Liz Hanks released Land to critical acclaim earlier in 2023, the album takes inspiration from the area she lives in, Meersbrook, Sheffield. Land Remixed features 4 of Liz' favourite artists, Haiku Salut, Jason Singh, Richard Norris & Leafcutter John.

Land explores just some of these influences; minimalism, folk, Indian classical music and improvisation whilst remaining heavily rooted in her local landscape. Based on the local and natural history of her local area in Sheffield, the record explores both the loss of nature in the urban environment and forgotten natural worlds, whilst celebrating the green spaces that remain.

“As I began exploring ideas for this album, I was drawn to the sounds from my local area in Sheffield. Field recordings gathered from the woods and park made me wonder, what was this area was like before the housing and roads were built?

I discovered that before the area of Meersbrook was built there was a beautiful valley called ‘Rush Dale’. Inspired by reading written accounts of this lost valley and looking at old photos and paintings I set out writing music to recreate these lost times and places. My hope is that these pieces let you imagine stepping back in time, either in Meersbrook, if you have the chance to visit here, or on the land where you live. Every place has history in its soil.”

Haiku Salut is a Derbyshire-based instrumental trio of Gemma Barkerwood, Sophie Barkerwood and Louise Croft who use accordions, ukeleles, glockenspiels, pianos, loopery and laptopery. They describe their music as baroque-pop folktronic neo-classical something-or-other.

Jason Singh is a sound artist, producer and composer based in the UK. His work is an ongoing exploration of the natural world, voice and music technology and he has been referred to as “the human sampler” by Cerys Matthews (Radio 6). Along with the Banwasi Collective, he recently released the album Travellers.

Richard Norris has a long history creating electronic music, particularly as one half of the Grid and Beyond The Wizards Sleeve. His current work is a series of warm, electronic deep listening albums, on UK based label Group Mind Records.

Laptop-terroriser, guitarist, singer-songwriter and sound-sculptor Leafcutter John is both a compelling solo artist and a key ingredient in shaping the offbeat sound of post-jazz stars Polar Bear and Melt Yourself Down.