Stranded Horse - Humbling Tides

"Humbling Tides" is the second album in the unique kora/guitar/vocal songwriting idiom explored by Yann Tambour, now known as Stranded Horse (formerly Thee, Stranded Horse and Encre). Written largely during a spell living in Bristol and recorded in the serene coastal environs of Normandy in North-West France, "Humbling Tides" continues along the path embarked upon with "Churning Strides" (released as Thee, Stranded Horse in 2006), effecting subtle but significant changes to a musical formula that finds Tambour melting disparate musical modes and cultures - shades of the mandinka tradition of West Africa, medieval folksong, Fahey-esque fingerpicking, French chanson and more can be discerned - into one bold, fluid and graceful new form.
Intriguingly, while the "Thee, Stranded Horse" project was conceived as a conscious break from his previous work as Encre (4 albums of more sample-based material released in the early part of the century), Yann views the first Stranded Horse album as a partial move back towards his earlier work, in spirit at least: "Humbling Tides", then, in some ways marks the closing of the circle on what is, to date, a formidable and diverse body
of work. Stranded Horse will be silencing rooms and flooring jaws with his solo live show  throughout the UK and Europe early next year, in support of the release of "Humbling Tides".

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