Don’t Go Back To Sleep: The Lockdown Album

A verbatim, concept album

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Supported by Slung Low, Paines Plough, HOME, Allan Wilson, and anyone who donated to the crowdfund set up by Charlotte Bennett - thank you.

LISTEN: It’s on APPLE MUSIC, GOOGLE PLAY as well as on our BANDCAMP. To watch the BSL song, head to LOOK or YOUTUBE.

EXPERIENCE: You can listen to the album however you like, but we suggest (at least once) you listen to it all the way through, in order. Make an event of it. Imagine it’s like a show in your home. And maybe have a listening party? Plan to listen at the same time as your friends and talk about it after if you feel like it. Let’s create communal experiences from our isolation.

RashDash give voice to 18 people around the world – a mother in Milan, a professor in Britain , a student in China, a filmmaker in Kenya – sampling interviews and weaving text from transcripts into songs to shine a light on the personal and political, the anxieties, realisations, and moments of joy when we find ourselves confined to our own homes.

The experience of living completely on your own and not seeing anyone for months, of trying to social distance while living in a crowded slum, of trusting your government, of despairing in your government, of what we dream about doing when we have freedom again and how we make the most of the world stopping for a moment.

A time to reflect on the past six months, and our place in the world, to a banging musical soundtrack.

Lyrics, concept and interviews Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen Songwriting Becky Wilkie
Produced, mixed and arranged by Matt Randall Performed by Becky Wilkie, Helen Goalen, Abbi Greenland and Matt Randall Project produced by Andrew Hughes
Good Solid British Common Sense written and performed by Reuben Johnson, with additional vocals and arrangement by RashDash
I Have To Keep Going, a song in BSL and English, created with and performed by Nadia Nadarajah
Created with and translated by Siobhan Rocks
Interview translated by Lisa Faragher