Jump to:
Solo discography | Compilations | Guest & Session Credits

Solo Discography: Albums / EPs

Leo Chadburn, The Primordial Pieces (2024)

"Five instrumental tracks for strings, piano and synthesizer drones, based on sketches from the turn of the millennium. All the music explores the naked, elemental components of music: a long tone, a static chord, a rising scale. Everything is transparently simple, but alive with overtones and resonances, in these close-up recordings."
Release date: 9 August 2024 | Label: Library of Nothing
Listen / read more about this album

<a href="https://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/the-primordial-pieces">The Primordial Pieces by Leo Chadburn</a>

Leo Chadburn, Slower / Talker (2021)

"Striking sound-worlds of drifting piano and transparent string harmonies, bold silences and meticulous, grid-like musical structures, which frame understated spoken voiceovers and fleeting song. The album comprises Leo Chadburn's distinctive music for ensembles, written 2011-2020."
Release date: 26 March 2021 | Label: Library of Nothing
Listen / read more about this album

<a href="https://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/slower-talker">Slower / Talker by Leo Chadburn</a>

Leo Chadburn, The Subject / The Object (2020)

"An intense, individual approach to drone and minimal music, in which voice and language become sound-sculpture. A labyrinthine stream of consciousness gives way to a monolithic "choir" of the composer's vocals."
Release date: June 2020 | Label: Library of Nothing
Listen / read more about this album

<a href="http://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/the-subject-the-object">The Subject / The Object by Leo Chadburn</a>

Leo Chadburn, Red and Blue [EP] (2015)

"Drawing on the Cold War correspondence of two 'televisual spectres', an unpredictable collage of spoken word, electronic pop and drifting field recordings."
Release date: November 2015 | Label: Library of Nothing
Listen / read more about this EP | Read the lyrics

<a href="http://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/red-and-blue-ep">Red and Blue [EP] by Simon Bookish</a>

Simon Bookish, Everything / Everything (2008)

"A big band song cycle about science and information, scored for a 20 piece ensemble of brass, saxophones, Farfisa organ and antiphonal pianos."
Release date: October 2008 | Label: Tomlab
Listen / read more about this album | Read the lyrics

<a href="http://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/everything-everything">Everything / Everything by Simon Bookish</a>

Simon Bookish, Trainwreck / Raincheck (2007)

"A surreal, electronic radio play, based on dream images of transportation: a sinking cruise liner, a spectral train, a spaceship and a breathlessly calm Boeing 747."
Release date: September 2007 | Label: Library of Nothing
Listen / read more about this album | Read the lyrics

<a href="http://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/trainwreck-raincheck">Trainwreck / Raincheck by Simon Bookish</a>

Simon Bookish, Unfair / Funfair (2006)

"Bizarre and full of black humour, the first Simon Bookish album is a bilious set of agitprop sketches, setting wordplay and literary references to harsh noise pop."
Release date: March 2006 | Label: Library of Nothing
Listen / read more about this album | Read the lyrics

<a href="http://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/unfair-funfair">Unfair / Funfair by Simon Bookish</a>

Leo Chadburn, Epigram / Microgram (CZ) (2002/13)

"Ambient etudes and experiments, utilising only the sounds of the Casio CZ101 synth. Recorded in 2002 and finally released from the vaults eleven years later."
Release date: 2nd April 2013 | Label: Library of Nothing
Listen / read more about this album

<a href="http://leochadburn.bandcamp.com/album/epigram-microgram-cz">Epigram / Microgram (CZ) by Leo Chadburn</a>

Works Appear On...

	Phaedra Ensemble : O Superman EP Includes Leo Chadburn, X Chairman Maos Release date: 2021 \| Label: Bandcamp More information here
	Tabea Debus : XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto Includes Leo Chadburn, Si la passion pour les plantes exotiques Release date: 2018 \| Label: TYXArt
	The Flautadors : Bavardage Includes Leo Chadburn, De La Salle Release date: 2017 \| Label: First Hand Records
	LSO : Panufnik Legacies II Includes Leo Chadburn, Brown Leather Sofa Release date: 2016 \| Label: LSO Live "Leo Chadburn’s Brown Leather Sofa stands out, simple but deep. This is a work that sounds fully formed, as if it’s a point of arrival for Chadburn." (American Record Guide, August 2016)
	Kate Halsall : Miniturised Concertos Includes Leo Chadburn, Vapour Descriptors Release date: 2016 \| Label: Metier/Divine Art
	David Shrigley : Worried Noodles Includes Simon Bookish, Prince of Wales Release date: November 2015 \| Label: Tomlab

Guest + Session Credits

(including arrangements)

Leo has also contributed to the following albums...

