Ant teams up with Turkish-British singer & lyricist Brigitte Beraha for ‘Ensconced’ - the lush new album. There are guest appearance from Kit Downes, Petros Klampanis, Ernesto Simpson, Matt Calvert, Max Luthert, Duncan Eagles, Jamie Murray and Adam Kovacs.

Together Brigitte and Ant explore the contrast between the sparseness of acoustic guitar & voice duo and richer electronic textures/larger instrumentations. Alongside their original songs are two well known jazz standards, one of which opens the album - A Kiss To Build A Dream On (made famous by Louis Armstrong). The album also closes with a standard - Bernstein’s Some Other Time. Between these are warm, intimate original compositions with a focus on the sound of Brigitte’s voice, and poetic lyrics accompanied by acoustic guitar. The latter half of the album becomes more expansive, including a reimagining of Ant’s composition Harvest with guest appearances from with Greek bassist Petros Klampanis and Cuban drummer Ernesto Simpson. Matt Calvert’s electronic wizardry features on Above Water and Who We Are, the latter of which also features a beautiful piano contribution by Kit Downes.

Ant and Brigitte explain: “‘Ensconced’ has a cozy, autumnal feeling. It is focused on the sound of Brigitte’s voice and Ant playing steel-string acoustic guitar. On recent projects Brigitte has experimented with electronics and effects - but here we hear her directly, sat around the campfire…”

They continue, describing their music: “We invite you in with the sweet ‘A Kiss To Build A Dream On’, followed by five new original songs and one reinterpretation of an earlier composition, ‘Harvest’, in which Brigitte sings wordlessly. The album gathers velocity as it progresses and there are guest appearances from Kit Downes, Petros Klampanis, Matt Calvert, Million Square and more. It closes with Bernstein’s ‘Some Other Time’ - once again performed as a duo, just as the album opened.”

Ant shares his view on their new relationship with Ubuntu Music: “I’ve worked successfully with Ubuntu on a number of releases as a sideman in recent years. Their catalogue has grown significantly with more and more established artists coming on board. I’m very pleased to join their roster and hope that the success continues!”

Martin Hummel, Director of Ubuntu Music, concludes: “We’ve had the pleasure of working with Ant on a number of projects, including most recently with the outstanding Trio HLK album. And we first began working with Brigitte with the Solstice release in 2021. So, it seems as if destiny was calling for ‘Ensconced’ to join our Family. It’s a beautiful album that demonstrates their talent and their musical diversity. We’re happy to be a part of it.”