Carmel Smickersgill

[ she/her ]

city: Manchester
country: UK
genre: Alternative, Electronic
styles: Jazz

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credits: Andrea Terzuoli

on hashbrandnew.com since November 08, 2021

ABOUT THIS ARTIST

“Silly music that comes from serious places” is how Smickersgill modestly described the crackling flashpoints and thrillingly assembled palette of sounds that made up her PRAH Recordings debut We Get What We Get & We Don’t Get Upset back in 2022.

Since then, Smickersgill’s career has taken her down a rich array of different paths. She has performed as a support act for her mentor Anna Meredith on multiple occasions and appeared on Elizabeth Alker’s BBC Radio 3 programme Northern Drift.

Originally from Leeds, Smickersgill grew up playing guitar in indie bands and jazz combos, before quickly finding herself drawn to the writing and arranging aspects of these various projects. Now based in Manchester, she writes music for concert halls and theatre productions having recently written scores appearing in the West End as well as The Royal Exchange in Manchester. Her orchestral music was part of a concert mentioned in The Guardian’s top ten concerts of 2024 and was met with multiple 5* reviews last year. She was also commissioned by PRS to remix music by Philip Glass as part of an EP released in celebration of the composer’s 85th birthday.

Source [Spotify]