Ada Lovelace

by Raph Clarkson

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The second single from the album 'This Is How We Grow' by Raph Clarkson's Dissolute Society (out 7th October)

Originally commissioned by Sinfonia Viva

lyrics

Lyrics:

Born in 1815, she was a woman with a big dream,
Her way of thinking, turned over a brand new page
That’s why they call her the prophet of the computer age…

An engine designed for complicated calculation
She knew that it could have the greatest application,
She started to think that she could change the conversation
Was she the beginning of modern computation?

She had a vision! the very first algorithm!
She saw the future, what was in store
She knew the counting machine could do so much more!
Numbers numbers, flying everywhere...
and Ada Lovelace, heard music in the air!

Charles Babbage had plans for a machine to add the sums up,
He never got it built, but Ada gave the thumbs up,
No reason to stop at just simply crunching numbers
This machine will open up a multitude of wonders!

She had a vision! the very first algorithm!
She saw the future, what was in store
She knew the counting machine could do so much more!
Numbers numbers, flying everywhere...
and Ada Lovelace, heard music in the air!

Numbers / flying everywhere
Ada/heard music in the air,
Numbers/everywhere

credits

released September 23, 2022
Music by Raph Clarkson

Words by Hazel Gould

Musicians:

Fini Bearman - Lead Vox
Raph Clarkson - Trombone
Laura Jurd - Trumpet
Naomi Burrell - Violin
Alison D’Souza - Viola
Zosia Jagodzinska - Cello
Phil Merriman - Piano, Keys, Synths (Prophet 5, Nord)
Arthur O’Hara - Electric Bass
Simon Roth - Drums

Childrens Voices:

Gillespie Primary School, London: Year 4 and 5
Durston Court School, Dorset: Year 5 and 6

Produced by Steve Baker

Recorded At Various Locations 2020 – 2022: Love Electric Studio, Fish Factory Studio, Crown Lane Studio, on location at Gillespie and Durlston schools, remote and home.

Recording Engineer Steve Baker

Assistant Engineers Andy Hughes (Love Electric Studio), John Merriman (Crown Lane Studio), Sonny Johns (Fish Factory Studio)

Edited by Steve Baker & Raph Clarkson

Mixed by Steve Baker

Mastered by Peter Beckmann (Technology Works Mastering)

Photography by Monika S. Jakubowska

Graphic Design by Nadja von Massow / nad.works

Released by Migu Records

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Raph Clarkson Bristol, UK

trombonist, composer, improviser, arranger

current projects:
-Songs for Childhood

-Raph Clarkson's Dissolute Society 'This is How we Grow' - album out summer 2022

-Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon (Ghana/UK)

-Goldsteppers (UK ska& reggae)

-Equal Spirits (SA-UK collab)

-London Rhymes

-workshops & commissions for OAE, Sinfonia Viva, Spitalfields Music, Mindful Music, Engines Orchestra ... more

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