside London singer songwriter and long-term Baron collaborator after initially meeting on My Space Lettie. Fiona Glenn, 13 years old at the time of recording, has been singing since she could talk makes her recording debut.

DAVID BARON extended biog
Baron has arranged strings and programmed synths on Lenny Kravitz last 6 albums, and performed 'Here To Love' live alongside him on the CNN Heroes show, as well as playing piano on the recording for the track. He provided synths, programming, production and mixing to Bat For Lashes’ ‘The Bride’ which was was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize in 2016 alongside David Bowie and Radiohead . He produced and co-wrote Peter Murphy’s (Bauhaus ) single ‘Ninth’ as well as fellow Woodstock artist Simone Felice’s 'Strangers’ and performed on The Lumineers’ #1 Billboard Album 'Cleopatra' .
He went on to mix and perform on The Lumineers upcoming 2019 album, as well as mix a new song with them for the Game Of Thrones soundtrack. He worked alongside Glassnote Records with Jade Bird for her performances on Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge , as well as recording and producing her tracks ‘Uh Huh’ and ‘Lottery’ . He mixed and mastered Melanie De Biasio ’s 'Blackened Cities' - which was Gilles Peterson 's Worldwide Awards Track of The Year 2017, voted in alongside Frank Ocean, Solange and Kaytranada. He arranged and conducted strings for Shawn Mendes on 'Bad Reputation' and played piano, organ and saxophone alongside songwriter Kevin Kadish on Meghan Trainor’s 'All About That Bass' - one of the biggest selling singles of all time. He’s scoring the soundtrack for Gregory Colbert ’s ( follow up to Ashes And Snow -which was edited by Oscar winner, Pietro Scalia (Gladiator) upcoming feature film starring Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus in The Matrix Trilogy). This venture sees him working alongside Patrick Watson , lead vocal on The Cinematic Orchestra ’s 'To Build A Home' plus Sophie Hunger, Melanie De Biasio, Gregory Gonzales (Cigarettes After Sex) and Lisa Fischer. His previous album ‘ Cycles’ featuring Simi Stone on vocals was met with favour. Baron is the only artist to record at the historic East Village concert hall, Beethoven Hall , New York - a venue that has quite a history including Martin Scorsese ’s filming scenes from Raging Bull and Leon Trotsky giving infamous politically charged speeches.

Hailing from Woodstock, New York, David inherited his musical propensity from his father, Aaron Baron - a pioneer of remote recording. His mobile truck, Location Recorders was hired to record ‘Stage Fright’ for The Band at the Woodstock Playhouse , and he also recorded BB King, The Allman Brothers Band, Blue Oyster Cult, Barbara Streisand, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Chicago, Todd Rundgren and many more in various locations including Fillmore and the C arnegie Hall . David owns an extensive collection of rare analog synthesizers including an Arp 2500 from 1970, and a Moog Modular from 1967, as well as a 1965 electric harpsichord, the celesta used by Thelonious Monk on Pannonica (Brilliant Corners), and a Blüthner baby grand piano. He studied classical violin and piano, and he went on to study at Oberlin Conservatory as a classical pianist - before switching over to a technological major with more electronic music and composition.

Woodstock, New York baroque pop, chamber pop, modern classical composer and alternative music producer, Mercury Music Prize shortlisted for Bat For Lashes 'The Bride', synth collector, working with Lenny Kravitz for many years. Filmscoring for Gregory Colbert, The Lumineers, Tatterdemalion