SHroudings
shroudings is my newest musical project. I'm currently working on a debut record, due for release mid- 2026. Songs are built around fingerpicking on various stringed instruments, and unfold in some surprising directions from there. Inevitably, I've drafted in a few friends to help with the recording and instrumentation, so calling this a "solo" undertaking would be highly misleading. I'll update this page occasionally with some works-in-progress. Meanwhile, the credits for the record look something like this:
Robin Dixon: voice, guitar, banjo, cello, vihuela, cuatro, double bass, piano, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, organ, lyrics
Phillippa Murphy-Haste: clarinet, bass clarinet, wind arrangements
Mirabai Peart: violin, string arrangements
Jess Randall: violin, fiddle, nyckelharpa, string arrangements
Tony Dupé: cello, Dulcitone, bowed vibraphone, piano, glockenspiel, production magic
Claire Deak: harp, piano, vibraphone
Chris Browne: baritone saxophone
Darrell Archer: acoustic guitar
Sophie Grattan-Smith: trumpet
Stu West: trumpet, flugelhorn
Ben James: drums
Alex Tolmie: voice, lyrics, choral arrangements
Jason Tolmie: lyrics, vocal arrangements
Rubaiyat Howlader: voice
Natasha Koch: voice
Sonia Zadro: voice
Hannah Pelka-Caven: voice
Flora Carbo: alto saxophone
Haidee Ireland, Libby Bramble, Rubaiyat Howlader, Tim Byron, Vanessa Fookes, Paul Andrews, Richard Parkin, Dave Carr, Mahesh Radhakrishnan, Betony Dircks: choir vocals
Lydia Alexander: lyrics, moral support
Ben Worsey at Everland Studios: recording, engineering, mixing
Roy 2k: recording
Tony Dupé at abandoned fireworks factory: recording, mixing, arrangements
shroudings plays live very rarely. On these occasions, the live band has included Mirabai Peart, Peter Hollo, Kell Derrig-Hall, Phillippa Murphy-Haste, Jessica Lyons, Rubaiyat Howlader, Piers Twomey, Sonia Zadro, Libby Bramble, and Emily Edwards.
