Lucy Railton

Lucy Railton
Railton performing in 2021
Railton performing in 2021
Background information
OriginLondon, England, UK
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentCello
Years active2005–present
Labels
Websitelucyrailton.com

Lucy Railton is a British musician, primarily known for playing cello.

Biography

Railton studied cello at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she graduated in 2008.[1]

In the field of improvisational music, Railton has undertaken collaborations and shared performances with Kit Downes, Thomas Strønen, Aisha Orazabayeva, and Sofia Jernberg, among others. Railton has also appeared on recordings by numerous jazz, folk, electronic, and indie rock artists, including Bat for Lashes, Bonobo, and Jamie Cullum.[2][3][4][5]

Railton founded the new music series Kammer Klang at Cafe Oto in 2008, which she curated for ten years; she later co-founded the London Contemporary Music Festival.[5]

In recent years she has also worked with artists such as Russell Haswell, Rebecca Salvadori, Catherine Lamb, Beatrice Dillon, Kali Malone, and Kadialy Kouyate, as well as writer Laura Grace Ford and choreographers Akram Khan and Sasha Milavic Davies. She has also been involved in projects by Pauline Oliveros, Iancu Dumitrescu, Mary Jane Leach, Cally Spooner, Matmos, and Philippe Parreno. Her collaborations with some of these artists and their repertoire have led to extensive exploration of resonance, psychoacoustics, synthesis and microtonality, themes present in her own work.[6][7][8][9][10]

In addition, Railton has worked as a soloist and chamber musician, alongside playing with ensembles such as London Sinfonietta, Britten Sinfonia, and Ensemble Plus Minus. In her programs as a soloist, she has interpreted canonical works, such as those by J.S. Bach or Giacinto Scelsi, as well as pieces by lesser-known and younger composers. Her interpretation of Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus by Olivier Messiaen was released by Modern Love as a benefit single.[10]

She released a solo cello album, Blue Veil, in 2025 through Ideologic Organ.[11]

Discography

Year Title Label Notes
2016 Scelsi EP SN Variations Giacinto Scelsi’s “Duo for violin and cello”[12]
2018 Paradise 94 Modern Love Featured contributions from Beatrice Dillon and Kit Downes[13]
2020 Forma GRM Portrait Series / Editions Mego Split release with Max Eilbacher[14]
2020 RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer PAN Collaboration with Peter Zinovieff[15][16]
2020 5 S-Bahn Boomkat Incorporating field recordings of Berlin S-Bahn[17]
2020 Olivier Messiaen — Louange à l'éternité de Jésus Modern Love 10-inch EP[18]
2021 False Positive Lakeshore Records Film soundtrack, collaboration with Yair Elazar Glotman[19]
2021 Lament in Three Parts TakuRoku Digital label of Cafe Oto[20]
2021 Subaerial SN Variations Collaboration with Kit Downes[21]
2021 Three Or One ECM New Series Works by J.S. Bach, performed by Fred Thomas, Aisha Orazbayeva, and Lucy Railton[22]
2023 Fragments of Reincarnation Another Timbre Collaboration with Michiko Ogawa[23][24]
2023 Corner Dancer Modern Love Solo album[25]
2025 Blue Veil Ideologic Organ Solo album[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Deep Listen: Lucy Railton". Somerset House. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2024. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London and the New England Conservatory, Boston
  2. ↑ "Lucy Railton". ECM Records. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Lucy Railton - Paradise 94 LP". Strangeworld Records. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Hareuveni, Eyal (20 March 2022). "Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernberg". Salt Peanuts. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  5. 1 2 "People » Lucy Railton". Cafe Oto. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Nebieridze, George (April 2021). "Lucy Railton". Amplify Berlin (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Credits for Lucy Railton". Tidal.
  8. ↑ "Commissioned Artworks: Unknown". Sonic Acts. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Cafe OTO → Catherine Lamb / Lucy Railton + Rebecca Salvadori / Lucy Railton + Farida Amadou / John Edwards / Lucy Railton, Wednesday 15 June 2022, 8pm". Cafe Oto. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Amplify Berlin: Open Call for Emerging Berlin-Based Musicians 1-31.1.21 at Acud Macht NEU, Berlin (2021)". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  11. ↑ DeVille, Chris (5 March 2025). "Lucy Railton Announces New Solo Cello Album Blue Veil". Stereogum. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "Label Focus: SN Variations / Constructive". Kudos Distribution. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2024. The second release in 2016 we recorded a piece from 1965 by Giacinto Scelsi an Italian composer, performed by Lucy Railton and Aisha Orazbayeva
  13. ↑ McDermott, Matt (18 April 2018). "Lucy Railton - Paradise 94 · Album Review". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  14. ↑ Meyer, Bill (21 August 2020). "Lucy Railton / Max Eilbacher — Forma / Metabolist Meter (Foster, Cottin, Caetani and a Fly) (Portraits GRM)". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  15. ↑ Barry, Robert (17 August 2016). "INTERVIEW: Lucy Railton & Peter Zinovieff". The Quietus. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer | 2020 | ZKM". ZKM (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Reduziert, programmiert, exaltiert - Lucy Railton, Dominique A, Ascendant Vierge – 3 Platten, 3 Meinungen". Das Filter (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Lucy Railton – Louange à l'éternité de Jésus". Fluid Radio. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  19. ↑ "Lucy Railton & Yair Elazar Glotman John Lee's 'False Positive'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  20. ↑ "Lucy Railton, Lament in Three Parts » Cafe Oto". Cafe Oto. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  21. ↑ Bye, Jeremy (17 August 2021). "Lucy Railton & Kit Downes ~ Subaerial". a closer listen. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  22. ↑ "J.S. Bach 'Three or One'". Gramophone. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  23. ↑ "Interview with Michiko Ogawa and Lucy Railton". Another Timbre. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  24. ↑ Ward, Joanna (2 January 2024). "Michiko Ogawa - Michiko Ogawa, Lucy Railton, fragments of reincarnation. another timbre, at213". Tempo. 78 (307): 93–94. doi:10.1017/S0040298223000797. ISSN 0040-2982.
  25. ↑ Lavorgna, Michael (17 November 2023). "Album of the Week: Lucy Railton | Corner Dancer". Twittering Machines. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  26. ↑ Eede, Christian (5 March 2025). "Lucy Railton to Release Debut Solo Cello Project via Ideologic Organ". The Quietus. Archived from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
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