	Sandrine Nicoletta and Massimo Carozzi : Interplay Release date: 10 May 2024 \| Label: Kohlhaas Credit: Leo Chadburn, voice (Album)
	Machinefabriek : + Release date: 17 February 2023 \| Label: Machinefabriek / Bandcamp Credit: Leo Chadburn, voice and field recordings (Album)
	Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve : The Soft Bounce Release date: 1 July 2016 \| Label: Phantasy Sound Credit: Leo Chadburn, string arrangement (Album)
	Serafina Steer : The Moths Are Real Release date: 14 January 2013 \| Label: Stolen Recordings Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	PowerPlant : 24 Lies Per Second Release date: 5 November 2012 \| Label: Signum Classics Credit: Leo Chadburn, production (on Max de Wardener's 'Until My Blood is Pure') (Album)
	Saint Etienne : Words and Music by Saint Etienne Release date: 21 May 2012 \| Label: Heavenly Recordings Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	On Kawara : One Million Years [Past and Future] No. 69 & 70 Release date: May 2011 Published by www.mathieucopeland.net Credit: Leo Chadburn, four-hour spoken word performance. (Limited edition 4 CDs in wooden case)
	Sion : Roam E.P. Release date: August 2010 (UK) \| Label: WW Music Credit: Simon Bookish, featured vocal (Mp3/Limited edition vinyl)
	Fan Death : Womb of Dreams Release date: August 2010 (UK) \| Label: Mercury Records Credit: Leo Chadburn, string/horn arrangements / conductor (Album)
	Fan Death : A Coin for the Well Release date: February 2010 \| Label: Mercury Records Credit: Leo Chadburn, string/horn arrangements / conductor (CD/Vinyl E.P.)
	Leafcutter John : The Forest and The Sea Release date: 2006 \| Label: Staubgold Records Credit: Leo Chadburn, vocals (Album)
	Leafcutter John : The Housebound Spirit Release date: 2003 \| Label: Planet μ Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	Max de Wardener : Where I am Today Release date: 2004 \| Label: Accidental Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	Patrick Wolf : Lycanthropy Release date: 2004 \| Label: Tomlab Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders, bass clarinet, vocals (Album)
	Patrick Wolf : EP Release date: 2003 \| Label: Faith and Industry Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (12" Vinyl EP)
	Saint Etienne: Finisterre Release date: 2002 \| Label: Mantra Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)

Links

The Leo Chadburn / Simon Bookish back catalogue is available via Bandcamp. Archive live recordings, album tracks and remixes are on SoundCloud. Leo is on Twitter here.

Audio

Mailing List

Very occasional mailing list, for news of performances, new releases, etc.

	Phaedra Ensemble : O Superman EP Includes Leo Chadburn, X Chairman Maos Release date: 2021 \| Label: Bandcamp More information here
	Tabea Debus : XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto Includes Leo Chadburn, Si la passion pour les plantes exotiques Release date: 2018 \| Label: TYXArt
	The Flautadors : Bavardage Includes Leo Chadburn, De La Salle Release date: 2017 \| Label: First Hand Records
	LSO : Panufnik Legacies II Includes Leo Chadburn, Brown Leather Sofa Release date: 2016 \| Label: LSO Live "Leo Chadburn’s Brown Leather Sofa stands out, simple but deep. This is a work that sounds fully formed, as if it’s a point of arrival for Chadburn." (American Record Guide, August 2016)
	Kate Halsall : Miniturised Concertos Includes Leo Chadburn, Vapour Descriptors Release date: 2016 \| Label: Metier/Divine Art
	David Shrigley : Worried Noodles Includes Simon Bookish, Prince of Wales Release date: November 2015 \| Label: Tomlab

	Sandrine Nicoletta and Massimo Carozzi : Interplay Release date: 10 May 2024 \| Label: Kohlhaas Credit: Leo Chadburn, voice (Album)
	Machinefabriek : + Release date: 17 February 2023 \| Label: Machinefabriek / Bandcamp Credit: Leo Chadburn, voice and field recordings (Album)
	Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve : The Soft Bounce Release date: 1 July 2016 \| Label: Phantasy Sound Credit: Leo Chadburn, string arrangement (Album)
	Serafina Steer : The Moths Are Real Release date: 14 January 2013 \| Label: Stolen Recordings Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	PowerPlant : 24 Lies Per Second Release date: 5 November 2012 \| Label: Signum Classics Credit: Leo Chadburn, production (on Max de Wardener's 'Until My Blood is Pure') (Album)
	Saint Etienne : Words and Music by Saint Etienne Release date: 21 May 2012 \| Label: Heavenly Recordings Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	On Kawara : One Million Years [Past and Future] No. 69 & 70 Release date: May 2011 Published by www.mathieucopeland.net Credit: Leo Chadburn, four-hour spoken word performance. (Limited edition 4 CDs in wooden case)
	Sion : Roam E.P. Release date: August 2010 (UK) \| Label: WW Music Credit: Simon Bookish, featured vocal (Mp3/Limited edition vinyl)
	Fan Death : Womb of Dreams Release date: August 2010 (UK) \| Label: Mercury Records Credit: Leo Chadburn, string/horn arrangements / conductor (Album)
	Fan Death : A Coin for the Well Release date: February 2010 \| Label: Mercury Records Credit: Leo Chadburn, string/horn arrangements / conductor (CD/Vinyl E.P.)
	Leafcutter John : The Forest and The Sea Release date: 2006 \| Label: Staubgold Records Credit: Leo Chadburn, vocals (Album)
	Leafcutter John : The Housebound Spirit Release date: 2003 \| Label: Planet μ Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	Max de Wardener : Where I am Today Release date: 2004 \| Label: Accidental Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)
	Patrick Wolf : Lycanthropy Release date: 2004 \| Label: Tomlab Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders, bass clarinet, vocals (Album)
	Patrick Wolf : EP Release date: 2003 \| Label: Faith and Industry Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (12" Vinyl EP)
	Saint Etienne: Finisterre Release date: 2002 \| Label: Mantra Credit: Leo Chadburn, recorders (Album)