Reservoir 13 (Music for the Novel by Jon McGregor)

The official soundtrack to the COSTA Novel of the Year 2017, Reservoir 13 (Music for the Novel by Jon McGregor) was written to accompany the author’s book tour throughout 2017-18 and features fellow Derbyshire instrumentalists Haiku Salut.

“Strings swell slowly, and that gives the music more of an edge. Paradoxically, an unstoppable force, screaming at the top of its lungs, can be felt inside the quiet, caressing motion of the bow. A muted scream. The book’s meditation on loss requires a deep sensitivity, and Birkin ushers the strings to appropriate, and respectful, places, the piano gently bleeding from its emotional wounds.”
– Fluid Radio

“An intimate and immersive sound-work. It is gentle and lovely.”
– The Manchester Review

Tracklist:

1. At Midnight
2. The Year Turned
3. A Search Party
4. Dreams were had about her, still
5. Seen from a distance, moving away
6. All was calm, all was bright