With "Dreamlife of Debris," Kit Downes continues the narrative of his album "Obsidian," expanding and developing the approaches and central ideas established there. While "Obsidian" was almost exclusively a solo album on the church organ, Downes wanted to integrate the organ into a broader musical context on "Dreamlife of Debris" and also incorporate the piano more strongly into the overall compositional concept. For this project, he primarily collaborated with long-time musical partners: Tom Challenger on saxophone, Lucy Railton on cello, and Seb Rochford on drums. A new artistic encounter was the collaboration with Norwegian guitarist Stian Westerhus. Downes emphasized that he was particularly interested in how the involvement of different musicians would influence the course of the recording.[1]
