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DREAMLORE

by Laura Cannell

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Each CD limited edition CD (100) is signed and numbered by Laura in her studio in Suffolk. Original DREAMLORE artwork by André Bosman. Printed on FSC sustainable sourced card. Made and produced in the UK.

    Includes unlimited streaming of DREAMLORE via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    67
    releases

    Get all 67 Brawl Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 60%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Compendium of Beasts Volumes 1 - 4, BRIGHTLY SHONE THE MOON, GODDESSES OF ICELORE, HAUNTLORE, DREAMLORE, A YEAR OF LORE SERIES 1 - All 12 EPs, THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS, A Compendium of Beasts Volume 4, and 59 more. , and , .

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The River Was The Sea 05:35
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Sleepland 03:38
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Dreamlore 03:42
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about

Following on from Laura Cannell’s ‘Year of Lore’ (January to December 2024), the monthly release series returns for part 2 as Cannell takes a deep dive into new emotional landscapes.

Series 2 begins with DREAMLORE where, following bouts of insomnia, Laura wanted to capture the feelings of half remembered dreams and create music that would help her to conjure sleep. The bow is pulled across the violin strings, catching, 2, 3 and 4 strings at once. Breathing. Slowly. The sound is pushed and pulled in waves of half wakefulness. A dark blue sky is glimmering with the promise of dawn in the east.

The 3 tracks on DREAMLORE are semi-improvised and were recorded in single takes. Cannell plays octave and regular pitch violins and uses the overbow technique that creates an acoustic sound more than that of one player, a sound that she has become known for. There are no overdubs, no layers, just raw and evocative solo violin playing with a polyphonic twist.

REVIEWS FOR A YEAR OF LORE

“Laura Cannell has reinforced her reputation as a master storyteller in sound”
THE QUIETUS Review

“folk-classical maverick Laura Cannell continues her year of lore series with a trio of scapes for electric cello, violin and synths inspired by a 600,000 y.o. Mammoth fossil, steeped in ear-bending overtones deployed at geological drone pace”
BOOMKAT review

“This latest run sees Cannell working solo, interpreting ancient found fragments and the lores of nature, soundtracking her own speculative history of Doggerland – a now-sunken stretch of Pleistocene land beneath the North Sea that once connected the UK to mainland Europe. “I’m not recording them ahead of time, because I want them to be kind of instant. You can get a little instalment of how I’m feeling and where the music’s going.”
SONGLINES MAGAZINE interview

“Cannell leans into the stories and folklore of people, places and animals which find their way into her music, drawing from the earth, the sea and the landscape to give a voice to the uncanny and the unseen.”
Caught by the River

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released October 3, 2025

Recorded and Performed by Laura Cannell

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Brawl Records is an independent UK label est. 2005. It is run by musicians Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman. Brawl's releases have been reviewed & featured in The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, The Wire, The Quietus, MOJO, Songlines, Record Collector & more. They are regularly broadcast on BBC and internationally. ... more

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