Joining me this month is saxophonist, vocalist, and producer @laura-emma-misch. A South London born musician, Laura began releasing her bedroom-produced EPs around 2017, until, feeling constricted and isolated by her recording environment, she moved her practice outdoors and into nature. The result was 2023’s Sample The Sky, her debut album produced in response to the natural world. Her 2026 album Lithic was similarly crafted in outdoor spaces, inspired by stone and thus recorded in caves and quarries around the UK, and completed with percussion made by shell and rock. The music itself likewise harnesses the wind, not only in her ethereal vocals but also in the musing breath of her saxophone. In this conversation, we talk about breath and its importance for the horn, her unique approach to music making, and the necessity of a dialogue with the natural world.

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MUSIC

"Kairos" - Laura Misch (2026)

"Listen to the Sky" - Laura Misch (2023)

"Echoes" - Laura Misch (2026)